@weikengchenCurrent employee
- PRs merged
- 86
- Internal authors supported
- 17
- Currently active authors
- 2
- First merge
- Oct 1, 2020
- Last merge
- Aug 7, 2026
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Arkworks
arkworks is an open-source Rust ecosystem for zkSNARK programming, providing a suite of libraries that implement the components needed to build zkSNARK applications, from generic finite field and elliptic curve arithmetic to R1CS constraint systems and packaged SNARK proving systems. It primarily serves cryptography researchers and developers building zero-knowledge proof applications in Rust.
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This view starts from the canonical internal-employee model. A maintainer is an internal employee who merged at least one pull request in a non-fork repository; external contributors, bots, and PR authors are not treated as causal. Active leads have merged within the last three months.
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Maintainers (16)
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@mmakerCurrent employee
- PRs merged
- 8
- Internal authors supported
- 4
- Currently active authors
- 1
- First merge
- Jan 3, 2022
- Last merge
- Aug 6, 2026
Active leadEarly maintainer
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@alireza-shirzadCurrent employee
- PRs merged
- 5
- Internal authors supported
- 1
- Currently active authors
- 0
- First merge
- Feb 4, 2025
- Last merge
- Jul 7, 2026
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@z-techCurrent employee
- PRs merged
- 0
- Internal authors supported
- 0
- Currently active authors
- 0
- First merge
- Nov 28, 2023
- Last merge
- May 12, 2026
Active lead
Open GitHub profile ↗@PratyushFormer employee
- PRs merged
- 306
- Internal authors supported
- 21
- Currently active authors
- 4
- First merge
- Apr 8, 2019
- Last merge
- Apr 23, 2026
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@WizardOfMenloFormer employee
- PRs merged
- 0
- Internal authors supported
- 0
- Currently active authors
- 0
- First merge
- Nov 29, 2024
- Last merge
- Jul 20, 2025
@mmagicianFormer employee
- PRs merged
- 18
- Internal authors supported
- 4
- Currently active authors
- 2
- First merge
- Dec 5, 2021
- Last merge
- Oct 28, 2024
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@vlopes11Former employee
- PRs merged
- 0
- Internal authors supported
- 0
- Currently active authors
- 0
- First merge
- Nov 25, 2021
- Last merge
- Dec 20, 2023
@gakonstFormer employee
- PRs merged
- 0
- Internal authors supported
- 0
- Currently active authors
- 0
- First merge
- Aug 15, 2021
- Last merge
- Mar 20, 2023
Early maintainer
Open GitHub profile ↗@tsunriseFormer employee
- PRs merged
- 4
- Internal authors supported
- 3
- Currently active authors
- 1
- First merge
- Sep 29, 2020
- Last merge
- Feb 26, 2022
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@ValarDragonFormer employee
- PRs merged
- 9
- Internal authors supported
- 3
- Currently active authors
- 1
- First merge
- Nov 27, 2020
- Last merge
- May 28, 2021
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@Will-Lin4Former employee
- PRs merged
- 0
- Internal authors supported
- 0
- Currently active authors
- 0
- First merge
- Oct 13, 2020
- Last merge
- May 28, 2021
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Open GitHub profile ↗@jon-chuangFormer employee
- PRs merged
- 1
- Internal authors supported
- 1
- Currently active authors
- 0
- First merge
- Feb 6, 2021
- Last merge
- Feb 11, 2021
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@ryanlehFormer employee
- PRs merged
- 0
- Internal authors supported
- 0
- Currently active authors
- 0
- First merge
- Nov 12, 2020
- Last merge
- Nov 13, 2020
@npwardberkeleyFormer employee
- PRs merged
- 1
- Internal authors supported
- 1
- Currently active authors
- 0
- First merge
- Oct 20, 2020
- Last merge
- Oct 22, 2020
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@howardwuFormer employee
- PRs merged
- 0
- Internal authors supported
- 0
- Currently active authors
- 0
- First merge
- Apr 3, 2019
- Last merge
- Apr 3, 2019
Early maintainer
Open GitHub profile ↗Maintainer Movements (7)
@ValarDragon moved lead merge authority to Osmosis.
Confirmed Jul 23, 2025 · Observed
Last source merge May 28, 2021 · First destination merge Jul 23, 2025
@mmagician moved lead merge authority to Miden.
Confirmed Jul 3, 2025 · Observed
Last source merge Oct 28, 2024 · First destination merge Jul 3, 2025
@weikengchen moved lead merge authority to ZeroSync Association.
Confirmed Jul 6, 2024 · Observed · Early maintainer
Last source merge Apr 6, 2024 · First destination merge Apr 25, 2024
@vlopes11 moved lead merge authority to Lagrange Labs.
Confirmed Mar 20, 2024 · Observed
Last source merge Dec 20, 2023 · First destination merge Mar 12, 2024
@gakonst moved lead merge authority to Alloy.
Confirmed Jun 20, 2023 · Observed · Early maintainer
Last source merge Mar 20, 2023 · First destination merge May 18, 2023
@vlopes11 moved lead merge authority to Dusk.
Confirmed Aug 17, 2022 · Observed
Last source merge Nov 25, 2021 · First destination merge Aug 17, 2022
@howardwu moved lead merge authority to Aleo Network Foundation.
Confirmed Feb 19, 2020 · Observed · Early maintainer
Last source merge Apr 3, 2019 · First destination merge Feb 19, 2020