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arkworks

An ecosystem for developing and programming with zkSNARKs

arkworks

arkworks is a Rust ecosystem for zkSNARK programming. Libraries in the arkworks ecosystem provide efficient implementations of all components required to implement zkSNARK applications, from generic finite fields to R1CS constraints for common functionalities.

Getting started

Below are some resources for getting started working with arkworks crates:

Getting Involved

We have a Discord community where folks can ask questions and learn about zkSNARK programming. We also have a Twitter where we (infrequently) post updates.

Repo index

Working with SNARKs

  • snark - defines interfaces for a SNARK, for your application to generically use them
  • relations - defines interfaces for relations, e.g. r1cs, AIR

SNARK proving systems

Fully packaged SNARK crates

  • groth16
  • marlin - universal setup SNARK for r1cs
  • gm17
  • gemini - an elastic proof system for streaming inputs
  • ripp -inner pairing product argument system

Circuit building

Algebra

Citation

If you use arkworks libraries in your research projects, please cite them using the following template:

@software{arkworks,
  author = {arkworks contributors},
  title = {\texttt{arkworks} zkSNARK ecosystem},
  url = {https://arkworks.rs},
  year = {2022},
}

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  1. algebra algebra Public

    Libraries for finite field, elliptic curve, and polynomial arithmetic

    Rust 652 254

  2. groth16 groth16 Public

    A Rust implementation of the Groth16 zkSNARK

    Rust 254 103

  3. r1cs-std r1cs-std Public

    R1CS constraints for bits, fields, and elliptic curves

    Rust 141 61

  4. marlin marlin Public

    A Rust library for the Marlin preprocessing zkSNARK

    Rust 315 87

  5. crypto-primitives crypto-primitives Public

    Interfaces and implementations of cryptographic primitives, along with R1CS constraints for them

    Rust 186 91

  6. sumcheck sumcheck Public

    linear-time sumcheck protocol for multilinear polynomials and related addends

    Rust 57 32

Repositories

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  • poly-commit Public

    A Rust library for polynomial commitments

    arkworks-rs/poly-commit’s past year of commit activity
    Rust 341 Apache-2.0 135 17 6 Updated Dec 2, 2024
  • algebra Public

    Libraries for finite field, elliptic curve, and polynomial arithmetic

    arkworks-rs/algebra’s past year of commit activity
    Rust 652 Apache-2.0 254 145 (11 issues need help) 22 Updated Nov 30, 2024
  • nimue Public

    Fiat-Shamir for the masses.

    arkworks-rs/nimue’s past year of commit activity
    Rust 45 BSD-3-Clause 11 1 0 Updated Nov 29, 2024
  • crypto-primitives Public

    Interfaces and implementations of cryptographic primitives, along with R1CS constraints for them

    arkworks-rs/crypto-primitives’s past year of commit activity
    Rust 186 Apache-2.0 91 37 8 Updated Nov 5, 2024
  • std Public

    A standard library wrapper for use in the `arkworks` ecosystem

    arkworks-rs/std’s past year of commit activity
    Rust 37 Apache-2.0 35 8 2 Updated Oct 29, 2024
  • gm17 Public

    A Rust library for the preprocessing zkSNARK of Groth and Maller

    arkworks-rs/gm17’s past year of commit activity
    Rust 9 Apache-2.0 5 0 10 Updated Oct 29, 2024
  • circom-compat Public

    Arkworks bindings to Circom's R1CS, for Groth16 Proof and Witness generation in Rust.

    arkworks-rs/circom-compat’s past year of commit activity
    Rust 241 Apache-2.0 117 19 3 Updated Oct 28, 2024
  • groth16 Public

    A Rust implementation of the Groth16 zkSNARK

    arkworks-rs/groth16’s past year of commit activity
    Rust 254 Apache-2.0 103 8 5 Updated Oct 28, 2024
  • r1cs-std Public

    R1CS constraints for bits, fields, and elliptic curves

    arkworks-rs/r1cs-std’s past year of commit activity
    Rust 141 Apache-2.0 61 21 12 Updated Oct 28, 2024
  • snark Public

    Interfaces for Relations and SNARKs for these relations

    arkworks-rs/snark’s past year of commit activity
    Rust 794 Apache-2.0 212 29 7 Updated Oct 28, 2024