Decision Workspace
salty vs subduction_crypto vs signatory
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
48
salty
growingv0.3.0
Small, sweet, swift Ed25519 signatures for microcontrollers
65
subduction_crypto
experimentalv0.7.1
Cryptographic types for Subduction: signed payloads, verification witnesses
56
signatory
growingv0.27.1
Multi-provider elliptic curve digital signature library with ECDSA and Ed25519 support
Core Metrics
| salty | subduction_crypto | signatory | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 48 | 65 | 56 |
| Total Downloads | 494.7K | 1.0K | 39.7M |
| 30d Downloads | 17.1K | 0 | 10.6M |
| Dependents | 9 | 155 | 259 |
| Releases | 9 | 11 | 57 |
| Last Updated | 947d ago | 13d ago | 1015d ago |
| Age | 6y 11m | 3m | 8y 4m |
Health Breakdown
salty
Maintenance
5
Quality
15
Community
11
Popularity
7
Documentation
10
subduction_crypto
Maintenance
21
Quality
15
Community
13
Popularity
4
Documentation
12
signatory
Maintenance
7
Quality
14
Community
15
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| salty | subduction_crypto | signatory | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.3.0 | 0.7.1 | 0.27.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | Apache-2.0 OR MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 OR MIT |
| Dependencies | 6 | 13 | 10 |
| Crate Size | 174KB | 25KB | 126KB |
| Features | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1.8% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.90 | 1.65 |
| Owners | 3 (team) | 2 | 2 |
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Quick Verdict
- •subduction_crypto leads with a health score of 65/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •signatory has the most downloads (39.7M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •signatory is depended on by 259 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ salty, signatory have not been updated in over a year.