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twofish

v0.7.1 Growing

Twofish block cipher

MIT OR Apache-2.0 Edition 2021 MSRV 1.56
CryptographyNo standard library #crypto#block-cipher#twofish

Quick Verdict

  • โœ“Actively maintained (updated 54d ago)
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Trusted by 294 crates
  • โœ“Team maintained (2 owners)
  • โœ“Tiny footprint (12KB, 3 deps)

Security

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Downloads
4.9M
Dependents
294
Releases
11
Size
12KB

Deep Insights

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Strong growth momentum

356.9K downloads in the last 30 days (11.9K/day), up 26% from the previous period.

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Moderate adoption

294 crates depend on twofish. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.

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Prolific maintainer

The primary maintainer publishes 211 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 9+ years old, twofish 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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Compact crate

At 12KB, twofish is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include pgp, sequoia-openpgp, libp2p-secio, keepass, kdbx-rs. When high-quality crates choose twofish, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 13/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 16/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 18/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 8/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 15/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
9K/day avg+90%
05K10K15K20K12/291/162/32/213/113/28

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.7.1
79%
v0.2.0
9%
v0.6.0
6%
v0.5.0
4%
v0.4.0
2%

Release Timeline

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Maintainers

Dependencies
3
direct dependencies
Dependents
294
crates depend on twofish

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