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pairing

v0.23.0 Growing

Pairing-friendly elliptic curve library

MIT/Apache-2.0 Edition 2021

Quick Verdict

  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Trusted by 626 crates
  • โœ“Tiny footprint (9KB, 1 deps)
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT/Apache-2.0)

Security

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Downloads
11.7M
Dependents
626
Releases
23
Size
9KB

Deep Insights

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Strong growth momentum

827.0K downloads in the last 30 days (27.6K/day), up 26% from the previous period.

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Moderate adoption

626 crates depend on pairing. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 8+ years old, pairing hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Minimal dependencies

Only 1 direct dependencies. Lean dependency tree means faster builds and lower supply chain risk.

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Compact crate

At 9KB, pairing is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include bls12_381, blstrs, bellman, ic-verify-bls-signature, ic_bls12_381. When high-quality crates choose pairing, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 6/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 15/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 11/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 8/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 13/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
22K/day avg+69%
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Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.23.0
60%
v0.22.0
28%
v0.20.0
7%
v0.21.0
3%
v0.18.0
2%

Release Timeline

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Maintainers

Dependencies
1
direct dependencies
Dependents
626
crates depend on pairing