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dusk-poseidon

v0.41.0 Growing

Implementation of Poseidon hash algorithm over the Bls12-381 Scalar field.

MPL-2.0 Edition 2021
AlgorithmsCryptographyNo standard libraryWebAssembly #crypto#cryptography#zero-knowledge

Quick Verdict

  • โœ“Actively maintained (updated 53d ago)
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Trusted by 252 crates

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Downloads
115.9K
Dependents
252
Releases
44
Size
44KB

Deep Insights

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Strong growth momentum

7.3K downloads in the last 30 days (242/day), up 101% from the previous period.

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Moderate adoption

252 crates depend on dusk-poseidon. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.

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Prolific maintainer

The primary maintainer publishes 73 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 5+ years old, dusk-poseidon hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Compact crate

At 42KB, dusk-poseidon is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include phoenix-core, dusk-pki, poseidon-merkle, zk-citadel, dusk-schnorr. When high-quality crates choose dusk-poseidon, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 16/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 14/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 13/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 6/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 10/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
160/day avg+98%
020040060012/291/162/32/213/113/28

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.40.0
27%
v0.41.0
22%
v0.21.0-rc.5
19%
v0.31.0
19%
v0.39.0
13%

Release Timeline

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Maintainers

Dependencies
9
direct dependencies
Dependents
252
crates depend on dusk-poseidon

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