openssl

16.8M downloads in the last 30 days (560.9K/day), up 33% from the previous period.

28.8K crates depend on openssl — it's part of the Rust ecosystem's core infrastructure. Removing it from your dependency tree would be extremely difficult.

The primary maintainer publishes 113 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.

Despite being 11+ years old, openssl hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

Notable dependents include native-tls, tokio-native-tls, sha1_smol, actix-web, actix-http. When high-quality crates choose openssl, it's a strong quality signal.