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## Utils
### Crypto
We use [libsodium](https://libsodium.gitbook.io/doc/) for encryption, key
generation etc. Specifically, we use its WebAssembly and JS wrappers made using
Emscripten, maintained by the original authors of libsodium themselves -
[libsodium-wrappers](https://github.com/jedisct1/libsodium.js).
Currently, we've pinned the version to 0.7.9 since later versions remove the
crypto_pwhash_* functionality that we use (they've not been deprecated, they've
just been moved to a different NPM package). From the (upstream) [release
notes](https://github.com/jedisct1/libsodium/releases/tag/1.0.19-RELEASE):
> Emscripten: the crypto_pwhash_*() functions have been removed from Sumo
> builds, as they reserve a substantial amount of JavaScript memory, even when
> not used.
This wording is a bit incorrect, they've actually been _added_ to the sumo
builds (See this [issue](https://github.com/jedisct1/libsodium.js/issues/326)).
Updating it is not a big problem, it is just a pending chore - we want to test a
bit more exhaustively when changing the crypto layer.
## UI
The UI package uses "react". This is our core framework. We do use layers on top