Sodium JavaScript Cryptography Library

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library 0.8.0 ·javascript abandoned
verified May 27, 2026

sodium-javascript is a pure JavaScript implementation of the libsodium cryptographic library's API, leveraging `tweetnacl` as its foundation. It was developed to provide a browser-compatible alternative to `sodium-native`, which is a Node.js native addon binding to the C libsodium library. The package's current stable version is 0.8.0, but it explicitly states 'WIP - Work In Progress' in its README and was last published over four years ago (January 2022). This suggests the project is largely unmaintained or abandoned. Its key differentiator was offering a pure JavaScript fallback for environments where native bindings are not feasible (e.g., browsers). For modern cross-platform libsodium usage, alternatives like `libsodium-wrappers` (which utilizes WebAssembly for better performance and broader API coverage) are generally recommended.

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