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The tables below compare cryptography libraries that deal with cryptography algorithms and have application programming interface (API) function calls to each of the supported features.
Name of implementation | Initiative | Main implementation language | Open-source software | Software license | Latest release | ||||||||||
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Botan | Jack Lloyd | C++ | Yes | Simplified BSD | 3.5.0 (July 8, 2024[1]) [±] | ||||||||||
Bouncy Castle | Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. | Java, C# | Yes | MIT License |
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BSAFE | Dell, formerly RSA Security | Java, C, Assembly | No | Proprietary | Crypto-C Micro Edition: 4.1.5 (December 17, 2020[7]) [±]
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cryptlib | Peter Gutmann | C | Yes | Sleepycat License or commercial license | 3.4.5 (2019[11]) [±] | ||||||||||
Crypto++ | The Crypto++ project | C++ | Yes | Boost (all individual files are public domain) | Jan 10, 2023 (8.9.0) | ||||||||||
GnuTLS | Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos, Simon Josefsson | C | Yes | LGPL-2.1-or-later | 3.8.5[12] 2024-04-04 | ||||||||||
Java's default JCA/JCE providers | Oracle | Java | Yes | GNU GPL v2 and commercial license |
23.0.1 (October 15, 2024[13]) [±] | ||||||||||
LibreSSL | OpenBSD Foundation | C | Yes | Apache 1.0 | 4.0.0[18] 2024-10-14 | ||||||||||
Libgcrypt | GnuPG community and g10code | C | Yes | GNU LGPL v2.1+ |
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libsodium | Frank Denis | C | Yes | ISC | Sep 13, 2023 (1.0.19) | ||||||||||
Mbed TLS | Arm Limited | C | Yes | Apache 2.0 | 3.0.0 (July 7, 2021[21]) [±] 2.27.0 (July 7, 2021 ) [±] | ||||||||||
NaCl | Daniel J. Bernstein, Tanja Lange, Peter Schwabe | C | Yes | Public domain | February 21, 2011[22] | ||||||||||
Nettle | C | Yes | GNU GPL v2+ or GNU LGPL v3 |
3.10[23] 2024-06-16 | |||||||||||
Network Security Services (NSS) | Mozilla | C | Yes | MPL 2.0 |
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OpenSSL | The OpenSSL Project | C | Yes | Apache 2.0 | 3.4.0[25] 2024-10-22 | ||||||||||
wolfCrypt | wolfSSL, Inc. | C | Yes | GNU GPL v2 or commercial license | 5.7.4 (October 24, 2024[26]) [±] |
This table denotes, if a cryptography library provides the technical requisites for FIPS 140, and the status of their FIPS 140 certification (according to NIST's CMVP search,[27] modules in process list[28] and implementation under test list).[29]
Implementation | FIPS 140-2 mode | FIPS 140-2 validated | FIPS 140-3 validated |
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Botan | No | No | No |
Bouncy Castle | Yes | Yes[30] | In process[31] |
BSAFE | Yes | Yes[32][33] | Yes[34] |
cryptlib | Yes | No | No |
Crypto++ | No | No[a] | No |
GnuTLS | No | Yes[35][b] | In process[36] |
Java's default JCA/JCE providers | No | No[37][c] | No |
Libgcrypt | Yes | Yes[38][d] | In process[36] |
libsodium | No | No | No |
Mbed TLS | No | No | No |
NaCl | No | No | No |
Nettle | No | No | No |
Network Security Services (NSS) | Yes | Yes[39][e] | In process[36] |
OpenSSL | Yes | Yes[40][f] | In process[36] |
wolfCrypt | Yes | Yes[41] | Yes[42] |
Key operations include key generation algorithms, key exchange agreements, and public key cryptography standards.
Implementation | RSA | DSA | ECDSA | EdDSA | Ed448 | DH | ECDH | ECIES | ElGamal | NTRU (IEEE P1363.1) |
DSS |
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Botan | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
Bouncy Castle | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
BSAFE | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
cryptlib | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes |
Crypto++ | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
GnuTLS | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Java's default JCA/JCE providers | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes |
Libgcrypt | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[a] | No | Yes | No | Yes |
libsodium | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Mbed TLS | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Nettle | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
OpenSSL | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
wolfCrypt | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
Implementation | NIST | SECG | ECC Brainpool | Curve25519 | Curve448 | GOST R 34.10[43] | SM2 |
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Botan | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Bouncy Castle | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
BSAFE | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
cryptlib | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Crypto++ | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
GnuTLS | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Java's default JCA/JCE providers | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Libgcrypt | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
libsodium | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Mbed TLS | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Nettle | Yes | Partial | No | Yes | No | No | No |
OpenSSL | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
wolfCrypt | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
Implementation | PKCS #1 | PKCS #5,[44] PBKDF2 | PKCS #8 | PKCS #12 | IEEE P1363 | ASN.1 |
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Botan | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
Bouncy Castle | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
BSAFE Crypto-J | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
cryptlib | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
Crypto++ | Yes | Yes | Yes[a] | No | Yes | Yes |
GnuTLS | ||||||
Java's default JCA/JCE providers | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Libgcrypt | Yes | Yes[b] | Yes[b] | Yes[b] | Yes[b] | Yes[b] |
libsodium | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Mbed TLS | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
Nettle | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
OpenSSL | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
wolfCrypt | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
Comparison of supported cryptographic hash functions. Here hash functions are defined as taking an arbitrary length message and producing a fixed size output that is virtually impossible to use for recreating the original message.
