Replacements for crypto-js

crypto-js is no longer actively maintained and has been discontinued since engines now come with this functionality built-in.

Node node:crypto (built-in)

Node provides a node:crypto module as part of its standard library.

This supports hashes/HMAC, AES-GCM, PBKDF2/scrypt, RSA/ECDSA/Ed25519, and secure RNG.

import sha256 from 'crypto-js/sha256'
import { createHash } from 'node:crypto'

const secret = 'abcdefg'
const hash = sha256(secret).toString() 
const hash = createHash('sha256') 
               .update(secret) 
               .digest('hex') 

Web Crypto API (native)

The Web Crypto API provides native functionality for cryptographic operations in both web browsers and Node.

NOTE

A few legacy algorithms are intentionally omitted for security reasons (e.g. MD5).

Bun (built-in)

Bun supports the Web Crypto API natively, and also provides support for streaming hashing via Bun.CryptoHasher.

As with the Web Crypto API, many legacy algorithms are intentionally omitted for security reasons (e.g. MD5).