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Software health reportschema 0.31.0 · metrics 2.5.0 · 2026-08-08 20:12 UTC

RustCrypto / KDFs

Collection of Key Derivation Functions written in pure Rust

RustNo license detected★ 104 stars⑂ 41 forkssince Jan 2015View on GitHub ↗

RustCrypto/KDFs holds a health index of 34 out of 100, placing it in the At Risk band. It scores highest on Sustainability & Governance (78/100) and lowest on Vitality (42/100). It was last updated 5 days ago. 2 contributors account for most of its recent work.

34
overall / 100
At Risk

Software health index

Metrics are grouped into weighted categories on one standardized 1–100 scale. Overall starts as their weighted mean, calibrated against the distribution of the public record so bands carry percentile meaning; when public evidence triggers the High-Risk Jurisdiction Policy, the rating is adjusted and receives an At Risk ceiling of 34.

34
Exceptional93-100The record's top tier (≈ top 5%); essentially all checked criteria met
Excellent80-92Strong across the board; minor gaps
Good65-79Healthy; gaps are limited and manageable
Moderate50-64Acceptable with notable gaps; review recommended
Weak35-49Material weaknesses across several areas
At Risk20-34Significant weaknesses; adoption warrants caution
Critical1-19Severe problems (abandoned, single-maintainer, no hygiene)
VitalityCommunity &AdoptionSustainability &GovernanceEngineeringQualitySecurityAI Readiness

Score profile

Each axis is a category. The shape matters more than the average — a healthy subject fills the whole shape, while a spike-and-crater profile means strength in one dimension is masking risk in another.

The weighted overall 57 is calibrated to 60 on the published index scale (record calibration 2026-08-02). High-Risk Jurisdiction Policy applies a 75% multiplier to weighted overall health and gives it an At Risk ceiling of 34.

Ownership

Rust CryptoOrganization
2,350 followers40 public repossince Sep 2016

This repository is backed by an organization — shared, accountable stewardship that can outlive any single maintainer.

Package ecosystems

RegistryPackageVersionDownloads / moVersionsLast publishTags
crates.iohkdf0.13.019,057,24534131 days agocryptohkdfkdfcryptographyno-std
crates.iokbkdf0.0.142,1774187 days agocryptokdfkbkdfcryptographyno-std
crates.iobake-kdf0.0.164187 days agocryptokdfstbbakecryptographyno-std
crates.ioone-step-kdf0.1.0-rc.14132187 days agocryptonistkdfone-step-kdfcryptographyno-std
crates.ioansi-x963-kdf0.0.11,0125187 days agocryptokdfsec1ansi-x963-kdfcryptographyno-std

Metrics by category

Vitality

Is the project alive — is code being written and are releases shipping?

42Weak · 21% of overall
How it's scored
36/36Push recency — last push 5 days ago
15.9/36Commit cadence — 23/52 weeks with commits
15.4/18Commit volume — 51 commits in the last year
2/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Maintained — 3 commit(s) and 0 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 2
Inputs used
commits_last_year51
human_commit_share0.78
days_since_last_push5
active_weeks_last_year23
How it's scored
0/27Ships releases — no releases published
0/36Release recency — no releases
0/27Release cadence — no releases
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Signed-Releases — no data
Inputs used
releases_count0
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): OpenSSF Scorecard: Signed-Releases. Remaining weights renormalized.

Community & Adoption

Does the project have users, downloads, attention, and a welcoming setup for contributors?

54Moderate · 17% of overall
How it's scored
32.7/60Stars — 104 stars
13.4/25Forks — 41 forks
4.3/15Watchers — 7 watchers
Inputs used
forks41
stars104
watchers7
growth_stateunverified
growth_factor_pct100
growth_unverified_reasonno_history
How it's scored
22.5/22.5README
0/22.5License — no license file detected
0/18CONTRIBUTING guide
0/13.5Code of conduct
0/7.2Issue template
0/6.3PR template
Inputs used
has_readmeyes
has_licenseno
readme_badges5
has_contributingno
has_issue_templateno
has_code_of_conductno
readme_badge_servicesshields.io
has_pull_request_templateno
How it's scored
80/80Monthly downloads — 19,100,853 downloads/month across crates
0/20Registry dependents — not reported by this ecosystem
Inputs used
packageshkdf, kbkdf, bake-kdf, one-step-kdf, ansi-x963-kdf
dependents
ecosystemscrates
total_downloads224,648,218
monthly_downloads19,100,853
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Registry dependents. Remaining weights renormalized.

