openssl
v0.10.80 GrowingOpenSSL bindings
Quick Verdict
- ✓Actively maintained (updated 9d ago)
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Massive adoption (30.4K crates depend on it)
- ✓Permissive license (Apache-2.0)
Security
Deep Insights
21.4M downloads in the last 30 days (712.2K/day), up 25% from the previous period.
30.4K 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.
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