Decision Workspace
rustywallet-signer vs k256 vs frost-core
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
42
rustywallet-signer
experimentalv0.2.0
ECDSA and Schnorr message signing and verification for Bitcoin and Ethereum
74
k256
growingv0.13.4
secp256k1 elliptic curve library written in pure Rust with support for ECDSA signing/verification/public-key recovery, Taproot Schnorr signatures (BIP340), Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman (ECDH), and general-purpose secp256k1 elliptic curve group operations which can be used to implement arbitrary protocols
68
frost-core
stablev2.2.0
Types and traits to support implementing Flexible Round-Optimized Schnorr Threshold signature schemes (FROST).
Core Metrics
| rustywallet-signer | k256 | frost-core | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 42 | 74 | 68 |
| Total Downloads | 226 | 47.9M | 241.1K |
| 30d Downloads | 79 | 3.6M | 22.6K |
| Dependents | 3 | 6.6K | 208 |
| Releases | 3 | 79 | 14 |
| Last Updated | 83d ago | 17d ago | 58d ago |
| Age | 2m | 6y 3m | 3y |
Health Breakdown
rustywallet-signer
Maintenance
9
Quality
12
Community
8
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
k256
Maintenance
18
Quality
13
Community
20
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
frost-core
Maintenance
18
Quality
16
Community
16
Popularity
6
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| rustywallet-signer | k256 | frost-core | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.0 | 0.13.4 | 2.2.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | Apache-2.0 OR MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 11 | 17 | 23 |
| Crate Size | 19KB | 94KB | 72KB |
| Features | 0 | 19 | 7 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 7.6% | 14.3% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.65 | 1.81 |
| Owners | 1 | 2 (team) | 3 (team) |
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Quick Verdict
- •k256 leads with a health score of 74/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •k256 is depended on by 6.6K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •rustywallet-signer, k256 are pre-1.0 — API may change.