Implementation | MD5 | SHA-1 | SHA-2 | SHA-3 | RIPEMD-160 | Tiger | Whirlpool | BLAKE2 | GOST R 34.11-94[45] (aka GOST 34.311-95) |
GOST R 34.11-2012 (Stribog)[46] |
SM3 |
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Botan | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Bouncy Castle | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
BSAFE Crypto-J | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
cryptlib | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Crypto++ | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
GnuTLS | |||||||||||
Java's default JCA/JCE providers | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Libgcrypt | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
libsodium | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Mbed TLS | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Nettle | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
OpenSSL | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
wolfCrypt | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes |
Comparison of implementations of message authentication code (MAC) algorithms. A MAC is a short piece of information used to authenticate a message—in other words, to confirm that the message came from the stated sender (its authenticity) and has not been changed in transit (its integrity).
Implementation | HMAC-MD5 | HMAC-SHA1 | HMAC-SHA2 | Poly1305 | BLAKE2-MAC |
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Botan | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Bouncy Castle | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
BSAFE Crypto-J | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
cryptlib | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Crypto++ | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
GnuTLS | |||||
Java's default JCA/JCE providers | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Libgcrypt | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
libsodium | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Mbed TLS | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Nettle | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
OpenSSL | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
wolfCrypt | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Table compares implementations of block ciphers. Block ciphers are defined as being deterministic and operating on a set number of bits (termed a block) using a symmetric key. Each block cipher can be broken up into the possible key sizes and block cipher modes it can be run with.
Implementation | AES | 3DES | Camellia | Blowfish | Twofish | IDEA | CAST5 | ARIA | GOST 28147-89[47] / GOST R 34.12-2015 (Magma[48] & Kuznyechik[49]) |
SM4 |
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Botan | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Bouncy Castle[50] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
BSAFE Crypto-J | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
cryptlib[51] | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Crypto++ | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial[a] | Yes |
GnuTLS | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Java's default JCA/JCE providers | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Libgcrypt | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
libsodium | Partial[b] | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Mbed TLS | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Nettle | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
OpenSSL | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
wolfCrypt | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes |
Implementation | ECB | CBC | OFB | CFB | CTR | CCM | GCM | OCB | XTS | AES-Wrap | Stream | EAX |
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Botan | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Bouncy Castle | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
BSAFE | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
cryptlib | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
Crypto++ | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
GnuTLS | ||||||||||||
Java's default JCA/JCE providers | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
Libgcrypt | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
libsodium | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
Mbed TLS | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
Nettle | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
OpenSSL | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
wolfCrypt | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
The table below shows the support of various stream ciphers. Stream ciphers are defined as using plain text digits that are combined with a pseudorandom cipher digit stream. Stream ciphers are typically faster than block ciphers and may have lower hardware complexity, but may be more susceptible to attacks.
Implementation | RC4 | HC-256 | Rabbit | Salsa20 | ChaCha | SEAL | Panama | WAKE | Grain | VMPC | ISAAC |
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Botan | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Bouncy Castle | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
BSAFE Crypto-J | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
cryptlib | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Crypto++ | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
GnuTLS | |||||||||||
Java's default JCA/JCE providers | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Libgcrypt | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
libsodium | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Mbed TLS | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Nettle | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
OpenSSL | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
wolfCrypt | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
These tables compare the ability to use hardware enhanced cryptography. By using the assistance of specific hardware, the library can achieve greater speeds and/or improved security than otherwise.
