Decision Workspace
insectbox vs alignas vs aws-lc-rs
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
32
insectbox
growingv0.1.0
OpenSSH inspired in-memory key security.
36
alignas
growingv0.2.0
Wrapper to specify object alignment generically
81
aws-lc-rs
stablev1.16.2
aws-lc-rs is a cryptographic library using AWS-LC for its cryptographic operations. This library strives to be API-compatible with the popular Rust library named ring.
Core Metrics
| insectbox | alignas | aws-lc-rs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 32 | 36 | 81 |
| Total Downloads | 719 | 3.8K | 92.9M |
| 30d Downloads | 4 | 5 | 14.3M |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 1.9K |
| Releases | 1 | 2 | 49 |
| Last Updated | 369d ago | 2614d ago | 8d ago |
| Age | 1y | 7y 1m | 2y 11m |
Health Breakdown
insectbox
Maintenance
2
Quality
15
Community
2
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
alignas
Maintenance
3
Quality
16
Community
5
Popularity
4
Documentation
8
aws-lc-rs
Maintenance
21
Quality
20
Community
17
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| insectbox | alignas | aws-lc-rs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 | 0.2.0 | 1.16.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT/Apache-2.0 | ISC AND (Apache-2.0 OR ISC) |
| Dependencies | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| Crate Size | 9KB | 2KB | 225KB |
| Features | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 4.1% |
| Edition | 2021 | — | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.71.0 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 4 (team) |
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Quick Verdict
- •aws-lc-rs has the highest health score (81/100) — a strong overall choice.
- •aws-lc-rs is depended on by 1.9K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ insectbox, alignas have not been updated in over a year.
- •insectbox, alignas are pre-1.0 — API may change.