RustCrypto/nacl-compat

Pure Rust compatibility layer for NaCl-family libraries

Rust

153 commits

updated Dec 18, 2025

See the code

README

RustCrypto: compatibility layer for NaCl-family libraries

Pure Rust implementation of APIs from NaCl-family libraries (e.g. libsodium, TweetNaCl).

Crates

Name	Crates.io	Documentation	MSRV
`crypto_box`			1.85
`crypto_kx`			1.85
`crypto_secretbox`			1.85
`crypto_secretstream`			1.85

MSRV Policy

Minimum Supported Rust Version (MSRV) can be changed in the future, but it will be done with a minor version bump.

License

All crates licensed under either of

at your option.

Contribution

Unless you explicitly state otherwise, any contribution intentionally submitted for inclusion in the work by you, as defined in the Apache-2.0 license, shall be dual licensed as above, without any additional terms or conditions.

Significant stargazers

kpcyrd

1,025 followers · starred Apr 2025

Dan Cline

686 followers · starred Apr 2025

Leo Borai

190 followers · starred May 2026

Nick Cardin

35 followers · starred Apr 2026

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Pure Rust compatibility layer for NaCl-family libraries

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153 commits

updated Dec 18, 2025

See the code

README

RustCrypto: compatibility layer for NaCl-family libraries

Pure Rust implementation of APIs from NaCl-family libraries (e.g. libsodium, TweetNaCl).

Crates

Name	Crates.io	Documentation	MSRV
`crypto_box`			1.85
`crypto_kx`			1.85
`crypto_secretbox`			1.85
`crypto_secretstream`			1.85

MSRV Policy

Minimum Supported Rust Version (MSRV) can be changed in the future, but it will be done with a minor version bump.

License

All crates licensed under either of

at your option.

Contribution

Significant stargazers

kpcyrd

1,025 followers · starred Apr 2025

Dan Cline

686 followers · starred Apr 2025

Leo Borai

190 followers · starred May 2026

Nick Cardin

35 followers · starred Apr 2026

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