NSec.Cryptography

v26.1.0-preview.1

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

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aead aegis128l aegis256 aes-gcm argon2id blake2b chacha20-poly1305 crypto cryptography curve25519 ed25519 encryption hash hkdf hmac libsodium scrypt security

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Total Downloads

14.1M

14,092,413

Published

Jan 6, 2026

Latest stable version

Install

.NET CLI

dotnet add package NSec.Cryptography --version 26.1.0-preview.1

Package Manager Console

Install-Package NSec.Cryptography -Version 26.1.0-preview.1

PackageReference

<PackageReference Include="NSec.Cryptography" Version="26.1.0-preview.1" />

Frameworks

net9.0 net9.0-ios18.0 net9.0-maccatalyst18.0 net9.0-tvos18.0

Dependencies

libsodium

net9.0

[1.0.21, 1.0.22)

libsodium

net9.0-ios18.0

[1.0.21, 1.0.22)

libsodium

net9.0-maccatalyst18.0

[1.0.21, 1.0.22)

libsodium

net9.0-tvos18.0

[1.0.21, 1.0.22)

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