Decision Workspace
rustls-platform-verifier vs rustls-dangerous vs ic-certificate-verification
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
65
rustls-platform-verifier
growingv0.6.2
rustls-platform-verifier supports verifying TLS certificates in rustls with the operating system verifier
43
rustls-dangerous
experimentalv0.1.0
A dangerous implementation of ServerCertVerifier for rustls that disables all certificate validation. WARNING: Development and testing only!
68
ic-certificate-verification
stablev3.1.0
Certificate verification for the Internet Computer
Core Metrics
| rustls-platform-verifier | rustls-dangerous | ic-certificate-verification | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 65 | 43 | 68 |
| Total Downloads | 35.4M | 22 | 519.1K |
| 30d Downloads | 8.0M | 15 | 14.1K |
| Dependents | 1.1K | 0 | 26 |
| Releases | 17 | 1 | 15 |
| Last Updated | 156d ago | 28d ago | 52d ago |
| Age | 2y 2m | 28d | 2y 7m |
Health Breakdown
rustls-platform-verifier
Maintenance
15
Quality
14
Community
16
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
rustls-dangerous
Maintenance
11
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
10
ic-certificate-verification
Maintenance
15
Quality
18
Community
15
Popularity
7
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| rustls-platform-verifier | rustls-dangerous | ic-certificate-verification | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.6.2 | 0.1.0 | 3.1.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 21 | 1 | 13 |
| Crate Size | 59KB | 7KB | 16KB |
| Features | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.71.0 | — | — |
| Owners | 3 (team) | 1 | 2 (team) |
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Quick Verdict
- •ic-certificate-verification leads with a health score of 68/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •rustls-platform-verifier has the most downloads (35.4M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •rustls-platform-verifier is depended on by 1.1K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •rustls-platform-verifier, rustls-dangerous are pre-1.0 — API may change.