salsa20
v0.10.2 GrowingPure Rust implementation of the Salsa20 stream cipher
Quick Verdict
- ✓Actively maintained (updated 49d ago)
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Trusted by 368 crates
- ✓Team maintained (2 owners)
- ✓Tiny footprint (13KB, 3 deps)
Security
Deep Insights
4.7M downloads in the last 30 days (156.3K/day), up 17% from the previous period.
368 crates depend on salsa20. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.
The primary maintainer publishes 211 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.
Despite being 9+ years old, salsa20 hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
Only 3 direct dependencies. Lean dependency tree means faster builds and lower supply chain risk.
At 12KB, salsa20 is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
Notable dependents include scrypt, crypto_secretbox, crypto_box, libp2p-pnet, xsalsa20poly1305. When high-quality crates choose salsa20, it's a strong quality signal.
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