Crypto++ VS Botan

Compare Crypto++ vs Botan and see what are their differences.

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Crypto++ Botan
6 5
4,547 2,398
- -
8.0 9.8
about 1 month ago 5 days ago
C++ C++
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later BSD 2-clause "Simplified" License
The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
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For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.

Crypto++

Posts with mentions or reviews of Crypto++. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-09-06.

Botan

Posts with mentions or reviews of Botan. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-17.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Crypto++ and Botan you can also consider the following projects:

OpenSSL - TLS/SSL and crypto library

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

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

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.

LibTomCrypt - LibTomCrypt is a fairly comprehensive, modular and portable cryptographic toolkit that provides developers with a vast array of well known published block ciphers, one-way hash functions, chaining modes, pseudo-random number generators, public key cryptography and a plethora of other routines.

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.

Themis - Easy to use cryptographic framework for data protection: secure messaging with forward secrecy and secure data storage. Has unified APIs across 14 platforms.

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