rust-tls-api vs rustls-native-certs

rust-tls-api

TLS API for Rust, and API implementations over native-tls and openssl in separate crates (by stepancheg)

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rustls-native-certs

Integration with OS certificate stores for rustls (by rustls)

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rust-tls-api		rustls-native-certs
	Project
1	Mentions	2
49	Stars	169
-	Growth	1.2%
3.7	Activity	7.7
8 days ago	Latest Commit	5 days ago
Rust	Language	Rust
MIT License	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 or later

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rust-tls-api

Posts with mentions or reviews of rust-tls-api. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-01-04.

LibreSSL Languishes on Linux
5 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 4 Jan 2021

Just to add to your point.
Rustls is excellent, but has a Rust API and does not do I/O. Its a great alternative for Rust applications but, for C/C++ applications, the API wrappers are needed [1]
[1] https://github.com/stepancheg/rust-tls-api

rustls-native-certs

Posts with mentions or reviews of rustls-native-certs. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-09.

A brief guide to choosing TLS crates
5 projects | /r/rust | 9 Jun 2023

Now for rust implementation of tls. Certificates can be loaded in two ways. * Finds and loads certificates using OS specific tools3 * Uses a rust implementation of webpki4 for loading with certificates5
Hey Rustaceans! Got an easy question? Ask here (47/2021)!
12 projects | /r/rust | 22 Nov 2021

What are some alternatives?

When comparing rust-tls-api and rustls-native-certs you can also consider the following projects:

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