Decision Workspace
valence-crypto-utils vs signature vs secp256k1
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
46
valence-crypto-utils
experimentalv0.1.2
A collection of crypto utilities for the Valence ecosystem.
77
signature
stablev2.2.0
Traits for cryptographic signature algorithms (e.g. ECDSA, Ed25519)
62
secp256k1
growingv0.31.1
Rust wrapper library for Pieter Wuille's `libsecp256k1`. Implements ECDSA and BIP 340 signatures for the SECG elliptic curve group secp256k1 and related utilities.
Core Metrics
| valence-crypto-utils | signature | secp256k1 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 46 | 77 | 62 |
| Total Downloads | 1.9K | 250.0M | 47.3M |
| 30d Downloads | 68 | 24.5M | 3.4M |
| Dependents | 3 | 4.1K | 6.7K |
| Releases | 3 | 54 | 98 |
| Last Updated | 189d ago | 51d ago | 148d ago |
| Age | 7m | 7y 5m | 10y 11m |
Health Breakdown
valence-crypto-utils
Maintenance
11
Quality
14
Community
7
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
signature
Maintenance
16
Quality
18
Community
20
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
secp256k1
Maintenance
12
Quality
13
Community
14
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| valence-crypto-utils | signature | secp256k1 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.2 | 2.2.0 | 0.31.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 OR MIT | CC0-1.0 |
| Dependencies | 9 | 5 | 11 |
| Crate Size | 12KB | 16KB | 94KB |
| Features | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 5.6% | 6.1% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.60 | 1.63.0 |
| Owners | 1 | 3 (team) | 2 |
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Quick Verdict
- •signature leads with a health score of 77/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •secp256k1 is depended on by 6.7K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •valence-crypto-utils, secp256k1 are pre-1.0 — API may change.