Project Summary
wolfSSL is a lightweight SSL/TLS implementation (up to TLS 1.2 and DTLS 1.2) for software developers building security functionality into their applications and devices. It is optimized for resource-constrained environments and can be up to 20x smaller than OpenSSL.
wolfSSL is ported to a long list of environments, including Win/Linux/Mac, Solaris, ThreadX, VxWorks, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, embedded Linux, WinCE, Haiku, OpenWRT, iOS, Android, Nintendo Wii and Gamecube through DevKitPro, QNX, MontaVista, OpenCL, NonStop, TRON/ITRON/µITRON, µC/OS, FreeRTOS, MQX, Nucleus, and more.
wolfSSL includes hardware cryptography support for several platforms including Intel AES-NI, Cavium NITROX, Microchip PIC32MZ, Freescale mmCAU/CAU, and Texas Instruments.
In a Nutshell, wolfSSL (formerly CyaSSL)...
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has a well established, mature codebase
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took an estimated 1,058 years of effort (COCOMO model)
starting with its first commit in February, 2011
ending with its most recent commit 2 days ago
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Repository URL: https://github.com/wolfSSL/wolfssl
Version: c42212d38f870728ebc611005defb8c26a87cfe9
- 2026-09-17
- Last Analyzed
- 928,054
- Lines of Code Analyze
- 0.04
- Defect Density
Defects by status for current build
- 2,286
- Total defects
- 33
- Outstanding
- 2,106
- Fixed
CWE Top 25 defects
No top 25 CWE defects were found.