GnuPG vs Crypto++

GnuPG

Mirror of git://git.gnupg.org/gnupg.git — master branch contains no changes from upstream. (by mtigas)

Cryptography

Source Code

lists.gnupg.org

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Crypto++

free C++ class library of cryptographic schemes (by weidai11)

Cryptography Crypto C++

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cryptopp.com

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GnuPG		Crypto++
	Project
-	Mentions	6
0	Stars	4,551
-	Growth	-
0.0	Activity	8.0
over 10 years ago	Latest Commit	6 days ago
C	Language	C++
GNU General Public License v3.0 only	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 or later

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.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
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.

GnuPG

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

We haven't tracked posts mentioning GnuPG yet.
Tracking mentions began in Dec 2020.

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.

And the Earn It act is back in the US. Third times the charm to crush privacy?
1 project | /r/linux | 6 May 2023

I'm one of the maintainers of Crypto++, https://cryptopp.com/.
How to use a static library in g++
2 projects | /r/cpp_questions | 6 Sep 2022

Hello, Im new to c++ and wanted to make a project from scratch, so far I understand how to compile multiple .cpp files using g++ (and visual studio code). The only thing that gives me a headache is trying to include open source libraries into my project, basically i want to use Cryptopp library (https://github.com/weidai11/cryptopp).
Information and learning resources for cryptography newcomers
11 projects | /r/cryptography | 31 Jan 2022
Libraries
14 projects | /r/cpp_questions | 7 Dec 2021

cryptopp
Crypto++ 8.6
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 24 Nov 2021
C++: library for encryption and decryption with AES algorithm
1 project | /r/cpp_questions | 7 Oct 2021

What are some alternatives?

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

OpenSSL - TLS/SSL and crypto library

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

Botan - Cryptography Toolkit

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.

GnuTLS - GnuTLS

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

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.

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

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.