Decision Workspace
multi-party-ecdsa vs signature vs rfc6979
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
33
multi-party-ecdsa
growingv0.8.1
A Rust implementation of the GG18/GG20 multi-party ECDSA signature scheme
77
signature
stablev2.2.0
Traits for cryptographic signature algorithms (e.g. ECDSA, Ed25519)
67
rfc6979
growingv0.4.0
Pure Rust implementation of RFC6979: Deterministic Usage of the Digital Signature Algorithm (DSA) and Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (ECDSA)
Core Metrics
| multi-party-ecdsa | signature | rfc6979 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 33 | 77 | 67 |
| Total Downloads | 4.5K | 250.0M | 120.8M |
| 30d Downloads | 32 | 24.5M | 11.4M |
| Dependents | 13 | 4.1K | 177 |
| Releases | 1 | 54 | 19 |
| Last Updated | 1012d ago | 51d ago | 53d ago |
| Age | 2y 9m | 7y 5m | 5y 1m |
Health Breakdown
multi-party-ecdsa
Maintenance
1
Quality
11
Community
8
Popularity
4
Documentation
9
signature
Maintenance
16
Quality
18
Community
20
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
rfc6979
Maintenance
16
Quality
14
Community
17
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| multi-party-ecdsa | signature | rfc6979 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.8.1 | 2.2.0 | 0.4.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | GPL-3.0-or-later | Apache-2.0 OR MIT | Apache-2.0 OR MIT |
| Dependencies | 29 | 5 | 4 |
| Crate Size | 891KB | 16KB | 9KB |
| Features | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 5.6% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.60 | 1.61 |
| Owners | 1 | 3 (team) | 2 (team) |
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Quick Verdict
- •signature leads with a health score of 77/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •signature is depended on by 4.1K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ multi-party-ecdsa has not been updated in over a year.
- •multi-party-ecdsa, rfc6979 are pre-1.0 — API may change.