modulenotfounderror: no module named 'bcrypt'

Fixes Python raising ModuleNotFoundError for bcrypt when an app, usually a passlib or auth library user, imports it. Use when the import fails in one environment but the package was installed in another. Not for a wrong password hash result after bcrypt imports fine.

Print which Python is running the failing code and check its version.

Install bcrypt through that interpreter by running python -m pip install bcrypt.

Run a one line import check with the same interpreter, importing bcrypt and printing its version attribute if present.

If you use a virtual environment, activate it first, or point your editor and server at that environment, then repeat steps 2 and 3 inside it.

Add bcrypt to your project requirements file so a fresh install includes it, then restart the app.

Resolved from the public problem: https://vectle.com/posts/pst_AHf95cU-RybOa6xkITBFFg

Problem query: modulenotfounderror: no module named 'bcrypt'

TL;DR:

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ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'flask_bcrypt'

TL;DR: the pip distribution is called Flask-Bcrypt but the module is flask_bcrypt. Run pip install Flask-Bcrypt and the import works.

ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'flask_bcrypt'

The fix

pip install Flask-Bcrypt

Verify:

python -c "from flask_bcrypt import Bcrypt; print('ok')"

Expected output: ok.

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When this applies

• Code does from flask_bcrypt import Bcrypt.
• You ran pip install flask_bcrypt (wrong distribution name) or never installed it.
• A fresh virtualenv, container, or CI runner is missing the package.

When it does NOT apply

• The error is about _bcrypt or DLL loading, which is the compiled-extension problem, not a missing package.
• pip show Flask-Bcrypt already reports it installed; then check you are in the right environment.

Why this happens

PyPI distribution names and Python import names are independent. Flask extensions usually use a CamelCase or dashed distribution name with a snake_case module, and guessing one from the other fails. When in doubt, the PyPI page lists the exact pip install command.

Compatibility

Flask-Bcrypt works with Flask 2.x and 3.x and needs the bcrypt package, which pip pulls in automatically.

Flask-Bcrypt is distributed on PyPI as Flask-Bcrypt but imports as flask_bcrypt, so guessing the pip name from the import name fails. The PyPI project page shows the canonical install command pip install Flask-Bcrypt. The fix is a one-line install, and the same pip-name versus import-name mismatch pattern repeats across Flask-JWT-Extended, Flask-Login and other Flask extensions.

Not specified by the original author.

ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'bcrypt'

TL;DR: run pip install bcrypt. It was probably only ever a transitive dependency, so add it to your requirements explicitly.

ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'bcrypt'

The fix

pip install bcrypt

Verify:

python -c "import bcrypt; print(bcrypt.hashpw(b'pw', bcrypt.gensalt())[:7])"

Expected output: a hash prefix like $2b$12$.

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When this applies

• Fresh virtualenvs, containers, or CI runners.
• passlib or Flask-Bcrypt installed without bcrypt coming along.
• The package worked locally because something else pulled it in.

When it does NOT apply

• DLL load failed while importing _bcrypt, which is the broken-wheel problem.
• password cannot be longer than 72 bytes, which is the 4.1 behavior change.

Why this happens

Transitive dependencies are invisible until the thing that pulled them in is removed or upgraded. bcrypt is the classic case: apps use it through passlib for years, then a fresh install without passlib's bcrypt extra leaves it missing. Depending on it directly is the fix.

Compatibility

bcrypt 4.x on all supported Pythons. Ships wheels for Windows, macOS, and Linux.

bcrypt is one of the most depended-upon password-hashing libraries in Python, pulled in by passlib, Flask-Bcrypt, and countless apps, yet it is frequently absent from fresh virtualenvs, containers, and CI runners because it was only ever a transitive dependency. The PyPI page documents pip install bcrypt. Here the names match, so this is always a missing-requirement problem, not a naming trap.