Decision Workspace
kangaroo vs vgen vs k256
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
51
kangaroo
experimentalv0.7.1
Pollard's Kangaroo ECDLP solver for secp256k1 using Vulkan/Metal/DX12 compute
49
vgen
experimentalv0.3.0
Bitcoin vanity address generator with regex pattern matching and GPU acceleration
74
k256
growingv0.13.4
secp256k1 elliptic curve library written in pure Rust with support for ECDSA signing/verification/public-key recovery, Taproot Schnorr signatures (BIP340), Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman (ECDH), and general-purpose secp256k1 elliptic curve group operations which can be used to implement arbitrary protocols
Core Metrics
| kangaroo | vgen | k256 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 51 | 49 | 74 |
| Total Downloads | 241 | 124 | 47.9M |
| 30d Downloads | 64 | 44 | 3.5M |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 6.6K |
| Releases | 8 | 3 | 79 |
| Last Updated | 19d ago | 11d ago | 17d ago |
| Age | 3m | 3m | 6y 3m |
Health Breakdown
kangaroo
Maintenance
19
Quality
13
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
vgen
Maintenance
18
Quality
10
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
12
k256
Maintenance
18
Quality
13
Community
20
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| kangaroo | vgen | k256 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.7.1 | 0.3.0 | 0.13.4 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | Apache-2.0 OR MIT |
| Dependencies | 21 | 24 | 17 |
| Crate Size | 88KB | 427KB | 94KB |
| Features | 2 | 0 | 19 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 7.6% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.92 | 1.65 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 2 (team) |
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Quick Verdict
- •k256 leads with a health score of 74/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •k256 is depended on by 6.6K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.