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Frequently Asked Questions
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How does ``cryptography`` compare to NaCl (Networking and Cryptography library)?
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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, capable of interoperating with existing systems, while
NaCl features a collection of hand selected algorithms.

``cryptography``'s recipes layer is similar in design to NaCl.

If you prefer NaCl's design, we highly recommend `PyNaCl`_.

.. _`NaCl`: http://nacl.cr.yp.to/
.. _`PyNaCl`: https://pynacl.readthedocs.org