Sustainability & Governance

Will the project survive its people — bus factor, responsiveness, who backs it, and package upkeep?

78Good · 23% of overall
How it's scored
25.2/54Bus factor — 2 contributor(s) cover half of all commits
15.3/22.5Commit distribution — top contributor authored 32% of commits
13.5/13.5Contributor breadth — 19 contributors
10/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Contributors — project has 35 contributing companies or organizations
Inputs used
bus_factor2
contributors_sampled19
top_contributor_share0.32
How it's scored
40.4/42Issue resolution — 96% of issues closed
24.6/30PR acceptance — 149/182 decided PRs merged
0/13Newcomer PR acceptance — no first-time contributor's PR decided in 30d
3/15OpenSSF Scorecard: Code-Review — Found 4/19 approved changesets -- score normalized to 2
Inputs used
merged_prs149
open_issues1
closed_issues26
prs_merged_7d0
prs_decided_7d0
prs_merged_30d0
prs_decided_30d0
issue_closed_ratio0.963
closed_unmerged_prs33
first_time_authors_30d0
first_time_prs_merged_30d0
first_time_prs_decided_30d0
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): newcomer_pr_acceptance. Remaining weights renormalized.
How it's scored
30/30Ownership backing — organization-owned
0/20Verified domain
24.2/25Owner reach — 2,350 followers of RustCrypto
23.7/25Track record — 40 public repos, account ~9 yr old
Inputs used
followers2,350
owner_typeOrganization
is_verified
owner_loginRustCrypto
public_repos40
account_age_days3,608

Package maintenance

100Exceptional
How it's scored
25/25Published & resolvable — 5 package(s) on crates
35/35Publish recency — latest publish 131 days ago
20/20Version history — 34 published versions
20/20Not deprecated — active, not deprecated or yanked
Inputs used
packageshkdf, kbkdf, bake-kdf, one-step-kdf, ansi-x963-kdf
ecosystemscrates
any_deprecatedno
min_days_since_publish131

Engineering Quality

Are baseline engineering and documentation practices in place?

56Moderate · 19% of overall
How it's scored
24/24CI workflows — 7 workflow(s)
24/24Tests present
0/16Linter config
0/9.6Pre-commit hooks
0/6.4.editorconfig
18/20OpenSSF Scorecard: CI-Tests — 28 out of 30 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 9
Inputs used
has_ciyes
has_testsyes
has_editorconfigno
has_linter_configno
has_precommit_configno
How it's scored
30/30README
0/25Documentation directory
0/15Documentation / homepage site
10/10Repository description
0/10Topics
0/10Wiki
Inputs used
topics
has_wikino
homepage
has_readmeyes
has_docs_dirno
has_descriptionyes

Security

Are visible security and supply-chain practices strong, without unresolved high-risk jurisdiction exposure?

47Weak · 16% of overall
How it's scored
7.5/7.5Binary-Artifacts — no binaries found in the repo
0/7.5Branch-Protection — no data
2.2/2.5CI-Tests — 28 out of 30 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 9
0/2.5CII-Best-Practices — no effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected
1.5/7.5Code-Review — Found 4/19 approved changesets -- score normalized to 2
2.5/2.5Contributors — project has 35 contributing companies or organizations
10/10Dangerous-Workflow — no dangerous workflow patterns detected
7.5/7.5Dependency-Update-Tool — update tool detected
0/5Fuzzing — project is not fuzzed
0/2.5License — license file not detected
1.5/7.5Maintained — 3 commit(s) and 0 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 2
5/5Packaging — packaging workflow detected
0/5Pinned-Dependencies — dependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 0
0/5SAST — SAST tool is not run on all commits -- score normalized to 0
0/5Security-Policy — security policy file not detected
0/7.5Signed-Releases — no data
0/7.5Token-Permissions — detected GitHub workflow tokens with excessive permissions
7.5/7.5Vulnerabilities — 0 existing vulnerabilities detected
Inputs used
sourceopenssf_scorecard
checks_evaluated16
scorecard_versionv5.5.0
checks_inconclusive2
scorecard_aggregate5
high_risk_jurisdiction_cap34
high_risk_jurisdiction_multiplier75
security_posture_after_multiplier38
security_posture_before_jurisdiction50
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): branch_protection, signed_releases. Remaining weights renormalized. High-Risk Jurisdiction Policy applies a 75% multiplier and gives Security posture an At risk ceiling of 34.

