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lockstitch vs hmac vs hmac-sha512
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
43
lockstitch
growingv0.29.0
Lockstitch is an incremental, stateful cryptographic primitive for symmetric-key cryptographic operations in complex protocols.
68
hmac
growingv0.12.1
Generic implementation of Hash-based Message Authentication Code (HMAC)
67
hmac-sha512
stablev1.1.12
A small, self-contained SHA512, HMAC-SHA512, HKDF-SHA512, SHA384, HMAC-SHA384, and HKDF-SHA384 implementation
Core Metrics
| lockstitch | hmac | hmac-sha512 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 43 | 68 | 67 |
| Total Downloads | 77.0K | 344.5M | 18.4M |
| 30d Downloads | 89 | 23.4M | 539.2K |
| Dependents | 1 | 20.5K | 209 |
| Releases | 64 | 37 | 22 |
| Last Updated | 405d ago | 7d ago | 42d ago |
| Age | 3y 5m | 9y 5m | 5y 11m |
Health Breakdown
lockstitch
Maintenance
8
Quality
12
Community
7
Popularity
6
Documentation
10
hmac
Maintenance
18
Quality
10
Community
20
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
hmac-sha512
Maintenance
15
Quality
23
Community
12
Popularity
8
Documentation
9
Technical Details
| lockstitch | hmac | hmac-sha512 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.29.0 | 0.12.1 | 1.1.12 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | ISC |
| Dependencies | 11 | 7 | 3 |
| Crate Size | 30KB | 43KB | 13KB |
| Features | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| Yanked % | 6.3% | 35.1% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2018 | 2018 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 2 (team) | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •hmac leads with a health score of 68/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •hmac is depended on by 20.5K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ lockstitch has not been updated in over a year.
- •lockstitch, hmac are pre-1.0 — API may change.