drbg

v1.1.3 Growing

Crypographic random number generator CTR_DRBG defined by NIST SP 800-90A R1.

MIT Edition 2021

Algorithms Cryptography #random#rng#no_std#csprng#ctr_drbg

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Quick Verdict

✓Stable API (1.x for 2+ years)
✓Permissive license (MIT)

Security

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Downloads

12.7K

Dependents

Releases

Size

22KB

Deep Insights

📈

Strong growth momentum

362 downloads in the last 30 days (12/day), up 53% from the previous period.

✅

Stable for 2+ years

The API has been stable (1.x) for over 2 years with 11 releases. This level of maturity means you can depend on it without worrying about breaking changes.

📐

Compact crate

At 21KB, drbg is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 11/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 20/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 6/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 5/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 10/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads · last 90 days

9/day avg+49%

Version Adoption

v0.2.0

43%

v1.0.1

17%

v0.1.3

14%

v0.1.2

13%

v0.1.1

13%

Release Timeline

11 releasessince 2023

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Feature Flags

default =["std", "zeroize"]

std*zeroize*rand_core

README

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Maintainers

Daniel Ottavio

3 crates

Dependencies

direct dependencies