expo-secure-store
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Provides a way to encrypt and securely store key-value pairs locally on the device.
Provides a way to encrypt and securely store key–value pairs locally on the device.
For managed Expo projects, please follow the installation instructions in the API documentation for the latest stable release.
For bare React Native projects, you must ensure that you have installed and configured the expo package before continuing.
npx expo install expo-secure-store
No additional set up necessary.
Run npx pod-install after installing the npm package.
Contributions are very welcome! Please refer to guidelines described in the contributing guide.
The react-native-keychain package provides similar functionality for securely storing key-value pairs. It supports both iOS and Android and offers additional features such as biometric authentication. Compared to expo-secure-store, react-native-keychain provides more advanced security options but may require more setup.
The redux-persist-sensitive-storage package is designed to work with redux-persist to securely store sensitive data. It uses the device's secure storage mechanisms and is a good option if you are already using Redux for state management. Compared to expo-secure-store, it integrates more seamlessly with Redux but is less general-purpose.
The secure-store package is another option for securely storing key-value pairs. It is lightweight and easy to use, making it a good alternative to expo-secure-store for simple use cases. However, it may not offer as many features or as much flexibility as expo-secure-store.
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Provides a way to encrypt and securely store key-value pairs locally on the device.
The npm package expo-secure-store receives a total of 559,783 weekly downloads. As such, expo-secure-store popularity was classified as popular.
We found that expo-secure-store demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 11 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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