Decision Workspace
norx vs orion vs hpke
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
37
norx
growingv0.1.1
A Parallel and Scalable Authenticated Encryption Algorithm
62
orion
growingv0.17.13
Usable, easy and safe pure-Rust crypto
62
hpke
growingv0.13.0
An implementation of the HPKE hybrid encryption standard (RFC 9180) in pure Rust
Core Metrics
| norx | orion | hpke | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 37 | 62 | 62 |
| Total Downloads | 4.4K | 9.6M | 4.8M |
| 30d Downloads | 22 | 464.9K | 409.5K |
| Dependents | 4 | 264 | 236 |
| Releases | 2 | 85 | 28 |
| Last Updated | 2830d ago | 32d ago | 30d ago |
| Age | 8y 2m | 8y 1m | 5y 10m |
Health Breakdown
norx
Maintenance
3
Quality
15
Community
7
Popularity
4
Documentation
8
orion
Maintenance
17
Quality
9
Community
13
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
hpke
Maintenance
16
Quality
13
Community
12
Popularity
8
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| norx | orion | hpke | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.1 | 0.17.13 | 0.13.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT/Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 8 | 14 | 21 |
| Crate Size | 326KB | 245KB | 1.7MB |
| Features | 8 | 6 | 7 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 72.9% | 0.0% |
| Edition | — | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.86 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •orion leads with a health score of 62/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •orion is depended on by 264 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ norx has not been updated in over a year.