hashlib 1.11.3

Secure hash functions, checksum generators, and key derivation algorithms optimized for Dart.

hashlib

This library contains implementations of secure hash functions, checksum generators, and key derivation algorithms optimized for Dart.

Features

Block Hash Algorithms

Algorithm	Available methods	Source
MD5	md5	RFC-1321
SHA-1	sha1	RFC-3174
SHA-2	sha224, sha256, sha384, sha512, sha512t224, sha512t256	RFC-6234
SHA-3	sha3_224, sha3_256, sha3_384, sha3_512	FIPS-202
SHAKE-128	Shake128, shake128, shake128_128, shake128_256	FIPS-202
SHAKE-256	Shake256, shake256, shake256_256, shake256_512	FIPS-202
Keccak	keccak224, keccak256, keccak384, keccak512	Team Keccak
Blake2b	blake2b160, blake2b256, blake2b384, blake2b512	RFC-7693
Blake2s	blake2s128, blake2s160, blake2s224, blake2s256	RFC-7693
xxHash-32	XXHash32,xxh32,xxh32code	Cyan4973
xxHash-64	XXHash64,xxh64,xxh64code	Cyan4973
xxHash3-64	XXH3, xxh3, xxh3code	Cyan4973
xxHash3-128	XXH128, xxh128, xxh128code	Cyan4973
RIPEMD	ripemd128, ripemd256, ripemd160, ripemd320	ISO/IEC 10118-3:2018(E)

Other Hash Algorithms

Algorithms	Available methods	Source
CRC	crc16, crc32, crc64	Wikipedia
Alder32	alder32	Wikipedia

Password / Key Derivation Algorithms

Algorithm	Available methods	Source
Argon2	Argon2, argon2d, argon2i, argon2id	RFC-9106
PBKDF2	PBKDF2, pbkdf2, #.pbkdf2	RFC-8081
scrypt	scrypt, Scrypt	RFC-7914

Message Authentication Code (MAC) Generators

Algorithms	Available methods	Source
HMAC	HMAC, #.hmac	RFC-2104
Poly1305	Poly1305, poly1305, poly1305auth	RFC-8439

OTP generation for 2FA

Algorithms	Available methods	Source
HOTP	HOTP	RFC-4226
TOTP	TOTP	RFC-6238

Getting Started

The following import will give you access to all of the algorithms in this package.

import 'package:hashlib/hashlib.dart' as hashlib;

Check the API Reference for details.

Usage

Examples can be found inside the example folder.

import 'package:hashlib/hashlib.dart';

void main() {
  var text = "Happy Hashing!";
  var key = "password";
  var pw = key.codeUnits;
  var salt = "some salt".codeUnits;
  print("text => $text");
  print("key => $key");
  print("salt => ${toHex(salt)}");
  print('');

  // Example of hash code generations
  print('[XXH32] => ${xxh32code(text)}');
  print('[CRC32] => ${crc32code(text)}');
  print('[Alder32] => ${alder32code(text)}');
  print('[CRC16] => ${crc16code(text)}');
  print('');

  // Examples of Hash generation
  print('[CRC64] => ${crc64sum(text)}');
  print('[XXH64] => ${xxh64sum(text)}');
  print('[XXH3] => ${xxh3sum(text)}');
  print('[XXH128] => ${xxh128sum(text)}');
  print('[MD5] => ${md5.string(text)}');
  print('[SHA-1] => ${sha1.string(text)}');
  print('[SHA-224] => ${sha224.string(text)}');
  print('[SHA-256] => ${sha256.string(text)}');
  print('[SHA-384] => ${sha384.string(text)}');
  print('[SHA-512] => ${sha512.string(text)}');
  print('[SHA-512/224] => ${sha512t224.string(text)}');
  print('[SHA-512/256] => ${sha512t256.string(text)}');
  print('[SHA3-224] => ${sha3_224.string(text)}');
  print('[SHA3-256] => ${sha3_256.string(text)}');
  print('[SHA3-384] => ${sha3_384.string(text)}');
  print('[SHA3-512] => ${sha3_512.string(text)}');
  print('[Keccak-224] => ${keccak224.string(text)}');
  print('[Keccak-256] => ${keccak256.string(text)}');
  print('[Keccak-384] => ${keccak384.string(text)}');
  print('[Keccak-512] => ${keccak512.string(text)}');
  print('[SHAKE-128] => ${shake128.of(20).string(text)}');
  print('[SHAKE-256] => ${shake256.of(20).string(text)}');
  print('[BLAKE-2s/256] => ${blake2s256.string(text)}');
  print('[BLAKE-2b/512] => ${blake2b512.string(text)}');
  print('');

