ascon
v0.5.0 GrowingPure Rust implementation of the Ascon permutation
Quick Verdict
- ✓Actively maintained (updated 82d ago)
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Team maintained (3 owners)
- ✓Tiny footprint (9KB, 0 deps)
- ✓Permissive license (Apache-2.0 OR MIT)
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Deep Insights
4.5K downloads in the last 30 days (148/day), up 33% from the previous period.
The primary maintainer publishes 220 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.
Despite being 9+ years old, ascon hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
ascon has no external dependencies — minimal supply chain risk and fast compile times.
At 9KB, ascon is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
Notable dependents include sarkara, provekit-spongefish, spongefish, ascon-prng, ascon-hash256. When high-quality crates choose ascon, it's a strong quality signal.
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