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frost-custodian vs signer-nostr vs frost-dalek
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
40
frost-custodian
experimentalv0.1.0
Custodian CLI for Opaque conditional disclosure: FROST(secp256k1, Taproot) DKG and 2-round threshold signing of disclosure contexts, producing BIP-340 signatures for on-chain verification
51
signer-nostr
experimentalv2.0.1
Nostr transaction signer — BIP-340 Schnorr signing, NIP-01/NIP-19 bech32.
42
frost-dalek
growingv0.2.3
FROST: Flexible Round-Optimised Threshold Signature using the Ristretto group
Core Metrics
| frost-custodian | signer-nostr | frost-dalek | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 40 | 51 | 42 |
| Total Downloads | 16 | 188 | 7.5K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Releases | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Last Updated | 31d ago | 27d ago | 1999d ago |
| Age | 1m | 2m | 5y 9m |
Health Breakdown
frost-custodian
Maintenance
11
Quality
12
Community
6
Popularity
1
Documentation
10
signer-nostr
Maintenance
11
Quality
19
Community
8
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
frost-dalek
Maintenance
3
Quality
17
Community
5
Popularity
5
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| frost-custodian | signer-nostr | frost-dalek | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 | 2.0.1 | 0.2.3 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | GPL-3.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | BSD-3-Clause |
| Dependencies | 8 | 7 | 7 |
| Crate Size | 11KB | 18KB | 32KB |
| Features | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2018 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •signer-nostr leads with a health score of 51/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •frost-dalek has the most downloads (7.5K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ frost-dalek has not been updated in over a year.
- •frost-custodian, frost-dalek are pre-1.0 — API may change.