libsecp256k1
v0.7.2 GrowingPure Rust secp256k1 implementation.
Quick Verdict
- ✕Not updated for 1+ year
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Massive adoption (4.0K crates depend on it)
- ✓Team maintained (2 owners)
- ✓Permissive license (Apache-2.0)
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Deep Insights
1.4M downloads in the last 30 days (45.2K/day), up 5% from the previous period.
4.0K crates depend on libsecp256k1. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.
The primary maintainer publishes 218 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.
Despite being 8+ years old, libsecp256k1 hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
Notable dependents include smoldot, sp-core, sp-io, solana-runtime, zombienet-orchestrator. When high-quality crates choose libsecp256k1, it's a strong quality signal.
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Feature Flags
default =["std", "hmac", "static-context"]
