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boring

v5.0.2 Stable

BoringSSL bindings

Apache-2.0 Edition 2021 MSRV 1.85
API bindingsCryptography #tls#ssl#dtls#post-quantum#fips

Quick Verdict

  • Actively maintained (updated 38d ago)
  • Stable API (5.x for 5+ years)
  • Trusted by 473 crates
  • Team maintained (5 owners)
  • Permissive license (Apache-2.0)

Security

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Downloads
4.0M
Dependents
473
Releases
56
Size
209KB

Deep Insights

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Steady growth

260.4K downloads in the last 30 days (8.7K/day), up 17% from the previous period.

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Moderate adoption

473 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 56 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 17/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 16/25

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
7K/day avg+76%
05K10K12/291/162/32/213/113/28

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v4.17.0
38%
v4.19.0
30%
v4.13.0
12%
v3.1.0
11%
v4.16.0
9%

Release Timeline

56 releases9 yankedsince 2020
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Feature Flags

rpkfipsmlkemcredentialpq-experimentalfips-precompiledunderscore-wildcardslegacy-compat-deprecated

README

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Maintainers

Dependencies
8
direct dependencies
Dependents
473
crates depend on boring

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