PyCrypto - The Python Cryptography Toolkit

This software is no longer maintained

See upstream notice at https://www.pycrypto.org/

PyCrypto 2.x is unmaintained and obsolete. Known security vulnerabilities have been patched downstream by backporting code from PyCryptodome (see below).

Please choose one of the following alternatives:

Cryptography

  • Recommended for new applications
  • Newer API with fewer gotchas

PyCryptodome

  • Recommended for existing software that depends on PyCrypto
  • Fork of PyCrypto - most applications should run unmodified