Decision Workspace
iota-crypto vs stronghold_engine vs aws-lc-rs
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
52
iota-crypto
growingv0.23.2
The canonical source of cryptographic ground-truth for all IOTA Rust projects
44
stronghold_engine
growingv2.0.1
A rust implementation of the IOTA Stronghold low-level libraries
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
| iota-crypto | stronghold_engine | aws-lc-rs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 52 | 44 | 81 |
| Total Downloads | 1.0M | 468.3K | 92.9M |
| 30d Downloads | 46.1K | 30.5K | 14.3M |
| Dependents | 339 | 20 | 1.9K |
| Releases | 43 | 15 | 49 |
| Last Updated | 590d ago | 683d ago | 8d ago |
| Age | 6y 9m | 5y 8m | 2y 11m |
Health Breakdown
iota-crypto
Maintenance
7
Quality
11
Community
17
Popularity
7
Documentation
10
stronghold_engine
Maintenance
4
Quality
14
Community
9
Popularity
7
Documentation
10
aws-lc-rs
Maintenance
21
Quality
20
Community
17
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| iota-crypto | stronghold_engine | aws-lc-rs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.23.2 | 2.0.1 | 1.16.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 | ISC AND (Apache-2.0 OR ISC) |
| Dependencies | 39 | 16 | 9 |
| Crate Size | 105KB | 54KB | 225KB |
| Features | 32 | 0 | 12 |
| Yanked % | 7.0% | 6.7% | 4.1% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.71.0 |
| Owners | 2 (team) | 2 | 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.
- •⚠ iota-crypto, stronghold_engine have not been updated in over a year.
- •iota-crypto is pre-1.0 — API may change.