pwhash
v1.0.0 GrowingA collection of password hashing routines in pure Rust.
Quick Verdict
- ✕Not updated for 5+ years
- ✓Stable API (1.x for 10+ years)
- ✓Trusted by 175 crates
- ✓Permissive license (MIT)
Security
Deep Insights
247.6K downloads in the last 30 days (8.3K/day), up 3% from the previous period.
175 crates depend on pwhash. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.
The API has been stable (1.x) for over 10 years with 6 releases. This level of maturity means you can depend on it without worrying about breaking changes.
At 24KB, pwhash is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
Notable dependents include aerospike, djangohashers, aerospike-core, rsfbclient-rust, websession. When high-quality crates choose pwhash, it's a strong quality signal.
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