Decision Workspace
secret-vault vs kms-aead vs credstash
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
60
secret-vault
stablev1.18.0
Library provides a secure vault to store securely application secrets in memory from Google/AWS/K8S and environment variables
59
kms-aead
growingv0.23.0
KMS/AEAD envelope encryption for GCP/AWS KMS and Ring AEAD encryption
33
credstash
growingv0.9.2
Credstash is a utility for managing credentials in the AWS cloud
Core Metrics
| secret-vault | kms-aead | credstash | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 60 | 59 | 33 |
| Total Downloads | 1.2M | 1.1M | 16.3K |
| 30d Downloads | 378.7K | 378.9K | 16 |
| Dependents | 0 | 45 | 0 |
| Releases | 51 | 34 | 12 |
| Last Updated | 15d ago | 15d ago | 1016d ago |
| Age | 3y 8m | 3y 8m | 6y 3m |
Health Breakdown
secret-vault
Maintenance
18
Quality
16
Community
6
Popularity
7
Documentation
13
kms-aead
Maintenance
18
Quality
10
Community
11
Popularity
7
Documentation
13
credstash
Maintenance
4
Quality
12
Community
3
Popularity
5
Documentation
9
Technical Details
| secret-vault | kms-aead | credstash | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 1.18.0 | 0.23.0 | 0.9.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 25 | 19 | 22 |
| Crate Size | 46KB | 36KB | 36KB |
| Features | 17 | 8 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 21.6% | 29.4% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2018 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •secret-vault leads with a health score of 60/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •⚠ credstash has not been updated in over a year.
- •kms-aead, credstash are pre-1.0 — API may change.