passlib
Comprehensive password hashing framework supporting 30+ algorithms and schemes.
Auth and security libraries PyPI BSD
Used in agent projects
70
0.6% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in auth and security libraries
#15 of 47
by use in those projects
Downloads
7.4M
PyPI, last 7 days, passlib
GitHub stars
—
no public repo found
How passlib is used
passlib is a dependency in 70 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (0.6%), #15 of 47 in auth and security libraries. The most used alternative there is NextAuth.js. Projects that use it most often also use FastAPI (91.4%), Uvicorn (90.0%), Pydantic (85.7%).
Often used with passlib
| FastAPI | 91.4% of passlib projects · 21.6× more than average |
|---|---|
| Uvicorn | 90.0% of passlib projects · 21.0× more than average |
| Pydantic | 85.7% of passlib projects · 16.8× more than average |
| SQLAlchemy | 77.1% of passlib projects · 39.2× more than average |
| python-multipart | 75.7% of passlib projects · 44.3× more than average |
| python-jose | 75.7% of passlib projects · 137.3× more than average |
| python-dotenv | 74.3% of passlib projects · 11.4× more than average |
| Pydantic Settings | 60.0% of passlib projects · 30.4× more than average |
By coding agent
| Claude Code | 0.9% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| Cursor | 1.2% of projects set up for it |
| GitHub Copilot | 0.9% of projects set up for it |
| Devin Desktop | 1.8% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list passlib as a dependency.
Install
| Package | pip install passlib |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | Python (67), Other (2), Next.js (1) |
| Example projects | NihadMemmedli/quorvex_ai, DivitMittal/playbooks-4-windows |
Alternatives to passlib
| Tool | Used in agent projects | Downloads / wk | GitHub stars | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NextAuth.js npm Complete open-source authentication solution designed for Next.js applications. |
266 (2.1%) | 6.7M | 28.4K | ISC |
| bcryptjs npm Pure JavaScript bcrypt implementation for secure password hashing without dependencies. |
256 (2.0%) | 14.7M | 3,797 | BSD-3-Clause |
| jsonwebtoken npm Create, verify and decode JSON Web Tokens for authentication and secure data transmission. |
241 (1.9%) | 59.3M | 18.2K | MIT |
| cryptography pypi Python library providing cryptographic recipes and primitives for secure applications. |
213 (1.7%) | 281M | 7,803 | — |
| jose npm Comprehensive JWT and JWK handling for Node.js and web runtimes. |
141 (1.1%) | 151M | 7,824 | MIT |
| PyJWT pypi Python library for encoding and decoding JSON Web Tokens. |
128 (1.0%) | 154M | 5,714 | — |
| Better Auth npm Comprehensive authentication framework for TypeScript with multiple strategies. |
126 (1.0%) | 11.4M | 30.2K | MIT |
| Helmet npm Express middleware that sets HTTP security headers to prevent vulnerabilities. |
125 (1.0%) | 16.2M | 10.7K | MIT |