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pyca/pynacl has 1,209 GitHub stars and 272 forks. GitHot measured 0 stars in 24 hours. Last checked 2026-11-09 08:24 UTC. Last push 2026-10-23.

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Python binding to the Networking and Cryptography (NaCl) library

What you can do

  • Digital signatures
  • Secret-key encryption
  • Public-key encryption
  • Hashing and message authentication

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README.md

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=============================================== PyNaCl: Python binding to the libsodium library

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PyNaCl is a Python binding to libsodium, which is a fork of the Networking and Cryptography library. These libraries have a stated goal of improving usability, security and speed. It supports Python 3.8+ as well as PyPy 3.

.. _libsodium: https://github.com/jedisct1/libsodium .. _Networking and Cryptography library: https://nacl.cr.yp.to/

Features

  • Digital signatures
  • Secret-key encryption
  • Public-key encryption
  • Hashing and message authentication
  • Password based key derivation and password hashing

Changelog_

.. _Changelog: https://pynacl.readthedocs.io/en/latest/changelog/

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