cast5
v0.11.1 GrowingCAST5 block cipher
Quick Verdict
- ✓Actively maintained (updated 54d ago)
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Trusted by 116 crates
- ✓Team maintained (2 owners)
- ✓Tiny footprint (37KB, 3 deps)
Security
Deep Insights
333.7K downloads in the last 30 days (11.1K/day), up 22% from the previous period.
116 crates depend on cast5. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.
The primary maintainer publishes 211 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.
Despite being 9+ years old, cast5 hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
Only 3 direct dependencies. Lean dependency tree means faster builds and lower supply chain risk.
At 36KB, cast5 is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
Notable dependents include pgp, sequoia-openpgp, deterministic-pgp-keys, crown, cmail-rpgp. When high-quality crates choose cast5, it's a strong quality signal.
Health Breakdown
Recency, release consistency, active ratio
Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features
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Most downloaded crates that depend on cast5
