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ed25519-zebra

v4.2.0 Stable

Zcash-flavored Ed25519 for use in Zebra.

MIT OR Apache-2.0 Edition 2018 MSRV 1.85.0

Quick Verdict

  • โœ“Stable API (4.x for 6+ years)
  • โœ“Trusted by 735 crates
  • โœ“Team maintained (2 owners)
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT OR Apache-2.0)

Security

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Downloads
17.5M
Dependents
735
Releases
24
Size
33KB

Deep Insights

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Stable downloads

667.8K downloads in the last 30 days (22.3K/day). Volume is roughly flat compared to the previous period.

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Moderate adoption

735 crates depend on ed25519-zebra. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.

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Team maintained

This crate is maintained by a team (2 owners), reducing bus-factor risk and ensuring continuity.

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Stable for 6+ years

The API has been stable (1.x) for over 6 years with 24 releases. This level of maturity means you can depend on it without worrying about breaking changes.

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Compact crate

At 32KB, ed25519-zebra is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include ed25519-zebra, smoldot, ed25519-consensus, sp-core, cosmwasm-crypto. When high-quality crates choose ed25519-zebra, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 12/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 20/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 14/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 8/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 11/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
20K/day avg-50%
010K20K30K4/265/146/16/197/77/24

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v4.0.3
39%
v3.1.0
38%
v4.1.0
11%
v2.2.0
6%
v3.0.0
6%

Release Timeline

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Feature Flags

default =["serde", "std"]

pemstd*allocpkcs8serde*nightly

README

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Maintainers

Dependencies
17
direct dependencies
Dependents
735
crates depend on ed25519-zebra