# gakonst/ethers-rs

Complete Ethereum & Celo library and wallet implementation in Rust. https://docs.rs/ethers

Repository: https://github.com/gakonst/ethers-rs
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/ethers-rs
Language: Rust
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: ethereum, rust, web3, celo
Archived: true
Last push: 2024-09-23T10:31:00+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2292, "days_push": 709, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2509, forks 775 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:57.301598+00:00)

## What it is
ethers-rs is a complete Ethereum and Celo library and wallet implementation in Rust, providing JSON-RPC clients, contract bindings via abigen, and multi-chain EVM support. It has been deprecated in favor of the Alloy library.

## Use cases
- interact with ethereum smart contracts from rust
- build a crypto wallet in rust
- send transactions to evm-compatible chains
- generate rust bindings for solidity contracts
- query ethereum blockchain data
- support celo and optimism transactions in rust

## When to choose
- maintaining an existing rust project already built on ethers-rs
- targeting legacy evm chains needing the legacy feature flag
- you cannot migrate to alloy yet

## When to avoid
- starting a new rust ethereum project - use alloy instead
- you need ongoing updates or new chain support
- you need non-evm blockchains

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: sdk, cryptography, serialization, http-client, rpc
- domain: blockchain, developer-tools
- platform: rust, cross-platform
- tags: ethereum, web3, celo, wallet, smart-contracts, json-rpc, deprecated, blockchain-development, cryptocurrency

## Member repositories
- gakonst/ethers-rs (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:57.301598+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:26:27.455383+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/gakonst/ethers-rs (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:57.301598+00:00, sha 1ceeb3d19e88)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.