Build trust Ockam by build-trust
Orchestrate end-to-end encryption, cryptographic identities, mutual authentication, and authorization policies between distributed applications - at massive scale.
About Build trust Ockam
From the project's README at github.com/build-trust/ockam. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.
Hands-on Introduction: Build end-to-end encrypted, mutually-authenticated, secure messaging in Rust
Rust and Elixir libraries for end-to-end encrypted, mutually authenticated, secure communication.
Data, within modern distributed applications, are rarely exchanged over a single point-to-point transport connection. Application messages routinely flow over complex, multi-hop, multi-protocol routes, across data centers, through queues and caches, via gateways and brokers, before reaching their end destination.
Transport layer security protocols are unable to protect application messages because their protection is constrained by the length and duration of the underlying transport connection.
Health score breakdown
6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.
Adoption signals
Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.
| Signal | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | 4.6k | github.com/build-trust/ockam |
| GitHub forks | 558 | github.com/build-trust/ockam |
| CRATES downloads (last month) | 515 | ockam |
Release & maintenance
Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.
| Project age | 7.4 years | since Nov 2018 |
| Last commit | 4 months ago | Jan 4, 2026 |
| Releases shipped | 900 | last: 10 months ago |
| Security policy | SECURITY.md | declared by maintainers |
| Funding links | 1 | declared by maintainers |
Self-hosting cost across providers
Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.
| Provider | Plan | Specs | Monthly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| hetzner | CAX11 | 2c · 4GB · 40GB | $4.13 USD | Deploy → |
| vultr | VC2 | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $5 USD | Deploy → |
| linode | Nanode 1GB | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $5.12 USD | Deploy → |
| digitalocean | Basic Regular 1GB | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $6 USD | Deploy → |
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Spin up a hetzner CAX11 (4GB RAM, 40GB disk) for $4.13/mo and follow the project's official install docs.
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