Decision Workspace
bloss-native vs signature vs ed25519
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
37
bloss-native
growingv0.2.0
Native messaging host for OpenPGP smart card signing
77
signature
stablev2.2.0
Traits for cryptographic signature algorithms (e.g. ECDSA, Ed25519)
73
ed25519
stablev2.2.3
Edwards Digital Signature Algorithm (EdDSA) over Curve25519 (as specified in RFC 8032) support library providing signature type definitions and PKCS#8 private key decoding/encoding support
Core Metrics
| bloss-native | signature | ed25519 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 37 | 77 | 73 |
| Total Downloads | 7.7K | 250.0M | 119.9M |
| 30d Downloads | 8 | 23.6M | 12.7M |
| Dependents | 0 | 4.1K | 1.5K |
| Releases | 6 | 54 | 41 |
| Last Updated | 1094d ago | 51d ago | 53d ago |
| Age | 3y | 7y 5m | 9y 5m |
Health Breakdown
bloss-native
Maintenance
5
Quality
14
Community
3
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
signature
Maintenance
16
Quality
18
Community
20
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
ed25519
Maintenance
15
Quality
15
Community
20
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| bloss-native | signature | ed25519 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.0 | 2.2.0 | 2.2.3 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | Apache-2.0 OR MIT | Apache-2.0 OR MIT |
| Dependencies | 6 | 5 | 10 |
| Crate Size | 10KB | 16KB | 18KB |
| Features | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 5.6% | 36.6% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.60 | 1.60 |
| Owners | 1 | 3 (team) | 2 (team) |
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Quick Verdict
- •signature leads with a health score of 77/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •signature is depended on by 4.1K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ bloss-native has not been updated in over a year.
- •bloss-native is pre-1.0 — API may change.