AWS SDK JS Crypto Helpers is a collection of cryptographic helper packages for JavaScript and Node.js, providing simple primitives for browser or Node.js use. It is useful if you need building blocks like cryptographically secure random values, hashing helpers (for example SHA-256), or capability checks (such as web crypto support) while using AWS Crypto Tools.
Project status
- Maintenance status: The repository shows a recent upstream push (2026-08-10), suggesting ongoing development activity, but the last documented published updates in the provided history are from 2023-10-16 (v5.2.0), so npm-side updates look infrequent relative to today (2026-08-12).
- Update cadence: Based on the available published update history, updates appear to have shipped in mid-2023 to late-2023 (v5.0.0, v5.1.0, v5.2.0), with no further update records shown since then, despite the later GitHub push.
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Recent updates
v5.2.0
No release notes were provided for v5.2.0 in the publisher metadata. The code diff indicates this release reorganized package build outputs to ship dual artifacts, adding ESM-compatible builds alongside the existing CommonJS builds.
Breakingv5.1.0
Release v5.1.0 updates this crypto helpers monorepo to use @smithy/util-utf8 instead of @aws-sdk/util-utf8-browser, and includes a tooling update (tsc). In addition to dependency changes, the random-source-browser package was refactored to make secure random source detection more testable.
Featuresv5.0.0
The publisher provided release v5.0.0 with no release notes or detailed change log. As a result, there is insufficient information to identify new features, bug fixes, breaking changes, security updates, or required migrations.