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This is a fork of https://foss.heptapod.net/python-libs/passlib
Passlib is a password hashing library for Python 3, which provides cross-platform implementations of over 30 password hashing algorithms, as well as a framework for managing existing password hashes. It's designed to be useful for a wide range of tasks, from verifying a hash found in /etc/shadow, to providing full-strength password hashing for multi-user application.
pip install libpass
A quick example of using passlib to integrate into a new application:
from passlib.context import CryptContext
context = CryptContext(
schemes=["sha512_crypt"]
)
hash = context.hash("password")
# $6$rounds=656000$jFKvvPmUywlqjSs.$iNeK/OWVry7KThNyzR01xzqZzgk/VA75.sR4yXXblsPAoEugtdO3zn/O4VEG3Izp8l5.//lMGpuRCOqvKknHo1
# Verifying a password
is_valid = context.verify("password", hash) # True
For more details and an extended set of examples, see the full documentation
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Fork of passlib, a comprehensive password hashing framework supporting over 30 schemes
We found that libpass demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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