md2
v0.11.0 GrowingMD2 hash function
Quick Verdict
- ✓Actively maintained (updated 0d ago)
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Trusted by 257 crates
- ✓Team maintained (2 owners)
- ✓Tiny footprint (10KB, 3 deps)
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Deep Insights
71.0K downloads in the last 30 days (2.4K/day), up 30% from the previous period.
257 crates depend on md2. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.
The primary maintainer publishes 211 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.
Despite being 9+ years old, md2 hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
Only 3 direct dependencies. Lean dependency tree means faster builds and lower supply chain risk.
At 10KB, md2 is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
Notable dependents include yara-x, crypto-hashes, starling, rustgenhash, x509-verify. When high-quality crates choose md2, it's a strong quality signal.
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default =["alloc", "oid"]
