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+# This software is no longer maintained.
+
+**PyCrypto 2.x is obsolete, unmaintained, and contains security vulnerabilities.**
+
+Please choose one of the following alternatives:
+
+### [Cryptography](https://cryptography.io)
+
+* Recommended for new applications.
+* Modern API with fewer gotchas.
+* [API docs](https://cryptography.io)
+* [GitHub](https://github.com/pyca/cryptography)
+* [PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/cryptography)
+
+### [PyCryptodome](https://www.pycryptodome.org)
+
+* Recommended for existing software that depends on PyCrypto.
+* Fork of PyCrypto. Exposes almost the same API as the old PyCrypto
+ so that most applications will run unmodified.
+* [API docs](https://www.pycryptodome.org)
+* [GitHub](https://github.com/Legrandin/pycryptodome)
+* [PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/pycryptodome)
+
+---
+
+### Historical links
+
+⚠️ **PyCrypto 2.x is unmaintained. The following are provided for reference only.**
+
+* [Old API docs](./api/) (epydoc output)
+* [Old overview of PyCrypto (v2.3)](./doc/)
+* [GitHub source repository](https://github.com/pycrypto/pycrypto)
+* [Download release tarballs](./pub/dlitz/crypto/pycrypto/)
+* [Mailing list archive](https://lists.dlitz.net/pipermail/pycrypto/) ([Local snapshot](./pipermail/pycrypto/))
+* [PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/pycrypto/)