  // Examples of MAC generations
  print('HMAC[MD5] => ${md5.hmac(pw).string(text)}');
  print('HMAC[SHA1] => ${sha1.hmacBy(key).string(text)}');
  print('HMAC[SHA256] => ${sha256.hmacBy(key).string(text)}');
  print('HMAC[SHA3-256] => ${HMAC(sha3_256, pw).string(text)}');
  print("[BLAKE-2b/224] => ${Blake2bMAC(28, pw).string(text)}");
  print("[BLAKE-2b/256] => ${blake2b256.mac(pw).string(text)}");
  print('');

  // Examples of PBKDF2 key derivation
  print("PBKDF2[HMAC[SHA256]] => ${pbkdf2(pw, salt, 100)}");
  print("PBKDF2[HMAC[SHA1]] => ${sha1.hmac(pw).pbkdf2(salt, 100)}");
  print("PBKDF2[BLAKE2b-256-MAC] => ${blake2b256.mac(pw).pbkdf2(salt, 100)}");
  print("PBKDF2[HMAC[BLAKE-2b-256]] => ${blake2b256.pbkdf2(pw, salt, 100)}");
  print('');

  // Examples of OTP generation
  int nw = DateTime.now().millisecondsSinceEpoch ~/ 30000;
  var counter = fromHex(nw.toRadixString(16).padLeft(16, '0'));
  print('TOTP[time=$nw] => ${TOTP(salt).value()}');
  print('HOTP[counter=$nw] => ${HOTP(salt, counter: counter).value()}');
  print('');

  // Examples of Argon2 key derivation
  var argon2Test = Argon2Security.test;
  print("[Argon2i] => ${argon2i(pw, salt, security: argon2Test)}");
  print("[Argon2d] => ${argon2d(pw, salt, security: argon2Test)}");
  print("[Argon2id] => ${argon2id(pw, salt, security: argon2Test)}");

  // Examples of scrypt key derivation
  var scryptLittle = ScryptSecurity.little;
  print("[scrypt] => ${scrypt(pw, salt, security: scryptLittle, dklen: 24)}");
  print('');
}

Benchmarks

To obtain the following benchmarks, run this command:

dart compile exe ./benchmark/benchmark.dart && ./benchmark/benchmark.exe

Libraries:

• Hashlib : https://pub.dev/packages/hashlib
• Crypto : https://pub.dev/packages/crypto
• PointyCastle : https://pub.dev/packages/pointycastle
• Hash : https://pub.dev/packages/hash

With string of length 500000 (10 iterations):

Algorithms	hashlib	crypto	hash	PointyCastle
MD5	158.25MB/s	120.80MB/s 31% slower	69.00MB/s 129% slower	79.41MB/s 99% slower
HMAC(MD5)	159.98MB/s	121.65MB/s 32% slower	69.45MB/s 130% slower	➖
SHA-1	147.59MB/s	96.42MB/s 53% slower	41.19MB/s 258% slower	53.58MB/s 175% slower
HMAC(SHA-1)	149.01MB/s	96.20MB/s 55% slower	➖	➖
SHA-224	98.60MB/s	84.39MB/s 17% slower	20.12MB/s 390% slower	21.03MB/s 369% slower
SHA-256	97.51MB/s	84.23MB/s 16% slower	20.22MB/s 382% slower	20.77MB/s 370% slower
HMAC(SHA-256)	97.77MB/s	83.36MB/s 17% slower	➖	➖
SHA-384	156.34MB/s	49.44MB/s 216% slower	17.51MB/s 793% slower	5.12MB/s 2955% slower
SHA-512	157.51MB/s	49.35MB/s 219% slower	17.41MB/s 805% slower	5.08MB/s 2998% slower
SHA3-256	97.72MB/s	➖	➖	3.13MB/s 3019% slower
SHA3-512	153.92MB/s	➖	➖	1.66MB/s 9174% slower
RIPEMD-128	200.03MB/s	➖	➖	45.51MB/s 340% slower
RIPEMD-160	66.46MB/s	➖	31.73MB/s 109% slower	26.87MB/s 147% slower
RIPEMD-256	222.37MB/s	➖	➖	44.99MB/s 394% slower
RIPEMD-320	66.47MB/s	➖	➖	26.45MB/s 151% slower
BLAKE-2s	142.38MB/s	➖	➖	➖
BLAKE-2b	163.08MB/s	➖	➖	12.02MB/s 1256% slower
Poly1305	354.80MB/s	➖	➖	152.52MB/s 133% slower
XXH32	493.59MB/s	➖	➖	➖
XXH64	501.26MB/s	➖	➖	➖
XXH3	102.48MB/s	➖	➖	➖
XXH128	103.29MB/s	➖	➖	➖

With string of length 1000 (5000 iterations):

