libsodium
Modern cryptography library
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Critical - needs support
Funding
Stable
Maintenance
Active
Contributors
Critical
Bus Factor
High risk
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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
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libsodium
foundation
Dependency Chain
Upstream
Linux Kernel
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libsodium
Impact Analysis
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Direct Dependencies
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