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halo2-base

v0.5.1 Growing

Embedded domain specific language (eDSL) for writing circuits with the [`halo2`](https://github.com/axiom-crypto/halo2) API. It simplifies circuit programming to declaring constraints over a single advice and selector column and provides built-in circuit tuning and support for multi-threaded witness generation.

MIT Edition 2021 MSRV 1.73.0

Quick Verdict

  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • !Heavy dependency tree (27 direct deps)
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT)

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Downloads
142.6K
Dependents
29
Releases
4
Size
105KB

Deep Insights

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Stable downloads

23.8K downloads in the last 30 days (793/day). Volume is roughly flat compared to the previous period.

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Prolific maintainer

The primary maintainer publishes 82 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 2+ years old, halo2-base hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Heavy dependency tree

27 direct dependencies. Consider the impact on compile times and supply chain complexity.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include snark-verifier, snark-verifier-sdk, halo2-ecc, axiom-eth, zkevm-hashes. When high-quality crates choose halo2-base, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 9/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 13/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 5/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 6/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 12/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
782/day avg-13%
05001K2K12/301/172/42/223/123/29

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.5.0
90%
v0.4.1
5%
v0.5.1
4%
v0.4.0
1%

Release Timeline

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Feature Flags

default =["halo2-axiom", "display", "test-utils"]

asmdisplay*profiletest-utils*halo2-axiom*

README

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Maintainers

Dependencies
27
direct dependencies
Dependents
29
crates depend on halo2-base