Package

sha3

The Keccak family of hashing algorithms.

v2.1.4, 1 Feb 2021MITCommonJSTypes: BundledCryptography and hashing

$ npm install sha3

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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026

Weekly downloads: 341.9k; +50% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size: -; No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies: 1; Direct, from package.json
Last release: 5 years ago; v2.1.4
GitHub stars: 140; 29 forks
Open issues / PRs: 5 / 7
Contributors: -
Commits, last 52 weeks: 0

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21

Weekly npm downloads, one point per week, weeks starting 23 Sept 2025 to 15 Sept 2026. The y axis starts at zero.

341,867 downloads last week, 1,674,513 in the last month. The 12-month change of +50% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months: 022 in total
Latest version: 2.1.4, 1 Feb 20215 years ago
First published: 6 Oct 2012
Last push to GitHub: 6 Jan 20231,358 days before the snapshot
Repository archived: Yes
Open issues: 5
Open pull requests: 7
Commits, last 52 weeks: 0
Dependents on npm: 412

Major versions

v2 first release 2.0.0, 11 Nov 2018
v1 first release 1.0.0, 6 Oct 2012

Recent releases

Version	Published
2.1.4	1 Feb 2021
2.1.3	14 Jul 2020
2.1.2	17 Mar 2020
2.1.1	5 Dec 2019
1.2.6	5 Dec 2019
1.2.5	5 Dec 2019
2.1.0	1 Dec 2019
1.2.4	1 Dec 2019
2.0.7	27 Aug 2019
2.0.6	13 Jul 2019
2.0.5	13 Jul 2019
2.0.4	10 May 2019
2.0.3	8 May 2019
1.2.3	8 May 2019

Compatibility

Module format: CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types: Bundled
Node.js engine range: Not declared
Runtimes: -
Unpacked size (npm): 20 kB
Dependencies (1): buffer

Install

npm install sha3

CDN

jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/sha3@2.1.4/
unpkghttps://unpkg.com/sha3@2.1.4/
esm.shhttps://esm.sh/sha3@2.1.4

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keccak256 A wrapper for the keccak library to compute 256 bit keccak hash in JavaScript	63.8k	-	4 years ago	CommonJS	-
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siphash SipHash-2-4 fast short-input pseudo-random function	92.3k	-	1 year ago	CommonJS	-
simple-sha256 Generate SHA-256 hashes (in Node and the Browser)	30.5k	-	5 years ago	CommonJS	-
node-object-hash Node.js object hash library with properties/arrays sorting to provide constant hashes	1m	-	1 year ago	CommonJS	-
blake3-wasm-rs BLAKE3 hashing via Rust/WASM - works in Node.js (CJS + ESM), browsers, and bundlers	8.1k	-	21 days ago	ESM + CommonJS	-
gulp-rev Static asset revisioning by appending content hash to filenames: unicorn.css => unicorn-d41d8cd98f.css	66.8k	-	10 months ago	ESM only	-
sodium-plus The Sodium Cryptography Library	11.4k	-	6 years ago	CommonJS	-

Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

Indexability: Indexed.