Decision Workspace
salty vs signatory vs subduction_crypto
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
48
salty
growingv0.3.0
Small, sweet, swift Ed25519 signatures for microcontrollers
56
signatory
growingv0.27.1
Multi-provider elliptic curve digital signature library with ECDSA and Ed25519 support
54
subduction_crypto
experimentalv0.3.1
Cryptographic types for Subduction: signed payloads, verification witnesses
Core Metrics
| salty | signatory | subduction_crypto | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 48 | 56 | 54 |
| Total Downloads | 462.3K | 23.6M | 512 |
| 30d Downloads | 23.3K | 5.5M | 459 |
| Dependents | 9 | 259 | 56 |
| Releases | 9 | 57 | 6 |
| Last Updated | 888d ago | 956d ago | 1d ago |
| Age | 6y 9m | 8y 2m | 1m |
Health Breakdown
salty
Maintenance
5
Quality
15
Community
11
Popularity
7
Documentation
10
signatory
Maintenance
7
Quality
14
Community
15
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
subduction_crypto
Maintenance
14
Quality
15
Community
10
Popularity
3
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| salty | signatory | subduction_crypto | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.3.0 | 0.27.1 | 0.3.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | Apache-2.0 OR MIT | Apache-2.0 OR MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 6 | 10 | 13 |
| Crate Size | 174KB | 126KB | 20KB |
| Features | 4 | 6 | 5 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 1.8% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | 1.65 | 1.90 |
| Owners | 3 (team) | 2 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •signatory leads with a health score of 56/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •signatory is depended on by 259 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ salty, signatory have not been updated in over a year.