Bcrypt VS libhydrogen

Compare Bcrypt vs libhydrogen and see what are their differences.

Bcrypt

Modern(-ish) password hashing for your software and your servers (by pyca)

libhydrogen

A lightweight, secure, easy-to-use crypto library suitable for constrained environments. (by jedisct1)
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Bcrypt libhydrogen
3 5
1,130 577
2.9% -
9.1 7.3
9 days ago about 2 months ago
Python C
Apache License 2.0 GNU General Public License v3.0 or later
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Bcrypt

Posts with mentions or reviews of Bcrypt. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects.

libhydrogen

Posts with mentions or reviews of libhydrogen. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-04-22.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Bcrypt and libhydrogen you can also consider the following projects:

OpenSSL - TLS/SSL and crypto library

libsodium - A modern, portable, easy to use crypto library.

Crypto++ - free C++ class library of cryptographic schemes

Tiny AES128 in C - Small portable AES128/192/256 in C

mbedcrypto - a portable, small, easy to use and fast c++14 library for cryptography.

mbedTLS - An open source, portable, easy to use, readable and flexible TLS library, and reference implementation of the PSA Cryptography API. Releases are on a varying cadence, typically around 3 - 6 months between releases.

Monocypher - An easy to use, easy to deploy crypto library

LibreSSL - LibreSSL Portable itself. This includes the build scaffold and compatibility layer that builds portable LibreSSL from the OpenBSD source code. Pull requests or patches sent to [email protected] are welcome.