rand_chacha
v0.10.0 GrowingChaCha random number generator
Quick Verdict
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Massive adoption (23.3K crates depend on it)
- ✓Team maintained (2 owners)
- ✓Permissive license (MIT OR Apache-2.0)
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Deep Insights
85.1M downloads in the last 30 days (2.8M/day). Volume is roughly flat compared to the previous period.
23.3K crates depend on rand_chacha — it's part of the Rust ecosystem's core infrastructure. Removing it from your dependency tree would be extremely difficult.
This crate is maintained by a team (2 owners), reducing bus-factor risk and ensuring continuity.
Despite being 7+ years old, rand_chacha hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
At 19KB, rand_chacha is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
Notable dependents include rsa, num-bigint-dig, proptest, rav1e, merlin. When high-quality crates choose rand_chacha, it's a strong quality signal.
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default =["std"]
