orion
A usable, easy, and safe pure-Rust cryptography library for AEAD, hashing, KDF, ECDH, and more.
What is orion?
Orion is a cryptography library written entirely in Rust, designed to provide developers with easy-to-use and secure cryptographic primitives. It emphasizes safety by minimizing the use of unsafe code and includes formally verified arithmetic for critical components like X25519 and Poly1305. The library supports a wide range of cryptographic operations, including authenticated encryption, hashing, key derivation, and key exchange.
Rust developers who need a safe, auditable, and comprehensive cryptographic library for applications requiring encryption, hashing, key management, or secure communication. This includes developers building secure backend services, privacy-focused tools, or systems requiring modern cryptographic protocols like HPKE and ML-KEM.
Developers choose Orion for its strong emphasis on safety through minimal unsafe code and formally verified components, combined with a comprehensive suite of modern cryptographic algorithms. Its design prioritizes usability without compromising security, offering a pure-Rust implementation that is well-documented and actively maintained with features like constant-time execution testing and fuzzing.
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Usable, easy and safe pure-Rust crypto
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