mesalock-linux/mesalink

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1483 stars · 67 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

MesaLink is a memory-safe TLS library written in Rust that provides an OpenSSL-compatible C API, implemented on top of rustls, webpki, and ring. It lets existing C/C++ applications linked against OpenSSL switch to a Rust-based TLS backend with minimal code changes.

Use cases

• replace OpenSSL with a memory-safe TLS implementation
• add TLS support to a C/C++ application without OpenSSL
• use rustls from C code via an OpenSSL-compatible API
• secure curl or RPC frameworks with a Rust TLS backend
• reduce memory-safety vulnerabilities in TLS termination

When to choose

• you maintain C/C++ software that links against OpenSSL and want memory-safe TLS
• you want rustls's security guarantees without rewriting your application in Rust

When to avoid

• you need a actively maintained project - the last release was in 2021 and development has stalled
• you are writing pure Rust and can use rustls directly
• you need the full OpenSSL feature set, as only a subset of the API is implemented

Facets

library · maturity abandoned

security cryptography http-server security networking developer-tools windows rust cpp cross-platform tls openssl-compatibility rustls memory-safety ssl linux macos

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