Decision Workspace
catlock vs memsafe vs aws-lc-rs
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
49
catlock
growingv0.1.8
Defend keyboard against your cat
47
memsafe
growingv0.4.0
A Secure cross-platform Rust library for securely wrapping data in memory
81
aws-lc-rs
stablev1.16.2
aws-lc-rs is a cryptographic library using AWS-LC for its cryptographic operations. This library strives to be API-compatible with the popular Rust library named ring.
Core Metrics
| catlock | memsafe | aws-lc-rs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 49 | 47 | 81 |
| Total Downloads | 5.2K | 14.3K | 92.9M |
| 30d Downloads | 11 | 365 | 14.3M |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 1.9K |
| Releases | 9 | 18 | 49 |
| Last Updated | 148d ago | 342d ago | 8d ago |
| Age | 1y 1m | 1y 1m | 2y 11m |
Health Breakdown
catlock
Maintenance
12
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
12
memsafe
Maintenance
9
Quality
13
Community
10
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
aws-lc-rs
Maintenance
21
Quality
20
Community
17
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| catlock | memsafe | aws-lc-rs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.8 | 0.4.0 | 1.16.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | CC0-1.0 OR Unlicense | MIT | ISC AND (Apache-2.0 OR ISC) |
| Dependencies | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| Crate Size | 11KB | 16KB | 225KB |
| Features | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 5.6% | 4.1% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.63.0 | — | 1.71.0 |
| Owners | 1 | 3 | 4 (team) |
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Quick Verdict
- •aws-lc-rs has the highest health score (81/100) — a strong overall choice.
- •aws-lc-rs is depended on by 1.9K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •catlock, memsafe are pre-1.0 — API may change.