oqs
v0.11.0 GrowingA Rusty interface to Open-Quantum-Safe's liboqs
Quick Verdict
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Team maintained (2 owners)
- ✓Permissive license (MIT OR Apache-2.0)
Security
Deep Insights
3.5K downloads in the last 30 days (118/day). Volume is roughly flat compared to the previous period.
This crate is maintained by a team (2 owners), reducing bus-factor risk and ensuring continuity.
Despite being 8+ years old, oqs hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
At 9KB, oqs is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
Notable dependents include citadel_pqcrypto, kychacha_crypto, qasa, anubis-age, pq-envelope. When high-quality crates choose oqs, it's a strong quality signal.
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Feature Flags
default =["oqs-sys/openssl", "kems", "sigs", "std"]
