Decision Workspace
ferrocrypt vs sequoia-openpgp vs cipherstash-config
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
50
ferrocrypt
experimentalv0.2.5
Core Ferrocrypt library: symmetric (XChaCha20-Poly1305 + Argon2id) and hybrid (RSA-4096) encryption utilities.
72
sequoia-openpgp
stablev2.2.0
OpenPGP data types and associated machinery
64
cipherstash-config
growingv0.2.6
Configuration management for CipherStash libraries and products
Core Metrics
| ferrocrypt | sequoia-openpgp | cipherstash-config | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 50 | 72 | 64 |
| Total Downloads | 198 | 1.3M | 9.9K |
| 30d Downloads | 35 | 57.0K | 467 |
| Dependents | 5 | 1.5K | 54 |
| Releases | 6 | 57 | 11 |
| Last Updated | 99d ago | 49d ago | 1d ago |
| Age | 3m | 7y 4m | 1y 6m |
Health Breakdown
ferrocrypt
Maintenance
18
Quality
9
Community
7
Popularity
3
Documentation
13
sequoia-openpgp
Maintenance
17
Quality
16
Community
17
Popularity
7
Documentation
15
cipherstash-config
Maintenance
19
Quality
14
Community
15
Popularity
5
Documentation
11
Technical Details
| ferrocrypt | sequoia-openpgp | cipherstash-config | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.5 | 2.2.0 | 0.2.6 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | GPL-3.0-only | LGPL-2.0-or-later | non-standard |
| Dependencies | 15 | 63 | 7 |
| Crate Size | 4.2MB | 3.1MB | 16KB |
| Features | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 1.8% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.85 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 2 | 4 |
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Quick Verdict
- •sequoia-openpgp leads with a health score of 72/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •sequoia-openpgp is depended on by 1.5K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •ferrocrypt, cipherstash-config are pre-1.0 — API may change.