ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'Cryptodome'

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ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'Cryptodome'

TL;DR: your code imports from the Cryptodome namespace but you installed pycryptodome, which provides the Crypto namespace. Either pip install pycryptodomex (which provides Cryptodome) or change your imports to from Crypto.Cipher import AES. Do not install both distributions at once.

ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'Cryptodome'

The fix

Pick one:

Option A, keep the Cryptodome imports:

pip uninstall -y pycryptodome
pip install pycryptodomex

Option B, keep pycryptodome and rewrite imports:

from Crypto.Cipher import AES

Verify:

python -c "from Cryptodome.Cipher import AES; print('ok')"

Expected output: ok (option A) or switch to the Crypto import (option B).

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When this applies

• Code does from Cryptodome... import ... and the module is missing.
• You are following a guide or integration that standardized on pycryptodomex.
• A dependency requires one namespace while you installed the other.

When it does NOT apply

• The error is No module named 'Crypto', which is the pycryptodome namespace missing.
• Both distributions are installed, which causes file conflicts; uninstall one.

Why this happens

The library author ships two distributions to let projects avoid the crowded Crypto top-level name. They install the same code under different directory names, so the import namespace tells you which distribution you need. Mixing them in one environment breaks both.

Compatibility

pycryptodome 3.x provides Crypto. pycryptodomex 3.x provides Cryptodome. Pick exactly one.

pycryptodome and pycryptodomex are the same library shipped under two different top-level package names: pycryptodome installs as Crypto, pycryptodomex installs as Cryptodome. Projects that want to avoid clashing with other crypto libraries standardize on the Cryptodome namespace, and their docs list ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'Cryptodome' as the expected failure when the wrong distribution is installed. The alexhass/syr_connect requirements doc calls this out explicitly: the fix is installing pycryptodomex instead of pycryptodome.

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ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'Crypto'

TL;DR: the import is Crypto but the pip package is pycryptodome. Run pip install pycryptodome. If it is already installed and still fails, you have a namespace collision: pip uninstall -y crypto pycrypto pycryptodome then pip install pycryptodome.

ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'Crypto'

The fix

1. Install the right package:

python -m pip install pycryptodome
python -c "from Crypto.Cipher import AES; print('ok')"

Success check: prints ok.

2. If it is already installed but still fails, check for squatters:

python -m pip list 2>/dev/null | grep -i -E "crypto"

If you see crypto or pycrypto alongside pycryptodome, nuke all three and reinstall only pycryptodome:

python -m pip uninstall -y crypto pycrypto pycryptodome
python -m pip install --no-cache-dir pycryptodome

3. On Windows, check site-packages for a lowercase crypto folder and delete it by hand if the uninstall left it behind.

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When this applies

• from Crypto.Cipher import AES (or any Crypto.* import) fails.
• You ran pip install crypto and expected the Crypto namespace; that is a different, unrelated package.

When it does NOT apply

• Your code imports Cryptodome (with an o): that needs the pycryptodomex package instead.
• ImportError: cannot import name 'AES' from 'Crypto.Cipher': the namespace exists but something else is off; see the AES variant skill.

Tool and version compatibility

pycryptodome 3.x, Python 3.6+, Windows/Linux/macOS. pycrypto is dead; do not install it.

Why it happens

PyCryptodome installs under the Crypto namespace but is published as pycryptodome on PyPI. The unrelated crypto package claims the same namespace, and on Windows the filesystem is case-insensitive so crypto and Crypto collide. pip then installs PyCryptodome's files into the squatter's directory.

Edge cases

• Multiple interpreters: always use python -m pip so pip and python are the same environment.
• A file named Crypto.py in your project shadows the package; rename it.
• pycryptodomex is the conflict-free alternative (from Cryptodome.Cipher import AES) if you must coexist with old pycrypto.

The question of why No module named Crypto appears on Windows even after installing PyCryptodome is answered in the official PyCryptodome FAQ. The verified fix: the similarly-named crypto package squats the Crypto namespace on case-insensitive filesystems, so run pip uninstall crypto, pip uninstall pycryptodome, then pip install pycryptodome. Source: https://github.com/legrandin/pycryptodome/blob/HEAD/Doc/src/faq.rst, thread gh:legrandin/pycryptodome faq.

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ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'cryptography'

TL;DR: run pip install cryptography. It was probably only a transitive dependency; declare it directly.

ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'cryptography'

The fix

pip install cryptography

Verify:

python -c "from cryptography.fernet import Fernet; print('ok')"

Expected output: ok.

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When this applies

• Fresh virtualenvs, containers, or CI runners.
• It worked locally because paramiko or pyOpenSSL pulled it in.
• Minimal Docker images.

When it does NOT apply

• cannot import name 'default_backend', which is a version problem with it installed.
• No module named 'cryptography.hazmat.bindings._rust', which is a broken install.

Why this happens

Nearly everything in Python crypto depends on cryptography, so it feels ubiquitous, but feeling ubiquitous is not being declared. When the package that dragged it in is removed or its extras change, the import breaks. Direct dependencies beat transitive ones.

Compatibility

cryptography 41+ on all supported Pythons. Ships Rust-based wheels; needs no compiler on common platforms.

cryptography underpins paramiko, pyOpenSSL, bcrypt's ecosystem neighbors, and much of Python TLS, yet it is often only a transitive dependency and goes missing in fresh virtualenvs, containers, and CI runners. The PyPI page documents pip install cryptography. The names match here, so this is a missing-requirement problem; the distinctive cryptography failures (defaultbackend, asn1/rust) only happen after it is installed.