des

1.8M downloads in the last 30 days (60.2K/day), up 27% from the previous period.

604 crates depend on des. 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, des 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 38KB, des is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

Notable dependents include pkcs5, cmac, ssh-cipher, p12-keystore, p12. When high-quality crates choose des, it's a strong quality signal.