High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Crypto++ (also known as CryptoPP, libcrypto++, and libcryptopp) is a free and open source C++ class library of cryptographic algorithms and schemes written by Wei Dai. Crypto++ has been widely used in academia, student projects, open source and non-commercial projects, as well as businesses. Released in 1995, the library fully supports 32-bit and 64-bit architectures for many major operating systems, including Apple (Mac OS X and iOS), BSD, Linux, Solaris, and Windows. The project also supports compilation under a variety of compilers and IDEs, including Borland Turbo C++, Borland C++ Builder, Clang, CodeWarrior Pro, GCC (including Apple`s GCC), Intel C++ Compiler (ICC), Microsoft Visual C/C++, and Sun Studio.