libaes
v0.7.0 GrowingAES cipher in safe Rust with no dependencies
Quick Verdict
- ✕Not updated for 2+ years
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Trusted by 201 crates
- ✓Tiny footprint (25KB, 0 deps)
- ✓Permissive license (Apache-2.0 OR MIT)
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Deep Insights
24.5K downloads in the last 30 days (818/day), up 21% from the previous period.
201 crates depend on libaes. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.
Despite being 5+ years old, libaes hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
libaes has no external dependencies — minimal supply chain risk and fast compile times.
At 25KB, libaes is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
Notable dependents include br-crypto, acvm_blackbox_solver, didcomm-rs, termusic-lib, acr. When high-quality crates choose libaes, it's a strong quality signal.
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