Decision Workspace
ursa vs arcanum-primitives vs light-poseidon
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
47
ursa
growingv0.3.7
This is the shared crypto library for Hyperledger components.
50
arcanum-primitives
experimentalv0.1.2
Native cryptographic primitives for Arcanum
48
light-poseidon
growingv0.4.0
Poseidon hash implementation in Rust
Core Metrics
| ursa | arcanum-primitives | light-poseidon | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 47 | 50 | 48 |
| Total Downloads | 211.6K | 1.5K | 7.7M |
| 30d Downloads | 2.9K | 529 | 543.3K |
| Dependents | 51 | 18 | 320 |
| Releases | 21 | 3 | 13 |
| Last Updated | 1654d ago | 63d ago | 192d ago |
| Age | 7y 1m | 2m | 3y 3m |
Health Breakdown
ursa
Maintenance
4
Quality
14
Community
12
Popularity
6
Documentation
11
arcanum-primitives
Maintenance
10
Quality
15
Community
9
Popularity
4
Documentation
12
light-poseidon
Maintenance
10
Quality
10
Community
10
Popularity
8
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| ursa | arcanum-primitives | light-poseidon | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.3.7 | 0.1.2 | 0.4.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 50 | 12 | 7 |
| Crate Size | 162KB | 175KB | 354KB |
| Features | 45 | 12 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 7.7% |
| Edition | — | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.89 | — |
| Owners | 3 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •arcanum-primitives leads with a health score of 50/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •light-poseidon has the most downloads (7.7M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •light-poseidon is depended on by 320 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ ursa has not been updated in over a year.