sec1
v0.8.0 GrowingPure Rust implementation of SEC1: Elliptic Curve Cryptography encoding formats including ASN.1 DER-serialized private keys as well as the Elliptic-Curve-Point-to-Octet-String encoding
Quick Verdict
- ✓Actively maintained (updated 17d ago)
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Trusted by 951 crates
- ✓Team maintained (2 owners)
- ✓Permissive license (Apache-2.0 OR MIT)
Security
Deep Insights
12.1M downloads in the last 30 days (403.4K/day), up 35% from the previous period.
951 crates depend on sec1. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.
The primary maintainer publishes 215 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.
Despite being 5+ years old, sec1 hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
At 22KB, sec1 is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
10% of releases have been yanked. Check version history before pinning.
Notable dependents include elliptic-curve, libp2p-identity, ssh-key, webrtc-dtls, russh. When high-quality crates choose sec1, it's a strong quality signal.
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default =["der", "point"]
