V-crypto 🔑

Attention!
V-crypto has no connection to the official V community and is not maintained by it.
→ It is not recommended to use the algorithms implemented here productively until the status is implemented. As a non-cryptographer, I cannot fully validate the security.

Contributions welcome!

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V-crypto provides...

• a detailed overview of important cryptographic algorithms, protocols and formats,
• the current implementation status of the official V community.
• less known but relevant as well as self-developed official algorithms that might be published here.

Cryptographic algorithms and protocols available in V standard library

algorithm	category, info	importance	status
AES	symmetric block cipher	high, daily use	implemented ✔️ [Git]
bcrypt	hash-algorithm	high	implemented ✔️ [Git]
blake2(b,s)	hash-algorithm	moderate	implemented ✔️ [Git] [Git]
blake3	hash-algorithm	moderate	implemented ✔️ [Git]
blowfish	legacy symmetric block cipher	moderate	implemented ✔️ [Git]
blockcipher modes → CBC, CFB, CTR, OFB	Cipher-Block-Chaining, Cipher-Feedback, Counter, Output-Feedback	high	implemented ✔️ [Git]
(3)DES	legacy symmetric block cipher	low	implemented ✔️ [Git]
ECDSA	signature algorithm based on elliptic curves	high, daily use	OpenSSL C Wrapper 🟡 [Git]
Ed25519	signature algorithm based on elliptic curves	high	implemented ✔️ [Git]
HMAC	hash-based message authentication code	high	implemented ✔️ [Git]
MD5	legacy hash-algorithm	high	implemented ✔️ [Git]
PBKDF2	key derivation function	high	implemented ✔️ [Git]
PEM	encoding format	high	implemented ✔️ [Git]
RAND	random number generator	high, daily use	implemented ✔️ [Git]
RC4	legacy stream cipher	low	implemented ✔️ [Git]
RIPEMD160	legacy hash-algorithm	moderate	implemented ✔️ [Git]
scrypt	hash-algorithm / key derivation function	high	implemented ✔️ [Git]
SHA1	legacy hash-algorithm	moderate	implemented ✔️ [Git]
SHA256	hash-algorithm	high, daily use	implemented ✔️ [Git]
SHA512	hash-algorithm	high, daily use	implemented ✔️ [Git]
SHA3	hash-algorithm	moderate	implemented ✔️ [Git]
Ascon	lightweight AEAD	moderate	experimental 🟡 [Git]
ChaCha20	symmetric stream cipher	high, daily use	experimental 🟡 [Git]
ChaCha20-Poly1305	Authenticated encryption with associated data (AEAD)	high, daily use	experimental 🟡 [Git]
Curve25519	elliptic curve	high, daily use	expiremental 🟡 [Git]
Poly1305	message authentication code	moderate	experimental 🟡 [Git]
SLH-DSA	post-quantum secure signature algorithm (aka. SPHINCS+; hash based)	moderate	experimental 🟡 [Git]
SM4	block cipher	moderate	experimental 🟡 [Git]

Last Update: 01-06-2025

Cryptographic algorithms and protocols (not officially) planned for V standard library

The V wrapper libsodium [Git] has some of these algorithms.

algorithm	category, info	importance	status
blockcipher modes → XTS, CCM, GCM	XEX-based tweaked-codebook mode with ciphertext stealing, Counter with CBC-MAC (AEAD), Galois/Counter (AEAD)	high	thirdparty ❌ [Git]
Curve448	elliptic curve	high	thirdparty 🟡 [Git]
DSA	legacy signature algorithm	low	(see [1]) ❌
ECDH	asymmetric crypto based on elliptic curves	high, daily use	(see [1], [2]), thirdparty, non standard ❌ [Git]
Ed448	signature algorithm based on elliptic curves	high	❌
HKDF	key derivation function	moderate	thirdparty ❌ [Git]
HQC	post-quantum secure key encapsulation (code based)	moderate	❌
ML-KEM	post-quantum secure key encapsulation (aka. Crystals Kyber; lattice based)	high	❌
ML-DSA	post-quantum secure digital signature (aka. Crystals Dilithium; lattice based)	high	❌
P-224/256/384/(521)	elliptic curves (NIST)	high, daily use	❌
secp256k1	elliptic curve	moderate	thirdparty, non standard ❌ [Git]
RSA	asymmetric crypto	high, daily use	(see [1]), thirdparty, non standard ❌ [Git]
SSH	network protocol	high, daily use	(see [2]) ❌
TLS	protocol for secure network communication	high, daily use	(see [2]), wrapper, thirdparty 🟡 [Git] [Git]
x509	encoding format	high	wrapper, thirdparty 🟡 [Git]

Last Update: 06-02-2026

Additional cryptographic algorithms implemented/planned in V-crypto (this Repo)

The V wrapper libsodium [Git] has some of these algorithms.

algorithm	category, info	importance	status
argon2	hash-algorithm / key derivation function	high	❌
blockcipher modes → ECB, EAX, IGE, OCB	Electronic-Codebook, encrypt-then-authenticate-then-translate, Infinite Garble Extension, Offset codebook mode (AEAD)	moderate	experimental (only ECB, IGE) 🟡 [Git]
brainpoolP(256,384,521)r1	elliptic curve	high	❌
Camellia	symmetric block cipher	low	❌
CAST	symmetric block cipher	moderate	❌
Grain v1	symmetric stream cipher	moderate	❌
HC-(128,256)	symmetric stream cipher	moderate	❌
IDEA	symmetric block cipher	low	❌
Kyber(512,1024)	key encapsulation mechanism, post-quanten crypto	low	❌
MD4	legacy hash-algorithm	low	experimental 🟡 [Git]
RC6	symmetric block cipher	low	❌
RIPEMD160	legacy hash-algorithm	moderate	experimental 🟡 [Git]
(X)Salsa20	symmetric stream cipher	high	experimental 🟡 [Git]
Serpent	symmetric block cipher	moderate	❌
Speck	legacy block cipher	low	❌
TEA, XTEA	legacy block cipher	low	experimental 🟡 [Git] [Git]
Twofisch	symmetric block cipher	moderate	experimental 🟡 [Git]
yescrypt	hash-algorithm / key derivation function	high	❌

Last Update: 01-07-2024

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v_crypto

Installation

v install https://github.com/bstnbuck/V-crypto

Usage

In general, the functionality is easy to understand based on the tests of the respective algorithm. For larger algorithms, a README file with the most important functions follows.

import v_crypto.md4

fn main(){
    // short way to get MD4 hex hash
    println("`test` hashed with MD4 is: "+md4.hexhash("test"))

    // long way to get bytes array
    mut d := md4.new()
    blocksize, bytes_hash := d.checksum('test'.bytes())
    println("input produces a bytes checksum $bytes_hash.hex() with block size: $blocksize")

    d.reset() // with reset, a new empty checksum can be produced
    _, _ := d.checksum('Hi from V_crypto. This is an example of a long long line.'.bytes())
}

Please report security related issues to: bstnbuck (at) proton (dot) me