Decision Workspace
csidh vs sec1 vs exo-federation
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
44
csidh
growingv0.5.0
Pure Rust implementation of the CSIDH cryptographic algorithm for secret key exchange. Provides a no_std-friendly implementation. Not constant-time yet.
68
sec1
growingv0.8.0
Pure Rust implementation of SEC1: Elliptic Curve Cryptography encoding formats including ASN.1 DER-serialized private keys as well as the Elliptic-Curve-Point-to-Octet-String encoding
51
exo-federation
experimentalv0.1.1
Federated cognitive mesh with post-quantum cryptographic sovereignty for distributed AI consciousness
Core Metrics
| csidh | sec1 | exo-federation | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 44 | 68 | 51 |
| Total Downloads | 6.0K | 124.9M | 155 |
| 30d Downloads | 11 | 11.7M | 67 |
| Dependents | 0 | 951 | 2 |
| Releases | 5 | 29 | 2 |
| Last Updated | 558d ago | 17d ago | 28d ago |
| Age | 1y 11m | 5y 7m | 3m |
Health Breakdown
csidh
Maintenance
4
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
15
sec1
Maintenance
17
Quality
12
Community
19
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
exo-federation
Maintenance
15
Quality
13
Community
7
Popularity
3
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| csidh | sec1 | exo-federation | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.5.0 | 0.8.0 | 0.1.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | Apache-2.0 OR MIT | Apache-2.0 OR MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 4 | 9 | 18 |
| Crate Size | 19KB | 22KB | 40KB |
| Features | 0 | 8 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 10.3% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.81 | 1.85 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 2 (team) | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •sec1 leads with a health score of 68/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •sec1 is depended on by 951 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ csidh has not been updated in over a year.