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Rust argon2

Rust library for hashing passwords using Argon2.

From sru-systems·Updated June 9, 2026·View on GitHub·

Rust library for hashing passwords using [Argon2](https://github.com/P-H-C/phc-winner-argon2), the password-hashing function that won the [Password Hashing Competition (PHC)](https://password-hashing.net). The project is written primarily in Rust, distributed under the Apache License 2.0 license, first published in 2017. Key topics include: argon2, argon2d, argon2i, argon2id, password-hasher.

Rust-argon2

Rust library for hashing passwords using
Argon2, the password-hashing
function that won the
Password Hashing Competition (PHC).

Usage

To use rust-argon2, add the following to your Cargo.toml:

toml
[dependencies] rust-argon2 = "3.0"

And the following to your crate root:

rust
extern crate argon2;

Examples

Create a password hash using the defaults and verify it:

rust
use argon2::{self, Config}; let password = b"password"; let salt = b"randomsalt"; let config = Config::default(); let hash = argon2::hash_encoded(password, salt, &config).unwrap(); let matches = argon2::verify_encoded(&hash, password).unwrap(); assert!(matches);

Create a password hash with custom settings and verify it:

rust
use argon2::{self, Config, ThreadMode, Variant, Version}; let password = b"password"; let salt = b"othersalt"; let config = Config { variant: Variant::Argon2i, version: Version::Version13, mem_cost: 65536, time_cost: 10, lanes: 4, thread_mode: ThreadMode::Parallel, secret: &[], ad: &[], hash_length: 32 }; let hash = argon2::hash_encoded(password, salt, &config).unwrap(); let matches = argon2::verify_encoded(&hash, password).unwrap(); assert!(matches);

Limitations

This crate has the same limitation as the blake2-rfc crate that it uses.
It does not attempt to clear potentially sensitive data from its work
memory. To do so correctly without a heavy performance penalty would
require help from the compiler. It's better to not attempt to do so than to
present a false assurance.

This version uses the standard implementation and does not yet implement
optimizations. Therefore, it is not the fastest implementation available.

License

Rust-argon2 is dual licensed under the MIT and
Apache 2.0 licenses, the same licenses as the Rust compiler.

Contributions

Contributions are welcome. By submitting a pull request you are agreeing to
make you work available under the license terms of the Rust-argon2 project.

Contributors

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