Decision Workspace
rustls-openssl-post-quantum vs oqs-safe vs p12_polyfill
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
38
rustls-openssl-post-quantum
growingv0.1.0
Experimental Rustls post-quantum key exchanges using OpenSSL and liboqs
53
oqs-safe
experimentalv0.2.5
Stable, minimal, safe Rust wrapper over libOQS for PQ KEM/SIG (ML-KEM/Dilithium) with explicit mock-only dev mode.
38
p12_polyfill
growingv0.4.0
Allows to use pkcs12 generated by openssl v1 in rustls and native-tls (vendored openssl-src v3)
Core Metrics
| rustls-openssl-post-quantum | oqs-safe | p12_polyfill | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 38 | 53 | 38 |
| Total Downloads | 939 | 1.0K | 10.7K |
| 30d Downloads | 3 | 9 | 15 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 1 | 6 | 5 |
| Last Updated | 466d ago | 134d ago | 263d ago |
| Age | 1y 3m | 5m | 2y 1m |
Health Breakdown
rustls-openssl-post-quantum
Maintenance
2
Quality
13
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
oqs-safe
Maintenance
14
Quality
16
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
p12_polyfill
Maintenance
7
Quality
10
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| rustls-openssl-post-quantum | oqs-safe | p12_polyfill | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 | 0.2.5 | 0.4.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 12 | 12 | 10 |
| Crate Size | 13KB | 16KB | 25KB |
| Features | 0 | 13 | 4 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 20.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •oqs-safe leads with a health score of 53/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •p12_polyfill has the most downloads (10.7K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ rustls-openssl-post-quantum has not been updated in over a year.