paqpy 1.4.0

Hash file or directory recursively.

paqPy

Hash file or directory recursively.

Python bindings to the Rust paq library.

Powered by blake3 cryptographic hashing algorithm.

Performance

The Go programming language repository was used as a test data source (157 MB / 14,490 files).

Tool	Version	Command	Mean [ms]	Min [ms]	Max [ms]	Relative
paq	latest	paq ./go	77.7 ± 0.6	77.1	80.2	1.00
b3sum	1.5.1	find ./go ... b3sum	327.3 ± 3.6	320.2	332.3	4.21 ± 0.05
dirhash	0.5.0	dirhash -a sha256 ./go	576.1 ± 2.9	570.8	580.3	7.41 ± 0.06
GNU sha2	9.7	find ./go ... sha256sum	725.2 ± 43.5	692.2	813.2	9.33 ± 0.56
folder-hash	4.1.1	folder-hash ./go	1906.0 ± 78.0	1810.0	2029.0	24.53 ± 1.02

See paq benchmarks documentation for more details.

Installation

Install From PyPI

pip install paqpy

Install From Repository (Unstable)

Not recommended due to instability of main branch in-between tagged releases.

1. Clone this repository.
2. Run pip install maturin to install maturin.
3. Run maturin develop --release from repository root.

Usage

import paqpy

source = "/path/to/source"
ignore_hidden = True # .dir or .file
source_hash = paqpy.hash_source(source, ignore_hidden)

print(source_hash)

Visit the paq homepage for more details.

License

MIT