Decision Workspace
circom-scotia vs nova-snark vs ark-spartan-golden
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
40
circom-scotia
growingv0.2.0
Middleware to compile Circom circuits to Bellperson
61
nova-snark
growingv0.69.0
High-speed recursive arguments from folding schemes
42
ark-spartan-golden
experimentalv0.5.0
Spartan ZKP system over arkworks (fork for golden-dkg crate)
Core Metrics
| circom-scotia | nova-snark | ark-spartan-golden | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 40 | 61 | 42 |
| Total Downloads | 8.1K | 115.9K | 85 |
| 30d Downloads | 84 | 5.6K | 21 |
| Dependents | 2 | 434 | 4 |
| Releases | 4 | 80 | 1 |
| Last Updated | 835d ago | 1d ago | 40d ago |
| Age | 2y 7m | 4y 6m | 1m |
Health Breakdown
circom-scotia
Maintenance
4
Quality
12
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
nova-snark
Maintenance
19
Quality
13
Community
10
Popularity
6
Documentation
13
ark-spartan-golden
Maintenance
11
Quality
13
Community
5
Popularity
2
Documentation
11
Technical Details
| circom-scotia | nova-snark | ark-spartan-golden | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.0 | 0.69.0 | 0.5.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | non-standard | non-standard |
| Dependencies | 17 | 34 | 18 |
| Crate Size | 1.1MB | 280KB | 60KB |
| Features | 3 | 6 | 3 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.79.0 | — |
| Owners | 2 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •nova-snark leads with a health score of 61/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •nova-snark is depended on by 434 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ circom-scotia has not been updated in over a year.