Decision Workspace
serpent-cipher vs cienli vs rsa
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
35
serpent-cipher
growingv0.1.2
A naive pure Rust implementation of the Serpent block cipher.
44
cienli
growingv0.3.1
CiEnLi is a library of historical ciphers implemented in rust
73
rsa
growingv0.9.10
Pure Rust RSA implementation
Core Metrics
| serpent-cipher | cienli | rsa | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 35 | 44 | 73 |
| Total Downloads | 4.5K | 10.4K | 135.2M |
| 30d Downloads | 7 | 35 | 11.0M |
| Dependents | 0 | 35 | 7.4K |
| Releases | 3 | 5 | 63 |
| Last Updated | 2321d ago | 1362d ago | 17d ago |
| Age | 6y 4m | 5y 1m | 7y 8m |
Health Breakdown
serpent-cipher
Maintenance
3
Quality
14
Community
5
Popularity
4
Documentation
9
cienli
Maintenance
3
Quality
14
Community
10
Popularity
5
Documentation
12
rsa
Maintenance
18
Quality
13
Community
19
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| serpent-cipher | cienli | rsa | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.2 | 0.3.1 | 0.9.10 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 2 | 2 | 26 |
| Crate Size | 450KB | 8KB | 86KB |
| Features | 0 | 10 | 9 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 20.0% | 1.6% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2018 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.65 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 2 (team) |
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Quick Verdict
- •rsa leads with a health score of 73/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •rsa is depended on by 7.4K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ serpent-cipher, cienli have not been updated in over a year.