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pqcrypto-falcon

v0.4.1 Growing

Post-Quantum Signature Scheme falcon

MIT OR Apache-2.0 Edition 2021
CryptographyNo standard library #cryptography#security#post-quantum

Quick Verdict

  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Trusted by 193 crates
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT OR Apache-2.0)

Security

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Downloads
78.3K
Dependents
193
Releases
14
Size
4.3MB

Deep Insights

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Strong growth momentum

8.3K downloads in the last 30 days (276/day), up 50% from the previous period.

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Moderate adoption

193 crates depend on pqcrypto-falcon. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 6+ years old, pqcrypto-falcon hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Large crate size

4.3MB is relatively large. May impact download and compile times.

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Notable yanked versions

14% of releases have been yanked. Check version history before pinning.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include pqcrypto, crypt_guard, pwr-rs, selenite, libsumatracrypt-rs. When high-quality crates choose pqcrypto-falcon, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 8/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 9/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 12/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 6/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 10/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
215/day avg+53%
020040060012/291/162/32/213/113/28

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.3.0
41%
v0.4.1
30%
v0.4.0
13%
v0.2.10
11%
v0.2.4
4%

Release Timeline

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Feature Flags

default =["avx2", "neon", "std"]

std*avx2*neon*serialization

README

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Maintainers

Dependencies
8
direct dependencies
Dependents
193
crates depend on pqcrypto-falcon

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