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pqcrypto-traits

v0.3.5 Growing

Shared traits for post-quantum cryptographic primitives

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

Quick Verdict

  • โœ•Not updated for 2+ years
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Trusted by 712 crates
  • โœ“Team maintained (2 owners)
  • โœ“Tiny footprint (2KB, 0 deps)

Security

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Downloads
2.1M
Dependents
712
Releases
9
Size
2KB

Deep Insights

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Strong growth momentum

146.6K downloads in the last 30 days (4.9K/day), up 36% from the previous period.

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Moderate adoption

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

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Team maintained

This crate is maintained by a team (2 owners), reducing bus-factor risk and ensuring continuity.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 7+ years old, pqcrypto-traits hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Zero dependencies

pqcrypto-traits has no external dependencies โ€” minimal supply chain risk and fast compile times.

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Compact crate

At 2KB, pqcrypto-traits is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include snow, pqcrypto-kyber, pqcrypto-sphincsplus, pqcrypto-hqc, pqcrypto. When high-quality crates choose pqcrypto-traits, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 4/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 18/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 19/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 8/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 10/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
4K/day avg+44%
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Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.3.5
77%
v0.3.4
20%
v0.3.3
2%
v0.3.2
0%
v0.1.1
0%

Release Timeline

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Feature Flags

default =["std"]

std*

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Maintainers

Dependencies
0
direct dependencies
Dependents
712
crates depend on pqcrypto-traits

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