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Tool	Fit	Stars	Licence	Terms	Self-hosted	Language	Latest	Last push
libsodium	Partial	14k	Other	Open source	No	C	1.0.22-RELEASE	2026-10-15

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libsodium Partial

A modern, portable, easy to use crypto library.

A smaller API with fixed algorithm choices and no TLS implementation.

Language: C
Licence: Other
Stars: 14k
Latest: 1.0.22-RELEASE
Last push: 2026-10-15

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Language: C
Licence: Apache-2.0
Stars: 31k
Last push: 2026-10-19

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