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popularity
Small
maintenance
Inactive
community
Active

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Popularity

Small

GitHub Stars: 39.88K
Forks: 2.55K
Contributors: -

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Security

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Release Date: Jan 16, 2024
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License

MIT

Security Policy

Yes

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Maintenance

Inactive

Commit Frequency

Open Issues: 332
Open PR: 27
Last Release: 1 year ago
Last Commit: 5 days ago

Further analysis of the maintenance status of herbal based on released PyPI versions cadence, the repository activity, and other data points determined that its maintenance is Inactive.

An important project maintenance signal to consider for herbal is that it hasn't seen any new versions released to PyPI in the past 12 months, and could be considered as a discontinued project, or that which receives low attention from its maintainers.

As a healthy sign for on-going project maintenance, we found that the GitHub repository had at least 1 pull request or issue interacted with by the community.

Community

Active

Readme: Yes
Contributing.md: Yes
Code of Conduct: Yes
Contributors: 0
Funding: No

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Package

Python Versions Compatibility: >=3.9,<4.0

Age: 1 year
Latest Release: 1 year ago
Dependencies: N/A
Versions: 4
Maintainers: 0
Wheels: OS Independent

Readme

Herbal TEA

Python package for the Tiny Encryption Algorithm (TEA).

> The Tiny Encryption Algorithm (TEA) is a simple and efficient block cipher algorithm.

Features

Supports Python 3.9+.
Simple typed Python API.
No third-party dependencies.
Uses scrypt to derive encryption keys.
Allow for input text of any length with PKCS#7 padding.

Installation

# Latest stable release.
pip install herbal
# Most recent (unstable) release.
pip install git+https://gitlab.com/lunardev/herbal.git

Usage

from herbal.tea import encrypt, decrypt

password = "secret"
cipher = encrypt("example message!", password=password)
plain = decrypt(cipher, password=password)
print(plain)  # example message!

To-Do

[x] Implement the Tiny Encryption Algorithm.
[x] Add padding to plaintext input.
- [~] ISO 10126
- [x] PKCS#7
[ ] Implement extended algorithms.
- [ ] XTEA
- [ ] XXTEA
[ ] Add different block ciper modes.
- [ ] Electronic Code Book (ECB)
- [ ] Cipher Block Chaining (CBC)
- [ ] Cipher Feedback Mode (CFB)
- [ ] Output Feedback Mode (OFB)
- [ ] Counter Mode (CTR)
[ ] Add error handling for bad data.
[x] Add unit tests.
- [x] Local pytest cases
- [x] GitLab CI pipeline
- [x] Code coverage
[ ] Write documentation.
[x] Publish project to the Python Package Index.

References

Wheeler, David J.; Needham, Roger M. TEA, a Tiny Encryption Algorithm. 16 Dec. 1994 https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/3-540-60590-8_29.pdf.
Shepherd, Simon. The Tiny Encryption Algorithm (TEA). https://www.tayloredge.com/reference/Mathematics/TEA-XTEA.pdf.
Andem, Vikram Reddy. A Cryptanalysis of the Tiny Encryption Algorithm, 2003, https://tayloredge.com/reference/Mathematics/VRAndem.pdf.
Wikipedia. Tiny Encryption Algorithm, 6 Nov. 2023, https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiny_Encryption_Algorithm.
Fandom. Tiny Encryption Algorithm, 24 Sept. 2010, https://antifandom.com/cryptography/wiki/Tiny_Encryption_Algorithm.

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What is herbal?

Python package for the Tiny Encryption Algorithm (TEA). Visit Snyk Advisor to see a full health score report for herbal, including popularity, security, maintenance & community analysis.

Is herbal popular?

The python package herbal receives a total of 107 weekly downloads. As such, herbal popularity was classified as small. Visit the popularity section on Snyk Advisor to see the full health analysis.

Is herbal well maintained?

We found indications that herbal is an Inactive project. See the full package health analysis to learn more about the package maintenance status.

Is herbal safe to use?

The python package herbal was scanned for known vulnerabilities and missing license, and no issues were found. Thus the package was deemed as safe to use. See the full health analysis review.

Last updated on 7 March-2025, at 20:43 (UTC).

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Python package for the Tiny Encryption Algorithm (TEA).

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Herbal TEA

Python package for the Tiny Encryption Algorithm (TEA).

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