Decision Workspace
chacha20-poly1305 vs rsa vs aead
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
51
chacha20-poly1305
growingv0.1.2
The ChaCha20 stream cipher and Poly1305 MAC based AEAD.
73
rsa
growingv0.9.10
Pure Rust RSA implementation
70
aead
growingv0.5.2
Traits for Authenticated Encryption with Associated Data (AEAD) algorithms, such as AES-GCM as ChaCha20Poly1305, which provide a high-level API
Core Metrics
| chacha20-poly1305 | rsa | aead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 51 | 73 | 70 |
| Total Downloads | 201.0K | 135.2M | 123.5M |
| 30d Downloads | 44.7K | 11.4M | 9.2M |
| Dependents | 16 | 7.4K | 1.9K |
| Releases | 3 | 63 | 30 |
| Last Updated | 312d ago | 17d ago | 51d ago |
| Age | 1y 4m | 7y 8m | 9y 5m |
Health Breakdown
chacha20-poly1305
Maintenance
7
Quality
17
Community
9
Popularity
6
Documentation
12
rsa
Maintenance
18
Quality
13
Community
19
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
aead
Maintenance
15
Quality
13
Community
19
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| chacha20-poly1305 | rsa | aead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.2 | 0.9.10 | 0.5.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | CC0-1.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 1 | 26 | 6 |
| Crate Size | 11KB | 86KB | 16KB |
| Features | 3 | 9 | 7 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 1.6% | 13.3% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.63.0 | 1.65 | 1.56 |
| Owners | 2 | 2 (team) | 2 (team) |
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Quick Verdict
- •rsa leads with a health score of 73/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •rsa is depended on by 7.4K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.