Decision Workspace
eth-address vs eth-vanity vs k256
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
33
eth-address
growingv0.1.0
Collection of methods for validating an Ethereum 1 address
42
eth-vanity
experimentalv0.1.2
Fast Ethereum vanity address miner. Supports wallet addresses, CREATE, and CREATE2.
74
k256
growingv0.14.0
secp256k1 elliptic curve library written in pure Rust with support for ECDSA signing/verification/public-key recovery, Taproot Schnorr signatures (BIP340), Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman (ECDH), and general-purpose secp256k1 elliptic curve group operations which can be used to implement arbitrary protocols
Core Metrics
| eth-address | eth-vanity | k256 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 33 | 42 | 74 |
| Total Downloads | 4.5K | 94 | 65.8M |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 2.9M |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 9.3K |
| Releases | 1 | 3 | 87 |
| Last Updated | 1558d ago | 185d ago | 5d ago |
| Age | 4y 3m | 6m | 6y 7m |
Health Breakdown
eth-address
Maintenance
1
Quality
15
Community
3
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
eth-vanity
Maintenance
11
Quality
13
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
10
k256
Maintenance
19
Quality
12
Community
20
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| eth-address | eth-vanity | k256 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 | 0.1.2 | 0.14.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | Apache-2.0 OR MIT |
| Dependencies | 3 | 7 | 18 |
| Crate Size | 3KB | 22KB | 110KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 6.9% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.85 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 2 (team) |
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Quick Verdict
- •k256 leads with a health score of 74/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •k256 is depended on by 9.3K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ eth-address has not been updated in over a year.