elliptic-curve
v0.13.8 GrowingGeneral purpose Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) support, including types and traits for representing various elliptic curve forms, scalars, points, and public/secret keys composed thereof.
Quick Verdict
- ✓Actively maintained (updated 17d ago)
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Massive adoption (3.1K crates depend on it)
- ✓Team maintained (2 owners)
- !Heavy dependency tree (21 direct deps)
Security
Deep Insights
12.2M downloads in the last 30 days (407.2K/day), up 35% from the previous period.
3.1K crates depend on elliptic-curve. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.
The primary maintainer publishes 215 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.
Despite being 6+ years old, elliptic-curve hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
21 direct dependencies. Consider the impact on compile times and supply chain complexity.
28% of releases have been yanked. Check version history before pinning.
Notable dependents include ecdsa, p256, primeorder, k256, p384. When high-quality crates choose elliptic-curve, it's a strong quality signal.
Health Breakdown
Recency, release consistency, active ratio
Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features
Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem
Downloads, momentum, growth trend
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Top Dependents
Most downloaded crates that depend on elliptic-curve
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Feature Flags
default =["arithmetic"]
