Decision Workspace
nakatoshi vs vgen vs btc-vanity
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
36
nakatoshi
growingv0.2.8
Bitcoin vanity address generator
49
vgen
experimentalv0.3.0
Bitcoin vanity address generator with regex pattern matching and GPU acceleration
44
btc-vanity
growingv2.1.2
A blazingly fast Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana vanity address generator.
Core Metrics
| nakatoshi | vgen | btc-vanity | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 36 | 49 | 44 |
| Total Downloads | 12.4K | 124 | 36.6K |
| 30d Downloads | 14 | 45 | 66 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 9 | 3 | 32 |
| Last Updated | 1352d ago | 11d ago | 271d ago |
| Age | 6y 5m | 3m | 2y 7m |
Health Breakdown
nakatoshi
Maintenance
4
Quality
13
Community
5
Popularity
5
Documentation
9
vgen
Maintenance
18
Quality
10
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
12
btc-vanity
Maintenance
10
Quality
13
Community
3
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| nakatoshi | vgen | btc-vanity | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.8 | 0.3.0 | 2.1.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 10 | 24 | 14 |
| Crate Size | 10KB | 427KB | 8.0MB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 9.4% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.92 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •vgen leads with a health score of 49/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •btc-vanity has the most downloads (36.6K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ nakatoshi has not been updated in over a year.
- •nakatoshi, vgen are pre-1.0 — API may change.