RustCrypto/traits

Collection of cryptography-related traits

Rust

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RustCrypto: Traits

Collection of traits which describe functionality of cryptographic primitives.

Crates

Name	Algorithm	Crates.io	Docs	MSRV
`aead`	Authenticated encryption
`cipher`	Block and stream cipher
`crypto‑common`	Common cryptographic traits
`digest`	Cryptographic hash function
`elliptic‑curve`	Elliptic curve cryptography
`kem`	Key encapsulation mechanism
`password-hash`	Password hashing
`signature`	Digital signature
`universal‑hash`	Universal hash function

Additional Crates

Crate name	Description	Crates.io	Docs	MSRV
`crypto`	Facade for trait crates

License

All crates licensed under either of

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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.

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RustCrypto/traits

Collection of cryptography-related traits

Rust

759

2,039 commits

updated Sep 21, 2026

See the code

README

RustCrypto: Traits

Collection of traits which describe functionality of cryptographic primitives.

Crates

Name	Algorithm	Crates.io	Docs	MSRV
`aead`	Authenticated encryption
`cipher`	Block and stream cipher
`crypto‑common`	Common cryptographic traits
`digest`	Cryptographic hash function
`elliptic‑curve`	Elliptic curve cryptography
`kem`	Key encapsulation mechanism
`password-hash`	Password hashing
`signature`	Digital signature
`universal‑hash`	Universal hash function