Decision Workspace
ferrocrypt vs deny-sh vs ed25519-dalek-hpke
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
51
ferrocrypt
experimentalv0.2.5
Recipient-oriented file and directory encryption: passphrase (Argon2id) and X25519 public-key recipients, XChaCha20-Poly1305 STREAM payloads, HKDF-SHA3-256 / HMAC-SHA3-256 key derivation and authentication.
48
deny-sh
experimentalv2.0.0
Deniable encryption library — algorithm-compatible with the TypeScript and Python deny.sh SDKs
46
ed25519-dalek-hpke
growingv0.0.5
HPKE encryption/decryption using `ed25519-dalek` keys via automatic X25519 conversion.
Core Metrics
| ferrocrypt | deny-sh | ed25519-dalek-hpke | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 51 | 48 | 46 |
| Total Downloads | 262 | 32 | 6.9K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| Releases | 8 | 3 | 5 |
| Last Updated | 2d ago | today | 220d ago |
| Age | 5m | 1m | 1y 1m |
Health Breakdown
ferrocrypt
Maintenance
19
Quality
9
Community
7
Popularity
3
Documentation
13
deny-sh
Maintenance
14
Quality
15
Community
5
Popularity
2
Documentation
12
ed25519-dalek-hpke
Maintenance
9
Quality
14
Community
8
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| ferrocrypt | deny-sh | ed25519-dalek-hpke | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.5 | 2.0.0 | 0.0.5 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | GPL-3.0-only | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 15 | 8 | 4 |
| Crate Size | 4.2MB | 16KB | 11KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.70 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •ferrocrypt leads with a health score of 51/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •ed25519-dalek-hpke has the most downloads (6.9K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •ferrocrypt, ed25519-dalek-hpke are pre-1.0 — API may change.