Decision Workspace
quest-rs vs kana vs qcrypto
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
42
quest-rs
growingv0.2.8
Safe Rust wrapper around the Quantum Exact Simulation Toolkit (QuEST)
54
kana
experimentalv1.1.0
Quantum mechanics simulation — state vectors, operators, entanglement, quantum circuits
53
qcrypto
experimentalv0.3.0
Library for the design, simulation and validation of quantum cryptographic protocols
Core Metrics
| quest-rs | kana | qcrypto | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 42 | 54 | 53 |
| Total Downloads | 7.6K | 109 | 141 |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Releases | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| Last Updated | 2250d ago | 55d ago | today |
| Age | 6y 2m | 1m | 3m |
Health Breakdown
quest-rs
Maintenance
9
Quality
13
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
9
kana
Maintenance
11
Quality
19
Community
7
Popularity
2
Documentation
15
qcrypto
Maintenance
19
Quality
12
Community
9
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| quest-rs | kana | qcrypto | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.8 | 1.1.0 | 0.3.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | GPL-3.0-only | MIT |
| Dependencies | 2 | 11 | 9 |
| Crate Size | 1.9MB | 80KB | 804KB |
| Features | 0 | 10 | 3 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2024 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | 1.89 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Quick Verdict
- •kana leads with a health score of 54/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •quest-rs has the most downloads (7.6K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ quest-rs has not been updated in over a year.
- •quest-rs, qcrypto are pre-1.0 — API may change.