Algorithms	hashlib	crypto	hash	PointyCastle
MD5	151.03MB/s	116.75MB/s 29% slower	87.36MB/s 73% slower	76.49MB/s 97% slower
HMAC(MD5)	115.39MB/s	93.47MB/s 23% slower	63.77MB/s 81% slower	➖
SHA-1	139.67MB/s	92.56MB/s 51% slower	45.23MB/s 209% slower	50.75MB/s 175% slower
HMAC(SHA-1)	92.06MB/s	63.64MB/s 45% slower	➖	➖
SHA-224	94.08MB/s	79.64MB/s 18% slower	20.74MB/s 354% slower	20.07MB/s 369% slower
SHA-256	93.87MB/s	79.67MB/s 18% slower	20.66MB/s 354% slower	19.96MB/s 370% slower
HMAC(SHA-256)	61.69MB/s	56.52MB/s 9% slower	➖	➖
SHA-384	143.57MB/s	47.38MB/s 203% slower	20.17MB/s 612% slower	4.87MB/s 2846% slower
SHA-512	144.20MB/s	46.81MB/s 208% slower	20.64MB/s 598% slower	4.87MB/s 2860% slower
SHA3-256	92.60MB/s	➖	➖	2.85MB/s 3145% slower
SHA3-512	142.48MB/s	➖	➖	1.65MB/s 8544% slower
RIPEMD-128	190.02MB/s	➖	➖	44.51MB/s 327% slower
RIPEMD-160	65.02MB/s	➖	34.96MB/s 86% slower	26.57MB/s 145% slower
RIPEMD-256	206.49MB/s	➖	➖	44.06MB/s 369% slower
RIPEMD-320	64.46MB/s	➖	➖	25.91MB/s 149% slower
BLAKE-2s	136.29MB/s	➖	➖	➖
BLAKE-2b	150.38MB/s	➖	➖	11.48MB/s 1209% slower
Poly1305	279.10MB/s	➖	➖	149.49MB/s 87% slower
XXH32	482.94MB/s	➖	➖	➖
XXH64	506.20MB/s	➖	➖	➖
XXH3	96.50MB/s	➖	➖	➖
XXH128	96.85MB/s	➖	➖	➖

With string of length 10 (100000 iterations):

Algorithms	hashlib	crypto	hash	PointyCastle
MD5	22.52MB/s	9.59MB/s 135% slower	6.23MB/s 262% slower	11.56MB/s 95% slower
HMAC(MD5)	3.85MB/s	3.66MB/s 5% slower	1.75MB/s 121% slower	➖
SHA-1	16.94MB/s	8.34MB/s 103% slower	4.23MB/s 300% slower	7.39MB/s 129% slower
HMAC(SHA-1)	2.43MB/s	1.84MB/s 32% slower	➖	➖
SHA-224	12.15MB/s	7.18MB/s 69% slower	2.36MB/s 415% slower	3.10MB/s 292% slower
SHA-256	12.09MB/s	7.17MB/s 69% slower	2.45MB/s 393% slower	3.07MB/s 295% slower
HMAC(SHA-256)	1.60MB/s	1.57MB/s 2% slower	➖	➖
SHA-384	9.34MB/s	2.90MB/s 222% slower	1.27MB/s 635% slower	380.63KB/s 2355% slower
SHA-512	9.36MB/s	2.91MB/s 221% slower	1.19MB/s 686% slower	378.06KB/s 2376% slower
SHA3-256	11.95MB/s	➖	➖	219.64KB/s 5343% slower
SHA3-512	9.51MB/s	➖	➖	219.20KB/s 4238% slower
RIPEMD-128	22.09MB/s	➖	➖	6.91MB/s 220% slower
RIPEMD-160	8.67MB/s	➖	3.47MB/s 150% slower	4.07MB/s 113% slower
RIPEMD-256	23.23MB/s	➖	➖	6.71MB/s 246% slower
RIPEMD-320	8.59MB/s	➖	➖	3.88MB/s 122% slower
BLAKE-2s	15.12MB/s	➖	➖	➖
BLAKE-2b	12.71MB/s	➖	➖	833.86KB/s 1424% slower
Poly1305	58.75MB/s	➖	➖	27.05MB/s 117% slower
XXH32	87.41MB/s	➖	➖	➖
XXH64	67.40MB/s	➖	➖	➖
XXH3	8.56MB/s	➖	➖	➖
XXH128	8.42MB/s	➖	➖	➖

Argon2 and scrypt benchmarks on different security parameters:

Algorithms	test	little	moderate	good	strong
scrypt	0.085 ms	2.175 ms	16.255 ms	133.4 ms	2063.649 ms
argon2i	0.397 ms	2.815 ms	18.094 ms	210.069 ms	2465.087 ms
argon2d	0.368 ms	2.523 ms	17.282 ms	205.491 ms	2408.582 ms
argon2id	0.348 ms	2.554 ms	16.843 ms	204.145 ms	2435.409 ms

All benchmarks are done on AMD Ryzen 7 5800X processor and 3200MHz RAM using compiled exe