xsalsa20poly1305
v0.9.1 GrowingDEPRECATED: please use the `crypto_secretbox` crate
Quick Verdict
- ✕Not updated for 2+ years
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Trusted by 137 crates
- ✓Team maintained (2 owners)
- ✓Permissive license (Apache-2.0 OR MIT)
Security
Deep Insights
174.6K downloads in the last 30 days (5.8K/day), up 45% from the previous period.
137 crates depend on xsalsa20poly1305. 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 6+ years old, xsalsa20poly1305 hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
At 11KB, xsalsa20poly1305 is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
Notable dependents include secretbox, ssb-crypto, saltyrtc-client, dark-crystal-secret-sharing-rust, bramble-common. When high-quality crates choose xsalsa20poly1305, it's a strong quality signal.
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Feature Flags
default =["alloc", "getrandom"]
