NSec.Cryptography

Provides modern cryptographic algorithm implementations for .NET based on libsodium. Commonly Used Types: NSec.Cryptography.Aegis256 NSec.Cryptography.Argon2id NSec.Cryptography.Blake2b NSec.Cryptography.Chacha20Poly1305 NSec.Cryptography.Ed25519 NSec.Cryptography.X25519

25.4.0

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Version published: 3 months ago

Maintainers: 1

Created: 7 years ago

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NSec.Cryptography

NSec is a cryptographic library for .NET based on libsodium. It aims to be easy to use, secure by default, fast, and agile.

Getting Started

To get started with NSec, install the package via NuGet:

dotnet add package NSec.Cryptography

For more detailed documentation, usage examples, and API references, please visit the project homepage.

Documentation

Class	Algorithms
AeadAlgorithm Class	AEGIS-128L
	AEGIS-256
	AES256-GCM
	ChaCha20-Poly1305
	XChaCha20-Poly1305
HashAlgorithm Class	BLAKE2b (unkeyed)
	SHA-256
	SHA-512
KeyAgreementAlgorithm Class	X25519
KeyDerivationAlgorithm2 Class	HKDF-SHA-256
	HKDF-SHA-512
MacAlgorithm Class	BLAKE2b (keyed)
	HMAC-SHA-256
	HMAC-SHA-512
PasswordBasedKeyDerivationAlgorithm Class	Argon2id
	scrypt
SignatureAlgorithm Class	Ed25519
SignatureAlgorithm2 Class	Ed25519ph

See the API reference for more information.

Supported Platforms

NSec is intended to run on the following platforms. Please note, not all of these platforms have been tested.

	`-x64`	`-x86`	`-arm64`	`-arm`
`android-`
`ios-`			✓
`linux-`	✓		✓	✓
`linux-musl-`	✓		✓	✓
`maccatalyst-`	✓		✓
`osx-`	✓		✓
`tvos-`			✓
`win-`	✓	✓	✓

See the installation instructions for more information, particularly regarding hardware and software requirements.

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Package last updated on 26 Apr 2025

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