Decision Workspace
picky vs spiffe vs biscuit
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
63
picky
stablev6.3.0
Portable X.509, PKI, JOSE and HTTP signature implementation.
64
spiffe
growingv0.15.1
Core SPIFFE identity types and Workload API sources
61
biscuit
growingv0.8.0
A library to work with Javascript Object Signing and Encryption(JOSE), including JSON Web Tokens (JWT), JSON Web Signature (JWS) and JSON Web Encryption (JWE).
Core Metrics
| picky | spiffe | biscuit | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 63 | 64 | 61 |
| Total Downloads | 1.4M | 687.7K | 5.6M |
| 30d Downloads | 286.8K | 112.2K | 193.8K |
| Dependents | 253 | 76 | 182 |
| Releases | 48 | 39 | 23 |
| Last Updated | 34d ago | 14d ago | 50d ago |
| Age | 6y 5m | 4y 11m | 9y 2m |
Health Breakdown
picky
Maintenance
17
Quality
15
Community
15
Popularity
7
Documentation
9
spiffe
Maintenance
18
Quality
13
Community
11
Popularity
7
Documentation
15
biscuit
Maintenance
13
Quality
13
Community
12
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| picky | spiffe | biscuit | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 6.3.0 | 0.15.1 | 0.8.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 23 | 28 | 9 |
| Crate Size | 68KB | 149KB | 78KB |
| Features | 8 | 16 | 1 |
| Yanked % | 29.2% | 2.6% | 4.3% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.88 | 1.66 |
| Owners | 4 (team) | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •spiffe leads with a health score of 64/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •biscuit has the most downloads (5.6M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •picky is depended on by 253 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •spiffe, biscuit are pre-1.0 — API may change.