Status by rustls
A modern TLS library in Rust
About Status
From the project's README at github.com/rustls/rustls. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.
Rustls is used in production at many organizations and projects. We aim to maintain reasonable API surface stability but the API may evolve as we make changes to accommodate new features or performance improvements.
We have a roadmap for our future plans. We also have benchmarks to prevent performance regressions and to let you evaluate rustls on your target hardware.
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The maintainers pronounce "rustls" as rustles (rather than rust-TLS), but we don't feel strongly about it. Changelog
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 | 7.4k | github.com/rustls/rustls |
| GitHub forks | 819 | github.com/rustls/rustls |
| CRATES downloads (last month) | 138387k | rustls |
Release & maintenance
Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.
| Project age | 10.0 years | since May 2016 |
| Last commit | 5 days ago | May 2, 2026 |
| Releases shipped | 106 | last: 9 days ago |
| Security policy | SECURITY.md | declared by maintainers |
| Funding links | 3 | 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 → |
Security advisories
GHSA-qg5g-gv98-5ffh. What people say on Hacker News
Ready to self-host Status?
Spin up a hetzner CAX11 (4GB RAM, 40GB disk) for $4.13/mo and follow the project's official install docs.
Data last refreshed May 7, 2026.
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