Is constant_time_eq safe to use?

constant_time_eq has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (0.5.0). DepScope rates its health at 86/100 (low risk).

What is the latest version of constant_time_eq?

The latest version of constant_time_eq is 0.5.0, released 2026-04-20.

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of constant_time_eq.

No, constant_time_eq is actively maintained. Latest release: 0.5.0 (2026-04-20).

Popular alternatives to constant_time_eq in Cargo include: hashbrown, getrandom, windows-sys, syn.

constant_time_eq is licensed under CC0-1.0 OR MIT-0 OR Apache-2.0.

cargov0.5.0

Compares two equal-sized byte strings in constant time.

License CC0-1.0 OR MIT-0 OR Apache-2.0permissive20 versions0 deps40,744,902 weekly dl

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Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 86/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

25/25

maintenance

20/20

popularity

25/25

security

15/15

maturity

1/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

1

Contributors (12m)

1

Primary author dominance

100%

GitHub stars

47

single active maintainer 3msingle author dominance

Quality signals

OSS Criticality

0.75critical

Download trend

stable(0%)

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