# passlib

> comprehensive password hashing framework supporting over 30 schemes

- **URL**: https://www.freshcrate.ai/projects/passlib
- **Author**: Eli Collins
- **Category**: Frameworks
- **Latest version**: `1.7.4` (2026-04-21)
- **License**: BSD
- **Homepage**: https://passlib.readthedocs.io
- **Language**: Python
- **Registry**: pypi (`passlib`)
- **Tags**: `hash`, `password`, `pypi`, `secret`, `security`

## Description

Passlib is a password hashing library for Python 2 & 3, which provides
cross-platform implementations of over 30 password hashing algorithms, as well
as a framework for managing existing password hashes. It's designed to be useful
for a wide range of tasks, from verifying a hash found in /etc/shadow, to
providing full-strength password hashing for multi-user applications.

* See the `documentation <https://passlib.readthedocs.io>`_
  for details, installation instructions, and examples.

* See the `homepage <https://foss.heptapod.net/python-libs/passlib/wikis/home>`_
  for the latest news and more information.

* See the `changelog <https://passlib.readthedocs.io/en/stable/history>`_
  for a description of what's new in Passlib.

All releases are signed with the gpg key
`4D8592DF4CE1ED31 <http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x4D8592DF4CE1ED31>`_.

## Recent releases

| Version | Date | Urgency | Changes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `1.7.4` | 2026-04-21 | Low | Imported from PyPI (1.7.4) |

## Citation

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