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argon2rs

v0.2.5 Growing

The pure Rust password hashing library that runs on Argon2.

MIT
#hash#crypto#argon2#argon2i#argon2d

Quick Verdict

  • โœ•Not updated for 9+ years
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Trusted by 352 crates
  • โœ“Tiny footprint (353KB, 3 deps)
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT)

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Downloads
1.2M
Dependents
352
Releases
4
Size
353KB

Deep Insights

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Strong growth momentum

20.7K downloads in the last 30 days (691/day), up 53% from the previous period.

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Moderate adoption

352 crates depend on argon2rs. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 10+ years old, argon2rs hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Minimal dependencies

Only 3 direct dependencies. Lean dependency tree means faster builds and lower supply chain risk.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include argonautica, rustweb2, rustdb-axum-example, sarkara, rustweb. When high-quality crates choose argon2rs, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 2/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 16/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 10/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 7/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 11/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
493/day avg+93%
05001K2K12/291/162/32/213/113/28

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.2.5
98%
v0.2.0
1%
v0.2.1
0%
v0.1.0
0%

Release Timeline

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Maintainers

Dependencies
3
direct dependencies
Dependents
352
crates depend on argon2rs

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