Implementation | PKCS #11 | PC/SC | CCID |
---|---|---|---|
Botan | Yes | No | No |
Bouncy Castle | Yes[a] | No | No |
BSAFE | Yes[b] | No | No |
cryptlib | Yes | No | No |
Crypto++ | No | No | No |
GnuTLS | Yes | No | No |
Java's default JCA/JCE providers | Yes | No[c] | No[c] |
Libgcrypt | Yes[52] | Yes[53] | Yes[53] |
libsodium | No | No | No |
Mbed TLS | Yes[54] | No | No |
OpenSSL | Yes[54] | No | No |
wolfCrypt | Yes | No | No |
Implementation | AES-NI | SSSE3, SSE4.1 | AVX, AVX2 | AVX-512 | RDRAND | VIA PadLock | Intel QuickAssist | ARMv7-A NEON | ARMv8-A cryptography instructions | Power ISA v2.03 (AltiVec[a]) | Power ISA v2.07 (e.g., POWER8 and later[a]) |
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Botan | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
BSAFE | Yes[b] | Yes[b] | Yes[b] | No | Yes[b] | No | No | No | Yes[b] | No | No |
cryptlib | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
Crypto++ | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes[c] | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
GnuTLS | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
Java's default JCA/JCE providers | Yes[d] | Yes[d] | Yes[d] | Yes[d] | Yes[d] | No | No | No | Yes[d] | No | Yes[d] |
Libgcrypt[55] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
libsodium | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
OpenSSL | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[e] | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
wolfCrypt | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes[56] | Yes | Yes[57] | No | No |
Implementation | Source code size (kSLOC = 1000 lines of source code) |
Code to comment lines ratio |
---|---|---|
Botan | 133[58] | 4.55[58] |
Bouncy Castle | 1359[59] | 5.26[59] |
BSAFE Crypto-J | 271[a] | 1.3[a] |
cryptlib | 241 | 2.66 |
Crypto++ | 115[60] | 5.74[60] |
GnuTLS | 363[61] | 7.30[61] |
Java's default JCA/JCE providers | ||
Libgcrypt | 216[62] | 6.27[62] |
libsodium | 44[63] | 21.92[63] |
Mbed TLS | 105[64] | 33.9[64] |
Nettle | 111[65] | 4.08[65] |
OpenSSL | 472[66] | 4.41[66] |
wolfCrypt | 39 | 5.69 |
Implementation | Supported operating system | Thread safe |
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Botan | Linux, Windows, macOS, Android, iOS, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonflyBSD, Solaris, AIX, QNX, Haiku | Yes |
Bouncy Castle | General Java API: J2ME, Java Runtime Environment 1.1+, Android. Java FIPS API: Java Runtime 1.5+, Android. C# API (General & FIPS): CLR 4. | |
BSAFE Crypto-J | Solaris, Linux, Android, FreeBSD, AIX, 32 and 64-bit Windows, macOS (Darwin) | Yes |
cryptlib | AMX, ARINC 653, BeOS, ChorusOS, CMSIS-RTOS/mbed-rtos, DOS, DOS32, eCOS, embOS, FreeRTOS/OpenRTOS, uItron, MQX, MVS, Nucleus, OS/2, Palm OS, QNX Neutrino, RTEMS, SMX, Tandem NonStop, Telit, ThreadX, uC/OS II, Unix (AIX, FreeBSD, HP-UX, Linux, macOS, Solaris, etc.), VDK, VM/CMS, VxWorks, Win16, Win32, Win64, WinCE/PocketPC/etc, XMK | Yes |
Crypto++ | Unix (AIX, OpenBSD, Linux, MacOS, Solaris, etc.), Win32, Win64, Android, iOS, ARM | Yes[a] |
GnuTLS | Runs on most Unix platforms and Windows[67] | ? |
Libgcrypt | All 32- and 64-bit Unix Systems (Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, macOS etc.), Win32, Win64, WinCE, and more | Yes[68] |
libsodium | macOS, Linux, OpenBSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD, DragonflyBSD, Android, iOS, 32 and 64-bit Windows (Visual Studio, MinGW, C++ Builder), NativeClient, QNX, JavaScript, AIX, MINIX, Solaris | Yes |
Mbed TLS | Win32/64, Unix Systems, embedded Linux, Micrium's μC/OS, FreeRTOS | ? |
OpenSSL | Solaris, IRIX, HP-UX, MPE/iX, Tru64, Linux, Android, BSD (OpenBSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD, DragonflyBSD), NextSTEP, QNX, UnixWare, SCO, AIX, 32 and 64-bit Windows (Visual Studio, MinGW, UWIN, CygWin), UEFI, macOS (Darwin), iOS, HURD, VxWorks, uClinux, VMS, DJGPP (DOS), Haiku | Yes |
wolfCrypt | Win32/64, Linux, macOS, Solaris, ThreadX, VxWorks, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, embedded Linux, WinCE, Haiku, OpenWRT, iPhone (iOS), Android, Nintendo Wii and Gamecube through DevKitPro, QNX, MontaVista, NonStop, TRON/ITRON/μITRON, Micrium's μC/OS, FreeRTOS, SafeRTOS, Freescale MQX, Nucleus, TinyOS, HP-UX | Yes |
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