6.0.0 (2025-02-28)

Drop support for NodeJS <= 16
Remove node-pre-gyp in favor of prebuildify, prebuilt binaries are now shipped with the package
Update node-addon-api to 8.3.0
Update JS code to newer ES syntax

5.1.0 (2022-10-06)

Update node-pre-gyp to 1.0.11

5.1.0 (2022-10-06)

Update node-pre-gyp to 1.0.10
Replace nodeunit with jest as the testing library

5.0.1 (2021-02-22)

Update node-pre-gyp to 1.0.0

5.0.0 (2020-06-02)

Fix the bcrypt "wrap-around" bug. It affects passwords with lengths >= 255. It is uncommon but it's a bug nevertheless. Previous attempts to fix the bug was unsuccessful.
Experimental support for z/OS
Fix a bug related to NUL in password input
Update node-pre-gyp to 0.15.0

4.0.1 (2020-02-27)

Fix compilation errors in Alpine linux

4.0.0 (2020-02-17)

Switch to NAPI bcrypt
Drop support for NodeJS 8

3.0.8 (2019-12-31)

Update node-pre-gyp to 0.14
Pre-built binaries for NodeJS 13

3.0.7 (2019-10-18)

Update nan to 2.14.0
Update node-pre-gyp to 0.13

3.0.6 (2019-04-11)

Update nan to 2.13.2

3.0.5 (2019-03-19)

Update nan to 2.13.1
NodeJS 12 compatibility
Remove node-pre-gyp from bundled dependencies

3.0.4-napi (2019-03-08)

Sync N-API bcrypt with NAN bcrypt

3.0.4 (2019-02-07)

Fix GCC, NAN and V8 deprecation warnings

3.0.3 (2018-12-19)

Update nan to 2.12.1

3.0.2 (2018-10-18)

Update nan to 2.11.1

3.0.1 (2018-09-20)

Update nan to 2.11.0

3.0.0 (2018-07-06)

Drop support for NodeJS <= 4

2.0.1 (2018-04-20)

Update node-pre-gyp to allow downloading prebuilt modules

2.0.0 (2018-04-07)

Make 2b the default bcrypt version

1.1.0-napi (2018-01-21)

Initial support for N-API

1.0.3 (2016-08-23)

update to nan v2.6.2 for NodeJS 8 support
Fix: use npm scripts instead of node-gyp directly.

1.0.2 (2016-12-31)

Fix compare promise rejection with invalid arguments

1.0.1 (2016-12-07)

Fix destructuring imports with promises

1.0.0 (2016-12-04)

add Promise support (commit 2488473)

0.8.7 (2016-06-09)

update nan to 2.3.5 for improved node v6 support

0.8.6 (2016-04-20)

update nan for node v6 support

0.8.5 (2015-08-12)

update to nan v2 (adds support for iojs 3)

0.8.4 (2015-07-24)

fix deprecation warning for the Encode API

0.8.3 (2015-05-06)

update nan to 1.8.4 for iojs 2.x support

0.8.2 (2015-03-28)

always use callback for generating random bytes to avoid blocking

0.8.1 (2015-01-18)

update NaN to 1.5.0 for iojs support

0.8.0 (2014-08-03)

migrate to NAN for bindings

v0.5.0

Fix for issue around empty string params throwing Errors.
Method deprecation.
Upgrade from libeio/ev to libuv. (shtylman) ** --- NOTE --- Breaks 0.4.x compatability
EV_MULTIPLICITY compile flag.

v0.4.1

Thread safety fix around OpenSSL (GH-32). (bnoordhuis - through node)
C++ code changes using delete and new instead of malloc and free. (shtylman)
Compile options for speed, zoom. (shtylman)
Move much of the type and variable checking to the JS. (shtylman)

v0.4.0

Added getRounds function that will tell you the number of rounds within a hash/salt

v0.3.2

Fix api issue with async salt gen first param

v0.3.1

Compile under node 0.5.x

v0.3.0

Internal Refactoring
Remove pthread dependencies and locking
Fix compiler warnings and a memory bug

v0.2.4

Use threadsafe functions instead of pthread mutexes
salt validation to make sure the salt is of the correct size and format

v0.2.3

cygwin support

v0.2.2

Remove dependency on libbsd, use libssl instead

v0.2.0

Added async functionality
API changes
- hashpw -> encrypt
- all old sync methods now end with _sync
Removed libbsd(arc4random) dependency...now uses openssl which is more widely spread

v0.1.2

Security fix. Wasn't reading rounds in properly and was always only using 4 rounds