rsa
v0.9.10 GrowingPure Rust RSA implementation
Quick Verdict
- ✓Actively maintained (updated 77d ago)
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Massive adoption (10.3K crates depend on it)
- ✓Team maintained (2 owners)
- !Heavy dependency tree (26 direct deps)
Security
Deep Insights
13.9M downloads in the last 30 days (463.6K/day). Volume is roughly flat compared to the previous period.
10.3K crates depend on rsa — it's part of the Rust ecosystem's core infrastructure. Removing it from your dependency tree would be extremely difficult.
The primary maintainer publishes 216 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.
Despite being 7+ years old, rsa hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
26 direct dependencies. Consider the impact on compile times and supply chain complexity.
Notable dependents include jsonwebtoken, sqlx-mysql, x509-cert, google-cloud-auth, lettre. When high-quality crates choose rsa, it's a strong quality signal.
Health Breakdown
Recency, release consistency, active ratio
Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features
Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem
Downloads, momentum, growth trend
Docs, repo, license, metadata
Download Trend
Top Dependents
Most downloaded crates that depend on rsa
Version Adoption
Release Timeline
Feature Flags
default =["std", "pem", "u64_digit"]
