Decision Workspace
sha3-kmac vs shake vs p3q-sha3
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
49
sha3-kmac
growingv0.3.0
KMAC per NIST SP 800-185
59
shake
growingv0.1.0
Implementation of the SHAKE family of extendable-output functions (XOFs)
45
p3q-sha3
experimentalv0.0.1
P3Q FIPS 202 / SP 800-185 primitives (cSHAKE256, KMAC256, TupleHash256) for the strict-PQ Plonky3 fork.
Core Metrics
| sha3-kmac | shake | p3q-sha3 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 49 | 59 | 45 |
| Total Downloads | 8.6K | 761.4K | 166 |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 289.0K | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 73 | 4 |
| Releases | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| Last Updated | 408d ago | 59d ago | 64d ago |
| Age | 1y 6m | 7y 5m | 2m |
Health Breakdown
sha3-kmac
Maintenance
7
Quality
16
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
15
shake
Maintenance
12
Quality
9
Community
16
Popularity
7
Documentation
15
p3q-sha3
Maintenance
9
Quality
14
Community
7
Popularity
3
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| sha3-kmac | shake | p3q-sha3 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.3.0 | 0.1.0 | 0.0.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | BSD-3-Clause | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| Crate Size | 15KB | 341KB | 6KB |
| Features | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 50.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.85 | 1.85 | 1.79 |
| Owners | 1 | 2 (team) | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •shake leads with a health score of 59/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •⚠ sha3-kmac has not been updated in over a year.