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v5.1.0 Stable

BoringSSL bindings

Apache-2.0 Edition 2021 MSRV 1.85
API bindingsCryptography #crypto#tls#ssl#dtls

Quick Verdict

  • Actively maintained (updated 19d ago)
  • Stable API (5.x for 5+ years)
  • Trusted by 549 crates
  • Team maintained (5 owners)
  • Permissive license (Apache-2.0)

Security

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Downloads
4.4M
Dependents
549
Releases
58
Size
218KB

Deep Insights

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Steady growth

236.3K downloads in the last 30 days (7.9K/day), up 9% from the previous period.

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Moderate adoption

549 crates depend on boring. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.

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Team maintained

This crate is maintained by a team (5 owners), reducing bus-factor risk and ensuring continuity.

Stable for 5+ years

The API has been stable (1.x) for over 5 years with 58 releases. This level of maturity means you can depend on it without worrying about breaking changes.

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Notable yanked versions

16% of releases have been yanked. Check version history before pinning.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include lettre, jwt-simple, tokio-boring, quiche, tokio-quiche. When high-quality crates choose boring, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 18/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 17/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 18/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 8/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 15/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads · last 90 days
8K/day avg-14%
05K10K2/263/164/34/215/95/26

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v4.21.2
58%
v4.21.1
22%
v5.0.2
10%
v4.22.0
7%
v5.1.0
3%

Release Timeline

10 releases3 yankedsince 2026
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Feature Flags

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README

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Maintainers

Dependencies
8
direct dependencies
Dependents
549
crates depend on boring

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