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cross-sha256
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Isomorphic SHA-256
with minimal dependencies. Uses the Node.js crypto
module if available, otherwise uses a JS implementation (e.g. in browser environments).
import { sha256 } from 'cross-sha256'
console.log(new sha256().update('42').digest('hex'))
// => 73475cb40a568e8da8a045ced110137e159f890ac4da883b6b17dc651b3a8049
This work is derived from Paul Johnston's A JavaScript implementation of the Secure Hash Algorithm.
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SHA-256 hash in pure javascript
The npm package cross-sha256 receives a total of 34,394 weekly downloads. As such, cross-sha256 popularity was classified as popular.
We found that cross-sha256 demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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