Frequently asked questions ========================== How does ``cryptography`` compare to NaCl (Networking and Cryptography Library)? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- While ``cryptography`` and `NaCl`_ both share the goal of making cryptography easier, and safer, to use for developers, ``cryptography`` is designed to be a general purpose library, interoperable with existing systems, while NaCl features a collection of hand selected algorithms. ``cryptography``'s :ref:`recipes ` layer has similar goals to NaCl. If you prefer NaCl's design, we highly recommend `PyNaCl`_. .. _`NaCl`: https://nacl.cr.yp.to/ .. _`PyNaCl`: https://pynacl.readthedocs.org