Decision Workspace
curve420 vs sec1 vs frost-core
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
40
curve420
experimentalv0.1.1
Implementation of the Curve420 elliptic curve in Rust
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
68
frost-core
stablev2.2.0
Types and traits to support implementing Flexible Round-Optimized Schnorr Threshold signature schemes (FROST).
Core Metrics
| curve420 | sec1 | frost-core | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 40 | 68 | 68 |
| Total Downloads | 622 | 124.9M | 241.1K |
| 30d Downloads | 4 | 11.3M | 22.0K |
| Dependents | 0 | 951 | 208 |
| Releases | 2 | 29 | 14 |
| Last Updated | 201d ago | 17d ago | 58d ago |
| Age | 6m | 5y 7m | 3y |
Health Breakdown
curve420
Maintenance
9
Quality
13
Community
5
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
sec1
Maintenance
17
Quality
12
Community
19
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
frost-core
Maintenance
18
Quality
16
Community
16
Popularity
6
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| curve420 | sec1 | frost-core | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.1 | 0.8.0 | 2.2.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 OR MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 5 | 9 | 23 |
| Crate Size | 12KB | 22KB | 72KB |
| Features | 0 | 8 | 7 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 10.3% | 14.3% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.85 | 1.81 |
| Owners | 1 | 2 (team) | 3 (team) |
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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.
- •curve420, sec1 are pre-1.0 — API may change.