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+# Password hash
+
+By default, FastAPI Users will use the [BCrypt algorithm](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bcrypt) to **hash and salt** passwords before storing them in the database.
+
+The implementation is provided by [Passlib](https://passlib.readthedocs.io/en/stable/index.html), a battle-tested Python library for password hashing.
+
+## Customize `CryptContext`
+
+If you need to support other hashing algorithms, you can customize the [`CryptContext` object of Passlib](https://passlib.readthedocs.io/en/stable/lib/passlib.context.html#the-cryptcontext-class).
+
+For this, you'll need to instantiate the `PasswordHelper` class and pass it your `CryptContext`. The example below shows you how you can create a `CryptContext` to add support for the Argon2 algorithm while deprecating BCrypt.
+
+```py
+from fastapi_users.password import PasswordHelper
+from passlib.context import CryptContext
+
+context = CryptContext(schemes=["argon2", "bcrypt"], deprecated="auto")
+password_helper = PasswordHelper(context)
+```
+
+Finally, pass the `password_helper` variable while instantiating your `UserManager`:
+
+```py
+async def get_user_manager(user_db=Depends(get_user_db)):
+    yield UserManager(user_db, password_helper)
+```
+
+!!! info "Password hashes are automatically upgraded"
+    FastAPI Users takes care of upgrading the password hash to a more recent algorithm when needed.
+
+    Typically, when a user logs in, we'll check if the password hash algorithm is deprecated.
+
+    If it is, we take the opportunity of having the password in plain-text at hand (since the user just logged in!) to hash it with a better algorithm and update it in database.
+
+!!! warning "Dependencies for alternative algorithms are not included by default"
+    FastAPI Users won't install required dependencies to make other algorithms like Argon2 work. It's up to you to install them.
+
+## Full customization
+
+If you don't wist to use Passlib at all – **which we don't recommend unless you're absolutely sure of what you're doing** — you can implement your own `PasswordHelper` class as long as it implements the `PasswordHelperProtocol` and its methods.
+
+```py
+from typing import Tuple
+
+from fastapi_users.password import PasswordHelperProtocol
+
+class PasswordHelper(PasswordHelperProtocol):
+    def verify_and_update(
+        self, plain_password: str, hashed_password: str
+    ) -> Tuple[bool, str]:
+        ...
+
+    def hash(self, password: str) -> str:
+        ...
+
+    def generate(self) -> str:
+        ...
+```
diff --git a/mkdocs.yml b/mkdocs.yml
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@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ nav:
       - configuration/routers/users.md
     - configuration/full-example.md
     - configuration/oauth.md
+    - configuration/password-hash.md
   - Usage:
     - usage/flow.md
     - usage/routes.md