libhydrogen VS Crypto++

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

libhydrogen

A lightweight, secure, easy-to-use crypto library suitable for constrained environments. (by jedisct1)

Crypto++

free C++ class library of cryptographic schemes (by weidai11)
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libhydrogen Crypto++
5 6
577 4,551
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7.3 8.0
about 2 months ago 3 days ago
C C++
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later GNU General Public License v3.0 or later
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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.

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.

What are some alternatives?

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

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

OpenSSL - TLS/SSL and crypto library

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

Botan - Cryptography Toolkit

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

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

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

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.

s2n - An implementation of the TLS/SSL protocols

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.