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hpke

v0.13.0 Growing

An implementation of the HPKE hybrid encryption standard (RFC 9180) in pure Rust

MIT/Apache-2.0 Edition 2021
CryptographyNo standard library #crypto#cryptography#encryption#aead#key-exchange

Quick Verdict

  • โœ“Actively maintained (updated 89d ago)
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Trusted by 261 crates
  • !Heavy dependency tree (21 direct deps)
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT/Apache-2.0)

Security

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Downloads
5.7M
Dependents
261
Releases
28
Size
1.7MB

Deep Insights

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Steady growth

502.8K downloads in the last 30 days (16.8K/day), up 20% from the previous period.

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Moderate adoption

261 crates depend on hpke. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 6+ years old, hpke hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Heavy dependency tree

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

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include ohttp, hpke-dispatch, turnkey_enclave_encrypt, saorsa-pqc, odoh-rs. When high-quality crates choose hpke, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 13/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 13/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 13/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 8/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 13/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
15K/day avg+17%
010K20K2/263/164/34/215/95/26

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.11.0
58%
v0.13.0
22%
v0.12.0
10%
v0.10.0
10%
v0.8.0
1%

Release Timeline

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Feature Flags

default =["alloc", "p256", "x25519"]

stdp256*p384p521alloc*x25519*

README

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Maintainers

Dependencies
21
direct dependencies
Dependents
261
crates depend on hpke

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