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sapling-crypto

v0.7.0 Growing

Cryptographic library for Zcash Sapling

MIT OR Apache-2.0 Edition 2021 MSRV 1.85.1

Quick Verdict

  • โœ“Actively maintained (updated 83d ago)
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Trusted by 296 crates
  • โœ“Team maintained (4 owners)
  • !Heavy dependency tree (32 direct deps)

Security

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Downloads
595.8K
Dependents
296
Releases
13
Size
163KB

Deep Insights

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Strong growth momentum

111.4K downloads in the last 30 days (3.7K/day), up 64% from the previous period.

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Moderate adoption

296 crates depend on sapling-crypto. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.

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Prolific maintainer

The primary maintainer publishes 99 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 8+ years old, sapling-crypto hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Heavy dependency tree

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

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include zcash_primitives, zcash_proofs, zcash_keys, zcash_client_backend, zebra-chain. When high-quality crates choose sapling-crypto, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 11/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 13/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 13/20

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+54%
02K4K6K8K4/265/146/16/197/77/24

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.5.0
41%
v0.7.0
30%
v0.3.0
13%
v0.1.3
10%
v0.2.0
5%

Release Timeline

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Feature Flags

default =["multicore", "circuit"]

stdcircuit*multicore*temporary-zcashdtest-dependencies

README

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Maintainers

Dependencies
32
direct dependencies
Dependents
296
crates depend on sapling-crypto