Decision Workspace
holochain_sodium vs holochain_keystore vs libsodium-sys-stable
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
41
holochain_sodium
growingv0.0.1-alpha1
holochain libsodium wrapper providing memory secure api access
73
holochain_keystore
growingv0.6.2
keystore for libsodium keypairs
65
libsodium-sys-stable
stablev1.24.0
Maintained FFI bindings for libsodium stable
Core Metrics
| holochain_sodium | holochain_keystore | libsodium-sys-stable | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 41 | 73 | 65 |
| Total Downloads | 1.8K | 385.2K | 1.4M |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 2.8K | 57.0K |
| Dependents | 0 | 2.0K | 246 |
| Releases | 1 | 305 | 70 |
| Last Updated | 2615d ago | 12d ago | 95d ago |
| Age | 7y 2m | 5y | 6y 10m |
Health Breakdown
holochain_sodium
Maintenance
1
Quality
14
Community
10
Popularity
4
Documentation
12
holochain_keystore
Maintenance
19
Quality
15
Community
19
Popularity
7
Documentation
13
libsodium-sys-stable
Maintenance
15
Quality
17
Community
13
Popularity
7
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| holochain_sodium | holochain_keystore | libsodium-sys-stable | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.0.1-alpha1 | 0.6.2 | 1.24.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 4 | 25 | 11 |
| Crate Size | 10KB | 33KB | 2.2MB |
| Features | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1.4% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 3 (team) | 3 (team) | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •holochain_keystore leads with a health score of 73/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •libsodium-sys-stable has the most downloads (1.4M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •holochain_keystore is depended on by 2.0K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ holochain_sodium has not been updated in over a year.
- •holochain_sodium, holochain_keystore are pre-1.0 — API may change.