chacha20-poly1305-aead
v0.1.2 GrowingA pure Rust implementation of the ChaCha20-Poly1305 AEAD from RFC 7539.
Quick Verdict
- โNot updated for 10+ years
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- โTrusted by 120 crates
- โTiny footprint (19KB, 2 deps)
- โPermissive license (MIT OR Apache-2.0)
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8.8K downloads in the last 30 days (294/day), up 280% from the previous period.
120 crates depend on chacha20-poly1305-aead. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.
Despite being 10+ years old, chacha20-poly1305-aead hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
Only 2 direct dependencies. Lean dependency tree means faster builds and lower supply chain risk.
At 18KB, chacha20-poly1305-aead is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
Notable dependents include zeros, t-rust-less-lib, hap, shamirsecretsharing, i2p_snow. When high-quality crates choose chacha20-poly1305-aead, it's a strong quality signal.
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