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leslie_lamport vs winternitz-ots vs aws-lc-rs
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
35
leslie_lamport
growingv0.3.1
A Post-Quantum Cryptographic Library For Lamport Signatures
42
winternitz-ots
growingv0.3.0
A Rust Library For Interacting With Winternitz One-Time Signatures, a Hash-Based, Post-Quantum Digital Signature Scheme Based On Lamport Signatures. This implementation uses the hash function Blake2b for all hashing, due to its speed and security, with a winternitz parameter of 16, and a digest size (n) of 32 bytes.
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
| leslie_lamport | winternitz-ots | aws-lc-rs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 35 | 42 | 81 |
| Total Downloads | 7.4K | 5.8K | 92.9M |
| 30d Downloads | 45 | 46 | 14.3M |
| Dependents | 5 | 5 | 1.9K |
| Releases | 5 | 4 | 49 |
| Last Updated | 1902d ago | 1773d ago | 8d ago |
| Age | 6y 5m | 6y 5m | 2y 11m |
Health Breakdown
leslie_lamport
Maintenance
4
Quality
9
Community
8
Popularity
5
Documentation
9
winternitz-ots
Maintenance
7
Quality
14
Community
8
Popularity
4
Documentation
9
aws-lc-rs
Maintenance
21
Quality
20
Community
17
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| leslie_lamport | winternitz-ots | aws-lc-rs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.3.1 | 0.3.0 | 1.16.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 | ISC AND (Apache-2.0 OR ISC) |
| Dependencies | 6 | 4 | 9 |
| Crate Size | 16KB | 12KB | 225KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Yanked % | 20.0% | 0.0% | 4.1% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2018 | 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.
- •⚠ leslie_lamport, winternitz-ots have not been updated in over a year.
- •leslie_lamport, winternitz-ots are pre-1.0 — API may change.