Decision Workspace
rusty-pwgen vs cryptirust vs pwgen-rs
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
49
rusty-pwgen
experimentalv0.1.0
Generate pronounceable or random passwords from the OS CSPRNG — a Rust port of Theodore Ts'o's `pwgen` with strict-compat mode, deterministic `-H` reproducible mode (SHA256 + ChaCha20), and a typed library API.
54
cryptirust
stablev2.0.2
A flexible password generator that creates pronounceable passwords with adjustable entropy and custom patterns.
37
pwgen-rs
experimentalv0.1.0
A Rust implementation of pwgen password generator
Core Metrics
| rusty-pwgen | cryptirust | pwgen-rs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 49 | 54 | 37 |
| Total Downloads | 26 | 5.7K | 40 |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| Last Updated | 2d ago | 590d ago | 200d ago |
| Age | 2d | 1y 7m | 6m |
Health Breakdown
rusty-pwgen
Maintenance
13
Quality
14
Community
5
Popularity
2
Documentation
15
cryptirust
Maintenance
12
Quality
19
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
pwgen-rs
Maintenance
5
Quality
15
Community
5
Popularity
2
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| rusty-pwgen | cryptirust | pwgen-rs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 | 2.0.2 | 0.1.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT | GPL-3.0 |
| Dependencies | 14 | 3 | 0 |
| Crate Size | 50KB | 64KB | 20KB |
| Features | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | 1.85 | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •cryptirust leads with a health score of 54/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •⚠ cryptirust has not been updated in over a year.
- •rusty-pwgen, pwgen-rs are pre-1.0 — API may change.