libsodium

Modern cryptography library

53
Critical - needs support
Funding
Stable
Maintenance
Active
Contributors
Critical
Bus Factor
High risk
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Metrics last updated: 6 days ago (2026-02-07)

Overview

libsodium is a modern, easy-to-use software library for encryption, decryption, signatures, password hashing, and more.

Importance

  • Modern cryptography for applications
  • Used by messaging apps and security tools
  • Foundation for secure communications
  • Critical for application security

Key Features

  • Simple API design
  • Side-channel attack resistance
  • Cross-platform support
  • High-performance

Sustainability

libsodium is maintained by a small team with limited funding. The project needs support for such important security infrastructure.

Dependencies

⬆️ Depends On (1)
libsodium
foundation

Dependency Chain

Upstream
Linux Kernel
libsodium

Impact Analysis

1 Direct Dependencies
0 Dependent Projects
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