liboqs-python version 0.16.0
Added in version 0.16.0
- Updated to liboqs 0.16.0.
- Added the
PYOQS_VERSIONenvironment variable to override the liboqs release that is installed automatically at runtime. - Fixed the Windows shared library lookup to search for both
oqs.dllandliboqs.dll. - Fixed a
StatefulSignaturesegfault when liboqs is built without stateful signature key generation support.
About
The Open Quantum Safe (OQS) project has the goal of developing and prototyping quantum-resistant cryptography. More information on OQS can be found on our website https://openquantumsafe.org/ and on GitHub at https://github.com/open-quantum-safe/.
liboqs is an open source C library for quantum-resistant cryptographic algorithms. See more about liboqs at https://github.com/open-quantum-safe/liboqs/, including a list of supported algorithms.
liboqs-python is an open source Python 3 wrapper for the liboqs C library for quantum-resistant cryptographic algorithms. Details about liboqs-python can be found in
README.md. See in particular limitations on intended use.
Release notes
This release of liboqs-python was released on July 23, 2026. Its release page on GitHub is https://github.com/open-quantum-safe/liboqs-python/releases/tag/0.16.0.
What's New
For a list of changes see CHANGES.md.