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crypto_secretbox

v0.1.1 Growing

Pure Rust implementation of the XSalsa20Poly1305 (a.k.a. NaCl crypto_secretbox) authenticated encryption cipher as well as the libsodium variant of XChaCha20Poly1305

Apache-2.0 OR MIT Edition 2021 MSRV 1.60
CryptographyNo standard library #poly1305#aead#nacl#xsalsa20#salsa20

Quick Verdict

  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Trusted by 409 crates
  • โœ“Team maintained (2 owners)
  • โœ“Permissive license (Apache-2.0 OR MIT)

Security

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Downloads
17.5M
Dependents
409
Releases
4
Size
11KB

Deep Insights

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Strong growth momentum

1.1M downloads in the last 30 days (36.9K/day), up 23% from the previous period.

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Moderate adoption

409 crates depend on crypto_secretbox. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.

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Prolific maintainer

The primary maintainer publishes 216 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 3+ years old, crypto_secretbox hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Compact crate

At 11KB, crypto_secretbox is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include vrl, crypto_box, subxt-signer, sigstore, atuin-client. When high-quality crates choose crypto_secretbox, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 7/25

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 ยท last 90 days
39K/day avg-36%
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Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.1.1
99%
v0.2.0-pre.0
1%
v0.1.0
0%
v0.0.0
0%

Release Timeline

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Feature Flags

default =["alloc", "getrandom", "salsa20"]

stdalloc*streamheaplessgetrandom*rand_core

README

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Maintainers

Dependencies
9
direct dependencies
Dependents
409
crates depend on crypto_secretbox

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