Stable crypto library which can be converted to wasm · general

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Topic: Stable crypto library which can be converted to wasm

celine santosh (Mar 11 2025 at 14:38):

Can anyone give me suggestions on a stable crypto library that can be converted to wasm so that I can dynamically link into my framework I am building.

Thanks

Frank Denis (Mar 11 2025 at 19:26):

Libsodium supports WebAssembly since 2017, and is widely used in production, including in JavaScript applications.

Frank Denis (Mar 11 2025 at 19:27):

Check out https://github.com/jedisct1/libsodium.js

GitHub - jedisct1/libsodium.js: libsodium compiled to Webassembly and pure JavaScript, with convenient wrappers.

libsodium compiled to Webassembly and pure JavaScript, with convenient wrappers. - jedisct1/libsodium.js

Frank Denis (Mar 11 2025 at 19:27):

Also on NPM https://www.npmjs.com/package/libsodium-wrappers

libsodium-wrappers

The Sodium cryptographic library compiled to pure JavaScript (wrappers). Latest version: 0.7.15, last published: 7 months ago. Start using libsodium-wrappers in your project by running `npm i libsodium-wrappers`. There are 531 other projects in the npm registry using libsodium-wrappers.

Frank Denis (Mar 11 2025 at 19:30):

BoringSSL / OpenSSL have also been ported to WASI/WASIX but these are not well tested configurations.

Frank Denis (Mar 11 2025 at 19:31):

https://github.com/jedisct1/boringssl-wasm

GitHub - jedisct1/boringssl-wasm: BoringSSL for WebAssembly/WASI

BoringSSL for WebAssembly/WASI. Contribute to jedisct1/boringssl-wasm development by creating an account on GitHub.

Frank Denis (Mar 11 2025 at 19:31):

https://github.com/jedisct1/openssl-wasm

GitHub - jedisct1/openssl-wasm: OpenSSL 3 compiled for WebAssembly/WASI (up-to-date, maintained)

OpenSSL 3 compiled for WebAssembly/WASI (up-to-date, maintained) - jedisct1/openssl-wasm

Frank Denis (Mar 11 2025 at 19:33):

Even easier: if you're using Go or Zig, all the crypto functions from the standard library are going to work in WebAssembly without any changes.

Frank Denis (Mar 11 2025 at 19:33):

But don't expect any protection against side channels, and performance is not great, especially for symmetric crypto.

celine santosh (Mar 12 2025 at 16:32):

Thank you.

Last updated: Apr 09 2025 at 06:04 UTC