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ark-groth16

v0.5.0 Growing

An implementation of the Groth 2016 zkSNARK proof system

MIT/Apache-2.0 Edition 2021
Cryptography #cryptography#zero-knowledge#snark#zksnark#groth-maller

Quick Verdict

  • โœ•Not updated for 1+ year
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Trusted by 966 crates
  • โœ“Team maintained (2 owners)
  • !Heavy dependency tree (21 direct deps)

Security

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Downloads
4.4M
Dependents
966
Releases
6
Size
19KB

Deep Insights

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Strong growth momentum

314.9K downloads in the last 30 days (10.5K/day), up 25% from the previous period.

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Moderate adoption

966 crates depend on ark-groth16. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.

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Team maintained

This crate is maintained by a team (2 owners), reducing bus-factor risk and ensuring continuity.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 5+ years old, ark-groth16 hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Heavy dependency tree

21 direct dependencies. Consider the impact on compile times and supply chain complexity.

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Compact crate

At 19KB, ark-groth16 is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include risc0-groth16, decaf377, sp1-verifier, poseidon377, arkworks-gadgets. When high-quality crates choose ark-groth16, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 6/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 15/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 18/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 8/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 13/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
8K/day avg+76%
05K10K15K12/291/162/32/213/113/28

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.4.0
66%
v0.5.0
21%
v0.3.0
13%
v0.2.0
0%
v0.5.0-alpha.1
0%

Release Timeline

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Feature Flags

default =["parallel"]

stdr1csparallel*print-trace

README

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Maintainers

Dependencies
21
direct dependencies
Dependents
966
crates depend on ark-groth16

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