ahash
v0.8.12 GrowingA non-cryptographic hash function using AES-NI for high performance
Quick Verdict
- ✕Not updated for 1+ year
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Massive adoption (44.7K crates depend on it)
- ✓Permissive license (MIT OR Apache-2.0)
- !80% of releases were yanked
Security
Deep Insights
42.4M downloads in the last 30 days (1.4M/day), up 25% from the previous period.
44.7K crates depend on ahash — it's part of the Rust ecosystem's core infrastructure. Removing it from your dependency tree would be extremely difficult.
ahash has only 1 owner despite 44.7K dependents. This is a bus-factor concern — consider the implications for long-term support.
Despite being 7+ years old, ahash hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
At 42KB, ahash is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
80% of releases have been yanked. Check version history before pinning.
Notable dependents include tracing-log, petgraph, foldhash, rkyv, moka. When high-quality crates choose ahash, it's a strong quality signal.
Health Breakdown
Recency, release consistency, active ratio
Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features
Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem
Downloads, momentum, growth trend
Docs, repo, license, metadata
Download Trend
Top Dependents
Most downloaded crates that depend on ahash
Version Adoption
Release Timeline
Feature Flags
default =["std", "runtime-rng"]
