MuseAir

MuseAir is the top-performing portable hashing algorithm to date.

Improved quality - Not vulnerable to blinding multiplication attacks that hinder public use (which affect wyhash and rapidhash); passed all SMHasher3 tests, the de facto non-crypto hash quality standard; ideal for checksums such as in communication protocols and persistent file formats. See the algorithm analysis in the repository for details.
Blazing fast - The fastest portable hashing algorithm not affected by such attacks.
Various widths - Providing 64-bit and 128-bit hash outputs with essentially the same overhead.
Portable - Has no dependency on hardware-specific instructions, produces stable hash output on all platforms, and runs optimally on most 64-bit architectures.
Compile-time hashing, as the implementation is fully const.
Compatible with no-std and no-alloc, with zero dependencies and zero unsafe code.

MuseAir is not designed for cryptographic security and must not be used for security-critical purposes, such as protecting against malicious tampering. For such cases, consider using KangarooTwelve (K12), BLAKE3, or Ascon.

Stability

The currently stable version of the algorithm is v1.

For stable versions of the algorithm, the hash output is guaranteed not to change with the crate version.

Usage

let seed: u64 = 1123;
let p1: u64 = museair::hash(b"K--Aethiax", seed);
let p2: u64 = {
    let mut hasher = museair::Hasher::with_seed(seed);
    hasher.write(b"K--Ae");
    hasher.write(b"thiax");
    hasher.finish()
};

let seed_a: u64 = 1093;
let seed_b: u64 = 3511;
let p3: u128 = museair::hash128(b"K--Aethiax", seed_a, seed_b);
let p4: u128 = {
    let mut hasher = museair::Hasher128::with_seed(seed_a, seed_b);
    hasher.write(b"K--Ae");
    hasher.write(b"thiax");
    hasher.finish128()
};

assert_eq!(p1, p2);
assert_eq!(p3, p4);

Incremental hasher

This crate provides incremental hashers.

However, incremental hashers are often slower in places where a Hasher is needed (e.g., HashMap), since the trait Hasher does not mandate incremental behavior, incremental hashers cannot take advantage of it to improve performance.

If you simply want to replace the DefaultHasher (the much slower SipHash) or get a faster HashMap, without needing a stable hash output, then you only need an in-memory hasher; consider using ahash or foldhash, which are better suited for such cases.

Benchmarks

Benchmarks conducted on AMD Ryzen 7 5700G desktop, with frequency locked at 4.0 GHz.

Crate versioning

The current MSRV (Minimum Supported Rust Version) is 1.77.0. MSRV bumps are considered breaking changes.