mcginty/snow
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A Rust implementation of the Noise Protocol Framework observed · 2026-09-21
Health v2 · maintenance only
60/100
- Activity 83
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-10-21. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 3656
- days_rel: 458
- days_push: 106
- n_releases_24m: 1
Adoption not part of the score
1095 stars · 146 forks observed · 2026-09-21
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Snow is a pure-Rust implementation of the Noise Protocol Framework for building encrypted, authenticated channel handshakes. It supports Noise spec revision 34 with swappable cryptographic providers, including an optional ring-based resolver.
Use cases
- add encrypted handshake to a TCP client/server in Rust
- implement Noise protocol secure channels
- build authenticated encrypted transport between peers
- use Noise with ChaChaPoly and Curve25519
- swap crypto backends via a resolver in Rust
When to choose
- you need a spec-compliant Noise Protocol implementation in Rust
- you want swappable cryptographic providers (pure-Rust or ring)
- you need encrypted, authenticated key exchange for your protocol
When to avoid
- you need the fallback modifier, which is not yet implemented
- you require a formally audited crypto library
- you need Noise 448 or other unsupported primitives
Facets
library · maturity stable
cryptography security sdk security networking developer-tools rust cross-platform noise-protocol encrypted-handshake pure-rust swappable-crypto-providers ring
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/mcginty/snow · fetched 2026-09-21 · 8f0144b0078a
- registry_crates: https://crates.io/api/v1/crates/snow · fetched 2026-08-29 · a51c5214d94d
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| mcginty/snow | main | 60 |
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