Decision Workspace
paseto-pq vs crystals-dilithium vs dilithium-rs
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
45
paseto-pq
experimentalv0.1.2
Post-quantum PASETO tokens with RFC-compliant footer authentication using ML-DSA signatures
57
crystals-dilithium
growingv2.0.0
Pure Rust implementation of CRYSTALS-Dilithium and ML-DSA (FIPS 204) digital signatures
52
dilithium-rs
experimentalv0.2.0
Pure Rust implementation of ML-DSA (FIPS 204) / CRYSTALS-Dilithium post-quantum digital signature scheme
Core Metrics
| paseto-pq | crystals-dilithium | dilithium-rs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 45 | 57 | 52 |
| Total Downloads | 100 | 10.8K | 427 |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 2.8K | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 8 | 17 |
| Releases | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Last Updated | 189d ago | 96d ago | 80d ago |
| Age | 6m | 2y 10m | 2m |
Health Breakdown
paseto-pq
Maintenance
11
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
12
crystals-dilithium
Maintenance
11
Quality
19
Community
10
Popularity
5
Documentation
12
dilithium-rs
Maintenance
10
Quality
15
Community
9
Popularity
3
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| paseto-pq | crystals-dilithium | dilithium-rs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.2 | 2.0.0 | 0.2.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | GPL-3.0-only | MIT |
| Dependencies | 19 | 8 | 9 |
| Crate Size | 75KB | 191KB | 42KB |
| Features | 9 | 2 | 5 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.85.0 | 1.78 | 1.70 |
| Owners | 1 | 2 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •crystals-dilithium leads with a health score of 57/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •paseto-pq, dilithium-rs are pre-1.0 — API may change.