hynek/argon2-cffi

Secure Password Hashes for Python

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argon2
cffi
password
password-hash
python
security

README

argon2-cffi: Argon2 for Python

Documentation CII Best Practices No AI slop inside. PyPI version Downloads / Month

Argon2 won the Password Hashing Competition and argon2-cffi is the simplest way to use it in Python:

>>> from argon2 import PasswordHasher
>>> ph = PasswordHasher()
>>> hash = ph.hash("correct horse battery staple")
>>> hash  # doctest: +SKIP
'$argon2id$v=19$m=65536,t=3,p=4$MIIRqgvgQbgj220jfp0MPA$YfwJSVjtjSU0zzV/P3S9nnQ/USre2wvJMjfCIjrTQbg'
>>> ph.verify(hash, "correct horse battery staple")
True
>>> ph.check_needs_rehash(hash)
False
>>> ph.verify(hash, "Tr0ub4dor&3")
Traceback (most recent call last):
  ...
argon2.exceptions.VerifyMismatchError: The password does not match the supplied hash

Credits

argon2-cffi is maintained by Hynek Schlawack.

The development is kindly supported by my employer Variomedia AG, argon2-cffi Tidelift subscribers, and my amazing GitHub Sponsors.

argon2-cffi for Enterprise

Available as part of the Tidelift Subscription.

The maintainers of argon2-cffi and thousands of other packages are working with Tidelift to deliver commercial support and maintenance for the open-source packages you use to build your applications. Save time, reduce risk, and improve code health, while paying the maintainers of the exact packages you use.

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hynek

515 commits

dependabot[bot]

16 commits

asottile

6 commits

hynek/argon2-cffi

Secure Password Hashes for Python

731

stars

622

commits

Python

primary language

Sep 1, 2026

updated

argon2-cffi.readthedocs.io/
argon2
cffi
password
password-hash
python
security

README

argon2-cffi: Argon2 for Python

Documentation CII Best Practices No AI slop inside. PyPI version Downloads / Month

Argon2 won the Password Hashing Competition and argon2-cffi is the simplest way to use it in Python:

>>> from argon2 import PasswordHasher
>>> ph = PasswordHasher()
>>> hash = ph.hash("correct horse battery staple")
>>> hash  # doctest: +SKIP
'$argon2id$v=19$m=65536,t=3,p=4$MIIRqgvgQbgj220jfp0MPA$YfwJSVjtjSU0zzV/P3S9nnQ/USre2wvJMjfCIjrTQbg'
>>> ph.verify(hash, "correct horse battery staple")
True
>>> ph.check_needs_rehash(hash)
False
>>> ph.verify(hash, "Tr0ub4dor&3")
Traceback (most recent call last):
  ...
argon2.exceptions.VerifyMismatchError: The password does not match the supplied hash

Credits

argon2-cffi is maintained by Hynek Schlawack.

The development is kindly supported by my employer Variomedia AG, argon2-cffi Tidelift subscribers, and my amazing GitHub Sponsors.

argon2-cffi for Enterprise

Available as part of the Tidelift Subscription.

The maintainers of argon2-cffi and thousands of other packages are working with Tidelift to deliver commercial support and maintenance for the open-source packages you use to build your applications. Save time, reduce risk, and improve code health, while paying the maintainers of the exact packages you use.

Contributors

hynek

515 commits

dependabot[bot]

16 commits

asottile

6 commits

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