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pgp

v0.19.0 Growing

OpenPGP implementation in Rust

MIT OR Apache-2.0 Edition 2021 MSRV 1.88
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Quick Verdict

  • โœ“Actively maintained (updated 53d ago)
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Trusted by 362 crates
  • !Heavy dependency tree (81 direct deps)
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT OR Apache-2.0)

Security

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Downloads
3.6M
Dependents
362
Releases
44
Size
2.4MB

Deep Insights

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Steady growth

330.3K downloads in the last 30 days (11.0K/day), up 19% from the previous period.

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Moderate adoption

362 crates depend on pgp. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.

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Prolific maintainer

The primary maintainer publishes 124 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

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

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Heavy dependency tree

81 direct dependencies. Consider the impact on compile times and supply chain complexity.

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Large crate size

2.4MB is relatively large. May impact download and compile times.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include rpm, prs-lib, rpgpie, rpm-rs, pgp-cleartext. When high-quality crates choose pgp, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 15/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 10/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 13/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 8/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 12/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
9K/day avg+77%
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Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.11.0
46%
v0.14.2
29%
v0.10.2
12%
v0.13.2
8%
v0.7.2
5%

Release Timeline

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Feature Flags

default =["bzip2"]

asmwasmbzip2*draft-pqclarge-rsamalformed-artifact-compatdraft-wussler-openpgp-forwarding

README

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Maintainers

Dependencies
81
direct dependencies
Dependents
362
crates depend on pgp

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