@node-rs/argon2
Fast Argon2 password hashing for Node.js, in Rust.
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How @node-rs/argon2 is used
@node-rs/argon2 joined the catalog on its public numbers (1,226,838 downloads a week on npm and 1,480 GitHub stars), not on our project count: it is a dependency in 12 public GitHub projects of our scan, 10 of them set up for AI coding agents. The most used alternative in our scan is bcryptjs (193 projects). Projects that use it most often also use Tailwind CSS (100.0%), Tailwind Merge (75.0%), Playwright (JavaScript) (66.7%).
@node-rs/argon2 popularity over time
Gid Score 43: downloads 66, use in agent projects 20, GitHub stars 18, downloads trend 72 (each 0-100). How it is calculated.
Often used with @node-rs/argon2
| Tailwind CSS | 100.0% of @node-rs/argon2 projects · 3.1× more than average |
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| Tailwind Merge | 75.0% of @node-rs/argon2 projects · 4.0× more than average |
| Playwright (JavaScript) | 66.7% of @node-rs/argon2 projects · 3.9× more than average |
| ESLint | 91.7% of @node-rs/argon2 projects · 2.5× more than average |
| clsx | 66.7% of @node-rs/argon2 projects · 3.4× more than average |
| Lucide React | 66.7% of @node-rs/argon2 projects · 3.3× more than average |
| Vitest | 66.7% of @node-rs/argon2 projects · 3.2× more than average |
| Class Variance Authority | 58.3% of @node-rs/argon2 projects · 3.6× more than average |
By coding agent
| GitHub Copilot | 0.2% of projects set up for it |
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| Claude Code | 0.2% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list @node-rs/argon2 as a dependency.
How @node-rs/argon2 is funded
GitHub Sponsors
| @Brooooooklyn | 19 current sponsors |
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GitHub shows how many people and companies sponsor an account, not how much they pay. Sponsors of a person back all of their work, which here includes @napi-rs/canvas, @napi-rs/keyring, NAPI-RS.
Ways to fund @node-rs/argon2
As the maintainers list them in FUNDING.yml on GitHub. Checked Oct 20, 2026.
Install
| Package | npm install @node-rs/argon2 |
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| Main stacks | Next.js (7), TypeScript / JavaScript (4), Python (1) |
| Example projects | FixMyBerlin/trassenscout |
Alternatives to @node-rs/argon2
Tools that do the same job, so a project picks one or the other. Add-ons and libraries used alongside @node-rs/argon2 are not listed here; they are in "Often used with".
| Tool | Gid Score | Used in agent projects | Downloads / wk | GitHub stars | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bcryptjs npm Pure JavaScript bcrypt implementation for secure password hashing without dependencies. |
65 | 193 (4.0%) | 9.1M | 3,799 | BSD-3-Clause |
| bcrypt (JavaScript) npm Password hashing library for secure credential storage in Node.js applications. |
61 | 64 (1.3%) | 3.6M | 7,804 | MIT |
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