pyca/cryptography
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cryptography is a package designed to expose cryptographic primitives and recipes to Python developers. observed · 2026-09-26
Health v2 · maintenance only
75/100
- Activity 96
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-10-21. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 4823
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 25
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
7785 stars · 1826 forks observed · 2026-09-26
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
pyca/cryptography is a Python package providing cryptographic recipes and primitives, aiming to be Python's 'cryptographic standard library'. It offers both high-level recipes (like Fernet symmetric encryption) and low-level interfaces to algorithms such as symmetric ciphers, message digests, and key derivation functions.
Use cases
- encrypt and decrypt data in python
- generate and verify digital signatures
- hash passwords and derive keys
- work with x509 certificates
- implement tls or ssh protocol primitives
- generate secure random keys and tokens
When to choose
- you need well-audited, maintained cryptographic primitives in Python
- you want both high-level recipes and low-level algorithm access
- you need support for Python 3.9+ and PyPy
When to avoid
- you need a pure-Python implementation without native dependencies
- you want a higher-level API hiding all cryptographic details
- you are doing post-quantum or highly specialized cryptography outside its scope
Facets
library · maturity stable
cryptography security serialization security developer-tools python cross-platform encryption fernet x509 tls hashing key-derivation pypi
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/pyca/cryptography · fetched 2026-09-26 · 20d84538828a
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| pyca/cryptography | main | 75 |
For agents
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