poly1305
v0.8.0 GrowingThe Poly1305 universal hash function and message authentication code
Quick Verdict
- ✓Actively maintained (updated 45d ago)
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Trusted by 259 crates
- ✓Team maintained (2 owners)
- ✓Permissive license (Apache-2.0 OR MIT)
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Deep Insights
4.7M downloads in the last 30 days (158.1K/day), up 16% from the previous period.
259 crates depend on poly1305. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.
The primary maintainer publishes 211 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.
Despite being 9+ years old, poly1305 hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
At 32KB, poly1305 is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
Notable dependents include chacha20poly1305, crypto_secretbox, smoldot, ssh-cipher, xsalsa20poly1305. When high-quality crates choose poly1305, it's a strong quality signal.
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