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sodium-sys

v0.0.4 Growing

FFI binding to libsodium

MIT
#crypto#libsodium#sodium-sys#nacl

Quick Verdict

  • โœ•Not updated for 10+ years
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Tiny footprint (1.4MB, 3 deps)
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT)

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Downloads
18.8K
Dependents
20
Releases
4
Size
1.4MB

Deep Insights

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Steady growth

92 downloads in the last 30 days (3/day), up 7% from the previous period.

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Prolific maintainer

The primary maintainer publishes 81 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 10+ years old, sodium-sys hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Minimal dependencies

Only 3 direct dependencies. Lean dependency tree means faster builds and lower supply chain risk.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include rl-sys, commandext, repl, libedgegrid, warheadhateus. When high-quality crates choose sodium-sys, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 2/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 15/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 7/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 5/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 11/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
3/day avg-2%
024681012/291/162/32/213/113/28

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.0.4
69%
v0.0.1
11%
v0.0.3
10%
v0.0.2
10%

Release Timeline

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Feature Flags

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Maintainers

Dependencies
3
direct dependencies
Dependents
20
crates depend on sodium-sys

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