Crates / tiny-keccak / Maintained?
Rust crate maintenance · data Oct 24, 2026
Is tiny-keccak still maintained?
Short answerQuiet: no release in over 18 months. tiny-keccak's newest version, 2.0.2, shipped on Apr 1, 2020 (6.6 years ago). It has had 0 releases in the last 12 months and 0 in 24, and 28 non-yanked versions since 2015. 457 crates depend on it and it gets 680,461 real downloads a day.
The signals
- Last release: 6.6 years ago (2.0.2, Apr 1, 2020).
- Release rhythm: 0 in the last year, 0 in two.
- Still used: 680,461 real downloads a day, quiet-day trend -10% against the field.
Releases per quarter, last 2 years
| Quarter | Releases | |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 27 to Jan 25, 2025 | 0 | |
| Jan 26 to Apr 26, 2025 | 0 | |
| Apr 27 to Jul 26, 2025 | 0 | |
| Jul 27 to Oct 25, 2025 | 0 | |
| Oct 26 to Jan 24, 2026 | 0 | |
| Jan 25 to Apr 25, 2026 | 0 | |
| Apr 26 to Jul 25, 2026 | 0 | |
| Jul 26 to Oct 24, 2026 | 0 |
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Rules
From crates.io release history (non-yanked versions), fetched Oct 24, 2026: last release within 6 months = actively maintained; within 18 months = slow cadence; older with 1,000+ dependents = quiet and widely relied on; otherwise quiet. We do not read commits or issues: a crate can be finished and safe without new releases, and active on GitHub without publishing. Run cargo audit for security advisories.
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The full numbers: Established and quiet for years. Chart, alternatives and badge.tiny-keccakRust crate. An implementation of Keccak derived functions. Real use: 680K downloads a day on quiet days; 457 crates depend on it.Read it next →Also worth your time