Decision Workspace
spartan vs nova-snark vs ark-spartan-golden
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
41
spartan
growingv0.9.0
High-speed zkSNARKs without trusted setup
61
nova-snark
growingv0.69.0
High-speed recursive arguments from folding schemes
42
ark-spartan-golden
experimentalv0.5.0
Spartan ZKP system over arkworks (fork for golden-dkg crate)
Core Metrics
| spartan | nova-snark | ark-spartan-golden | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 41 | 61 | 42 |
| Total Downloads | 23.1K | 115.9K | 85 |
| 30d Downloads | 224 | 5.6K | 21 |
| Dependents | 6 | 434 | 4 |
| Releases | 12 | 80 | 1 |
| Last Updated | 462d ago | 1d ago | 40d ago |
| Age | 5y 8m | 4y 6m | 1m |
Health Breakdown
spartan
Maintenance
5
Quality
15
Community
5
Popularity
5
Documentation
11
nova-snark
Maintenance
19
Quality
13
Community
10
Popularity
6
Documentation
13
ark-spartan-golden
Maintenance
11
Quality
13
Community
5
Popularity
2
Documentation
11
Technical Details
| spartan | nova-snark | ark-spartan-golden | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.9.0 | 0.69.0 | 0.5.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | non-standard | non-standard | non-standard |
| Dependencies | 15 | 34 | 18 |
| Crate Size | 66KB | 280KB | 60KB |
| Features | 4 | 6 | 3 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.79.0 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •nova-snark leads with a health score of 61/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •nova-snark is depended on by 434 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ spartan has not been updated in over a year.