Decision Workspace
microsalt vs tweetnacly vs libsodium-sys-stable
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
29
microsalt
growingv0.2.21
easy to use rust crypto lib (tweetnacl & FFI bindings to it)
38
tweetnacly
growingv0.2.0
Bindings for TweetNaCl, with a couple of additions: flexible SHA2-512 hash, detached mode.
64
libsodium-sys-stable
stablev1.23.2
Maintained FFI bindings for libsodium stable
Core Metrics
| microsalt | tweetnacly | libsodium-sys-stable | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 29 | 38 | 64 |
| Total Downloads | 27.7K | 3.1K | 974.8K |
| 30d Downloads | 19 | 38 | 76.1K |
| Dependents | 0 | 2 | 235 |
| Releases | 15 | 2 | 68 |
| Last Updated | 3319d ago | 693d ago | 68d ago |
| Age | 9y 5m | 3y | 6y 6m |
Health Breakdown
microsalt
Maintenance
4
Quality
12
Community
3
Popularity
5
Documentation
5
tweetnacly
Maintenance
4
Quality
16
Community
4
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
libsodium-sys-stable
Maintenance
15
Quality
17
Community
12
Popularity
7
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| microsalt | tweetnacly | libsodium-sys-stable | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.21 | 0.2.0 | 1.23.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 6 | 4 | 11 |
| Crate Size | 825KB | 17KB | 2.1MB |
| Features | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1.5% |
| Edition | — | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •libsodium-sys-stable leads with a health score of 64/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •libsodium-sys-stable is depended on by 235 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ microsalt, tweetnacly have not been updated in over a year.
- •microsalt, tweetnacly are pre-1.0 — API may change.