Dependency advisories

100Exceptional
How it's scored
35/35Direct dependencies free of known advisories — no direct dependency carries a known advisory
0/25Indirect dependencies free of known advisories — transitive set not separable from development and test dependencies in this scope
0/40No advisories left outstanding — no advisory carries a publication date
Inputs used
sourceosv
advisories0
affected_packages0
assessed_packages25
unassessed_packages11
affected_by_severitynone
direct_affected_packages0
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Indirect dependencies free of known advisories, No advisories left outstanding. Remaining weights renormalized. Matched 25 resolved dependencies against OSV. 11 could not be assessed — no resolved version, an unsupported ecosystem, or beyond the reported package list. This repository publishes no package the index resolves, so the repository dependency graph was assessed instead. That graph mixes development and test pins with shipped dependencies, so only the declared runtime dependencies are scored; transitive findings are reported as context and excluded from the score. Reachability is not analyzed.

AI Readiness

How well is the repo equipped to be developed and maintained with AI coding agents? Carries a deliberately small weight (4%): agent tooling is a real maintenance signal, but a repository with none can still reach 100/100.

62Moderate · 4% of overall
How it's scored
0/45Agent instructions — no CLAUDE.md / AGENTS.md / editor rules
0/15Machine-readable docs (llms.txt)
40/40Legible commit history — 74 of 78 human commits state their intent (structured subject or explanatory body)
Inputs used
has_llms_txtno
legible_history_share0.949
agent_instruction_files
agent_instruction_max_bytes
How it's scored
12.6/18One-command bootstrap — Cargo.toml, ansi-x963-kdf/Cargo.toml, bake-kdf/Cargo.toml (toolchain convention, no task runner)
22/22Automated tests
0/11Lint / format config
11/11Static type checking — Rust (statically typed)
10/10Reproducible environment — lockfile
0/10Demonstrated agent practice — no agent-authored commits among the last 100
8/8Automated maintenance — 22 of the last 100 commits are automated dependency updates
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Pinned-Dependencies — dependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 0
Inputs used
has_nixno
has_testsyes
lockfilesCargo.lock
has_dockerfileno
typed_languageyes
bootstrap_files
has_devcontainerno
has_linter_configno
typecheck_configs
agent_commit_share0
toolchain_manifestsCargo.toml, ansi-x963-kdf/Cargo.toml, bake-kdf/Cargo.toml, hkdf/Cargo.toml, kbkdf/Cargo.toml, one-step-kdf/Cargo.toml
dependency_bot_commit_share0.22
How it's scored
45/45Type-checkable code — Rust (statically typed)
55/55Manageable file sizes — 0/19 source files over 60KB
Inputs used
primary_languageRust
largest_source_bytes15,749
source_files_sampled19
oversized_source_files0

Key facts

104GitHub stars
19contributors
51commits, last 12 months
5days since last push
0releases
2bus factor
1open issues
crates.iopackage ecosystems

Data collection warnings

  • Star history unavailable: GitHub GraphQL error: Resource not accessible by personal access token

More detail

Star and fork history 0 ★ / 41 ⇿
0Stars
41Forks

When each star and fork was added, collected from GitHub and bucketed by day. Cumulative growth sits directly above the daily additions it is made of, so the two read against each other: steady organic accretion looks nothing like an abrupt, short-lived burst. Where that difference is measurable, it is reported as growth authenticity.

010203040504132015-122021-042026-07

Each point covers 10 days.

