# python-bcrypt

**Repository Path**: mirrors_levigross/python-bcrypt

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: python-bcrypt
- **Description**: A pure Python implementation of BCrypt. DO NOT USE.
- **Primary Language**: Unknown
- **License**: BSD-4-Clause
- **Default Branch**: master
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

## Statistics

- **Stars**: 0
- **Forks**: 0
- **Created**: 2020-09-25
- **Last Updated**: 2026-03-22

## Categories & Tags

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## README

This is a pure Python implementation of BCrypt, based on
Damien Miller's jBCrypt library <http://www.mindrot.org/projects/jBCrypt/>.

Please use <http://www.mindrot.org/projects/py-bcrypt/> if you wish to use
BCrypt in Python.

WARNING: This code is not suitable for cryptographic use due to serious
performance issues when using a log_rounds value that is necessary for
today's systems. Utilizing a lower log_rounds value in this module will not
equate to the same computation time in C and Java implementations, thus
considerably negating the benefits of using an adaptive crytographic hash
function.

A simple example that demonstrates most of the features:

	import bcrypt

	# Hash a password for the first time
	hashed = bcrypt.hashpw(password, bcrypt.gensalt())

	# gensalt's log_rounds parameter determines the complexity
	# the work factor is 2**log_rounds, and the default is 12
	hashed = bcrypt.hashpw(password, bcrypt.gensalt(10))

	# Check that an unencrypted password matches one that has
	# previously been hashed
	if bcrypt.hashpw(plaintext, hashed) == hashed:
		print "It matches"
	else:
		print "It does not match"