aes-gcm-siv
v0.11.1 GrowingPure Rust implementation of the AES-GCM-SIV Misuse-Resistant Authenticated Encryption Cipher (RFC 8452) with optional architecture-specific hardware acceleration
Quick Verdict
- ✓Actively maintained (updated 53d ago)
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Massive adoption (1.5K crates depend on it)
- ✓Team maintained (2 owners)
- ✓Permissive license (MIT OR Apache-2.0)
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Deep Insights
1.8M downloads in the last 30 days (58.8K/day), up 39% from the previous period.
1.5K crates depend on aes-gcm-siv. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.
The primary maintainer publishes 215 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.
Despite being 6+ years old, aes-gcm-siv hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
At 26KB, aes-gcm-siv is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
Notable dependents include solana-zk-token-sdk, solana-zk-sdk, tink-aead, shadowsocks-crypto, fastcrypto. When high-quality crates choose aes-gcm-siv, it's a strong quality signal.
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Feature Flags
default =["aes", "alloc", "getrandom"]
