str vs LibTomCrypt

str

str: yet another string library for C language. (by maxim2266)

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. (by libtom)

Cryptography Libtomcrypt C Encryption

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str		LibTomCrypt
	Project
1	Mentions	3
274	Stars	1,477
-	Growth	1.3%
4.0	Activity	7.3
6 months ago	Latest Commit	20 days ago
C	Language	C
BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 or later

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str

Posts with mentions or reviews of str. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-02-27.

C Deep
80 projects | dev.to | 27 Feb 2021

libzip - C library for reading, creating and modifying zip archives. BSD-3-Clause

LibTomCrypt

Posts with mentions or reviews of LibTomCrypt. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-04-15.

What is the difference between sha512 and sha512_256?
1 project | /r/cryptography | 24 Apr 2021

The open source library libtomcrypto has two separate implementations of sha512. What is the difference between these implementations? Which is the version that would be most typically used?
Single File sha256 Library from Git
3 projects | /r/C_Programming | 15 Apr 2021
C Deep
80 projects | dev.to | 27 Feb 2021

libtomcrypt - Fairly comprehensive, modular and portable cryptographic toolkit. Public domain.

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OpenSSL - TLS/SSL and crypto library

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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.

Allegro - The official Allegro 5 git repository. Pull requests welcome!

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

Leaf-C-Extended-Library - A simple library that supplements the simple C programming experience!

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

ZLib - A massively spiffy yet delicately unobtrusive compression library.

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

ck - Concurrency primitives, safe memory reclamation mechanisms and non-blocking (including lock-free) data structures designed to aid in the research, design and implementation of high performance concurrent systems developed in C99+.

s2n - An implementation of the TLS/SSL protocols