OpenSSF Scorecard 5.0 / 10
5.0aggregate

Independent, tool-agnostic security assessment from the open-source OpenSSF Scorecard. Each check rewards a security practice, not a specific vendor's tool. Checks Scorecard could not determine are marked n/a and excluded from the security score (never counted as zero).Scorecard v5.5.0 · 2026-08-08 20:12 UTC

10Binary-Artifactsno binaries found in the repo
n/aBranch-Protectioninternal error: error during branchesHandler.setup: internal error: some github tokens can't read classic branch protection rules: https://github.com/ossf/scorecard-action/blob/main/docs/authentication/fine-grained-auth-token.md
9CI-Tests28 out of 30 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 9
0CII-Best-Practicesno effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected
2Code-ReviewFound 4/19 approved changesets -- score normalized to 2
10Contributorsproject has 35 contributing companies or organizations
10Dangerous-Workflowno dangerous workflow patterns detected
10Dependency-Update-Toolupdate tool detected
0Fuzzingproject is not fuzzed
0Licenselicense file not detected
2Maintained3 commit(s) and 0 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 2
10Packagingpackaging workflow detected
0Pinned-Dependenciesdependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 0
0SASTSAST tool is not run on all commits -- score normalized to 0
0Security-Policysecurity policy file not detected
n/aSigned-Releasesno releases found
0Token-Permissionsdetected GitHub workflow tokens with excessive permissions
10Vulnerabilities0 existing vulnerabilities detected
Direct dependencies 6
RegistryPackageVersion constraintManifest
crates.iodigest0.11ansi-x963-kdf/Cargo.toml
crates.iobelt-hash0.2bake-kdf/Cargo.toml
crates.iohmac0.13hkdf/Cargo.toml
crates.iokdf0.1hkdf/Cargo.toml
crates.iodigest0.11kbkdf/Cargo.toml
crates.iodigest0.11one-step-kdf/Cargo.toml
All dependencies 36

Full resolved dependency set from the GitHub dependency graph: 8 direct and 28 indirect (transitive) packages. The transitive closure is complete when the repository commits a lockfile.

RegistryPackageVersionRelation
crates.iobelt-hashdirect
crates.iobelt-hash0.2.1direct
crates.iodigestdirect
crates.iodigest0.11.3direct
crates.iohmacdirect
crates.iohmac0.13.0direct
crates.iokdfdirect
crates.iokdf0.1.0direct
crates.ioaesindirect
crates.ioaes0.9.1indirect
crates.iobelt-block0.2.0indirect
crates.ioblobbyindirect
crates.ioblobby0.4.0indirect
crates.ioblock-buffer0.12.1indirect
crates.iocfg-if1.0.4indirect
crates.iocipher0.5.2indirect
crates.iocmacindirect
crates.iocmac0.8.0indirect
crates.iocmov0.5.4indirect
crates.iocpubits0.1.1indirect
crates.iocpufeatures0.3.0indirect
crates.iocrypto-common0.2.2indirect
crates.ioctutils0.4.2indirect
crates.iodbl0.5.0indirect
crates.iohexindirect
crates.iohex0.4.3indirect
crates.iohex-literalindirect
crates.iohex-literal1.1.0indirect
crates.iohybrid-array0.4.12indirect
crates.ioinout0.2.2indirect
crates.iolibc0.2.186indirect
crates.iosha1indirect
crates.iosha10.11.0indirect
crates.iosha2indirect
crates.iosha20.11.0indirect
crates.iotypenum1.20.1indirect
Dependency advisories 0

This repository publishes no package the index resolves, so its own dependency graph was assessed — 25 packages, which also include development and test pins that never ship: 0 carry known advisories, of which 0 are direct. 11 could not be assessed — no resolved version, an unsupported ecosystem, or beyond the reported package list.

No known advisories affect the assessed dependencies.

An advisory means the version recorded in the dependency graph falls inside an advisory’s affected range. Reachability is not analysed, and the graph includes development and test pins — a finding may concern tooling rather than shipped software.

Raw JSON report machine-readable

Scores are signals, not warranties. They reflect publicly visible practices on GitHub — not a code audit, and not a security guarantee.

Missing data is excluded and weights renormalized, never scored as zero. Methodology is versioned and open: metrics v2.5.0, schema v0.31.0 — full methodology · metrics wiki.

How one result sits in the wider record: aggregate statisticscrates.io.