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boringtun

v0.7.0 Growing

an implementation of the WireGuard® protocol designed for portability and speed

BSD-3-Clause Edition 2018

Quick Verdict

  • Actively maintained (updated 73d ago)
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • Team maintained (4 owners)
  • !Heavy dependency tree (24 direct deps)

Security

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Downloads
244.4K
Dependents
33
Releases
10
Size
72KB

Deep Insights

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Strong growth momentum

11.5K downloads in the last 30 days (382/day), up 65% from the previous period.

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Team maintained

This crate is maintained by a team (4 owners), reducing bus-factor risk and ensuring continuity.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 7+ years old, boringtun hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Heavy dependency tree

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

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Notable yanked versions

30% of releases have been yanked. Check version history before pinning.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include boringtun-cli, onetun, tokio-wireguard, libwgslirpy, yggy. When high-quality crates choose boringtun, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 12/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 9/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 10/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 6/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 12/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads · last 90 days
253/day avg+132%
020040060080012/291/162/32/213/113/28

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.6.0
42%
v0.3.0
28%
v0.4.0
16%
v0.7.0
9%
v0.5.3
6%

Release Timeline

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Feature Flags

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README

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Maintainers

Dependencies
24
direct dependencies
Dependents
33
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