minio/sha256-simd
Accelerate SHA256 computations in pure Go using AVX512, SHA Extensions for x86 and ARM64 for ARM. On AVX512 it provides an up to 8x improvement (over 3 GB/s per core). SHA Extensions give a performance boost of close to 4x over native. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
23/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 3700
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- days_push: 1197
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Adoption not part of the score
1040 stars · 132 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
A pure Go library that accelerates SHA256 hashing using hardware instructions: AVX512 and Intel SHA Extensions on x86, and ARM64 Cryptography Extensions. It is designed as a drop-in replacement for the standard crypto/sha256 package, offering up to 8x speedups on AVX512 hardware.
Use cases
- speed up sha256 hashing in go
- hardware-accelerated sha256 replacement for crypto/sha256
- fast checksum computation on avx512 cpus
- parallel sha256 hashing for server workloads
- use arm sha2 instructions in go
When to choose
- your go application hashes large volumes of data with SHA256 and CPU acceleration is available
- you need a drop-in crypto/sha256 replacement with better throughput
- you run multi-threaded server workloads that can exploit AVX512 multi-buffer hashing
When to avoid
- your target CPUs lack AVX512, Intel SHA Extensions, or ARM64 SHA2 instructions
- you hash small messages in a single thread where the AVX512 multi-buffer approach cannot help
- you need hashes other than SHA256
Facets
library · maturity maintenance
cryptography security security developer-tools performance go windows cross-platform sha256 simd avx512 assembly hardware-acceleration hashing linux macos
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/minio/sha256-simd · fetched 2026-08-28 · 6f2ead36e22d
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
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| minio/sha256-simd | main | 23 |
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