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reddsa

v0.5.1 Growing

A standalone implementation of the RedDSA signature scheme.

MIT OR Apache-2.0 Edition 2021 MSRV 1.65
CryptographyNo standard library #crypto#cryptography#zcash

Quick Verdict

  • โœ•Not updated for 2+ years
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Team maintained (4 owners)
  • !Heavy dependency tree (24 direct deps)
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT OR Apache-2.0)

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Downloads
1.2M
Dependents
51
Releases
7
Size
91KB

Deep Insights

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Strong growth momentum

57.9K downloads in the last 30 days (1.9K/day), up 30% from the previous period.

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Prolific maintainer

The primary maintainer publishes 74 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 5+ years old, reddsa hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Heavy dependency tree

24 direct dependencies. Consider the impact on compile times and supply chain complexity.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include redjubjub, orchard, zebra-chain, lit-frost, lyrion-orchard. When high-quality crates choose reddsa, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 7/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 15/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 16/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 7/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 12/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
2K/day avg+61%
01K2K3K12/291/162/32/213/113/28

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.5.1
61%
v0.3.0
28%
v0.5.0
6%
v0.1.0
4%
v0.2.0
2%

Release Timeline

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Feature Flags

default =["std"]

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Maintainers

Dependencies
24
direct dependencies
Dependents
51
crates depend on reddsa

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