cbc
v0.2.1 GrowingCipher Block Chaining (CBC) block cipher mode of operation
Quick Verdict
- ✓Actively maintained (updated 54d ago)
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Massive adoption (5.0K crates depend on it)
- ✓Team maintained (2 owners)
- ✓Permissive license (MIT OR Apache-2.0)
Security
Deep Insights
7.9M downloads in the last 30 days (263.6K/day). Volume is roughly flat compared to the previous period.
5.0K crates depend on cbc. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.
The primary maintainer publishes 216 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.
Despite being 5+ years old, cbc hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
At 25KB, cbc is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
Notable dependents include pkcs5, secret-service, lopdf, cms, dbus-secret-service. When high-quality crates choose cbc, it's a strong quality signal.
Health Breakdown
Recency, release consistency, active ratio
Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features
Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem
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Most downloaded crates that depend on cbc
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Feature Flags
default =["block-padding"]
