Top 7 C hash-function Projects

xxHash

28 8,462 8.4 C

Extremely fast non-cryptographic hash algorithm

Project mention: The One Billion Row Challenge in CUDA: from 17 minutes to 17 seconds | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-04-13

> GPU Hash Table?
How bad would performance have suffered if you sha256'd the lines to build the map? I'm going to guess "badly"?
Maybe something like this in CUDA: https://github.com/Cyan4973/xxHash ?

swift-crypto

8 1,403 7.2 C

Open-source implementation of a substantial portion of the API of Apple CryptoKit suitable for use on Linux platforms.

Project mention: Swift for Android: How to use Swift-Crypto with Android Studio | dev.to | 2023-11-14

dependencies: [ .package(url: "https://github.com/scade-platform/swift-java.git", branch: "main"), .package(url: "https://github.com/apple/swift-crypto.git", .branch("main")) ]

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RHash

7 542 6.8 C

Great utility for computing hash sums
prvhash

16 297 7.2 C

PRVHASH - Pseudo-Random-Value Hash. Hash functions, PRNG with unlimited period, randomness extractor, and a glimpse into abyss. (inline C/C++) (Codename Gradilac/Градилак)
komihash

6 176 6.7 C

Very fast, high-quality hash function, discrete-incremental and streamed hashing-capable (non-cryptographic, inline C/C++) 26GB/s + PRNG
Abstract-Data-Types

4 34 5.3 C

A set of efficient data structures in C, created in a generic way
ZedmeeHash

1 1 3.4 C

Strong, fast, simple, non-cryptographic hash function
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NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020).