highway
v1.3.0 GrowingNative Rust port of Google's HighwayHash, which makes use of SIMD instructions for a fast and strong hash function
Quick Verdict
- ✕Not updated for 1+ year
- ✓Stable API (1.x for 7+ years)
- ✓Trusted by 423 crates
- ✓Permissive license (MIT)
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Deep Insights
192.3K downloads in the last 30 days (6.4K/day). Volume is roughly flat compared to the previous period.
423 crates depend on highway. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.
The API has been stable (1.x) for over 7 years with 21 releases. This level of maturity means you can depend on it without worrying about breaking changes.
At 30KB, highway is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
Notable dependents include gxhash, zellij-server, boxcars, pyapp, affinidi-did-resolver-cache-sdk. When high-quality crates choose highway, it's a strong quality signal.
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Feature Flags
default =["std"]