diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 7405b71..e4c4f56 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/labstack/echo/v4 v4.11.1
 	github.com/labstack/gommon v0.4.0
 	github.com/lib/pq v1.10.9
+	github.com/matthewhartstonge/argon2 v0.3.3
 	github.com/microcosm-cc/bluemonday v1.0.25
 	github.com/philandstuff/dhall-golang/v6 v6.0.2
 	github.com/xiaoqidun/entps v0.0.0-20230712154733-ff3582a22e82
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 90d8cff..abc1519 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ github.com/leanovate/gopter v0.2.5-0.20190402064358-634a59d12406 h1:+OUpk+IVvmKU
 github.com/leanovate/gopter v0.2.5-0.20190402064358-634a59d12406/go.mod h1:gNcbPWNEWRe4lm+bycKqxUYoH5uoVje5SkOJ3uoLer8=
 github.com/lib/pq v1.10.9 h1:YXG7RB+JIjhP29X+OtkiDnYaXQwpS4JEWq7dtCCRUEw=
 github.com/lib/pq v1.10.9/go.mod h1:AlVN5x4E4T544tWzH6hKfbfQvm3HdbOxrmggDNAPY9o=
+github.com/matthewhartstonge/argon2 v0.3.3 h1:38/hupgfzqO2UGxqXqmSqErE8KJvQnIxWWg7IXUqWgQ=
+github.com/matthewhartstonge/argon2 v0.3.3/go.mod h1:W2fhVs3+4FGxqDiap9SxxwNF/0SOVYcITpqDZe8RrhY=
 github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.11/go.mod h1:u5H1YNBxpqRaxsYJYSkiCWKzEfiAb1Gb520KVy5xxl4=
 github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13 h1:fFA4WZxdEF4tXPZVKMLwD8oUnCTTo08duU7wxecdEvA=
 github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13/go.mod h1:7S9/ev0klgBDR4GtXTXX8a3vIGJpMovkB8vQcUbaXHg=
diff --git a/modules/password/argon.go b/modules/password/argon.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f7d12ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/password/argon.go
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+// Copyright 2023 wanderer <a_mirre at utb dot cz>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+
+package password
+
+import (
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/matthewhartstonge/argon2"
+	"golang.org/x/exp/rand"
+)
+
+var (
+	// argon provides the package with current config. the one currently set on
+	// init is the memory-hard argon2.RecommendedConfig().
+	argon argon2.Config
+	// r stores a seeded *rand.Rand so that the generated salts are more close
+	// to non-deterministic.
+	r = rand.New(rand.NewSource(uint64(time.Now().UnixNano())))
+)
+
+// Argon accepts a password string and returns hash and salt byte slices, or an
+// error.
+func Argon(password string) (*argon2.Raw, error) {
+	salt := make([]byte, argon.SaltLength)
+
+	err := genSalt(salt)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	hash, err := argon.Hash([]byte(password), salt)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return &hash, nil
+}
+
+// ArgonDecode attempts to decode the given byte slice into an argon raw
+// struct.
+func ArgonDecode(digest []byte) (*argon2.Raw, error) {
+	hash, err := argon2.Decode(digest)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return &hash, nil
+}
+
+// ArgonVerify checks that the provided password matches the one used to create
+// the provided digest, returns a bool and an error.
+func ArgonVerify(password string, digest []byte) (bool, error) {
+	return argon2.VerifyEncoded([]byte(password), digest)
+}
+
+// genSalt fills slice b with len(b) random bytes.
+func genSalt(b []byte) error {
+	_, err := r.Read(b)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func init() {
+	// TODO: hide this behind a config flag someday.
+	noop := false
+
+	if noop {
+		// 64MiB peak memory usage.
+		argon = argon2.DefaultConfig()
+	} else {
+		// 2GiB peak memory usage.
+		argon = argon2.RecommendedDefaults()
+	}
+}
diff --git a/modules/password/argon_test.go b/modules/password/argon_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7ab840c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/password/argon_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+// Copyright 2023 wanderer <a_mirre at utb dot cz>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+
+package password
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/matthewhartstonge/argon2"
+)
+
+func TestArgon(t *testing.T) {
+	// set lighter defaults for the tests.
+	argon = argon2.MemoryConstrainedDefaults()
+
+	passwd := "password0123#@:"
+
+	raw, err := Argon(passwd)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+
+	// save the salt generated when hashing the password using our own func,
+	// it'll be reused when reproducing manual hash creation.
+	salt := raw.Salt
+
+	manualRaw, err := argon.Hash([]byte(passwd), salt)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("failed to create a hash: %q", err)
+	}
+
+	want := raw.Encode()
+	got := manualRaw.Encode()
+
+	t.Logf("want: %q, got: %q", want, got)
+
+	if len(want) != len(got) {
+		t.Errorf("password hashes differ, want: %q, got: %q", want, got)
+	}
+
+	for i := range got {
+		if got[i] != want[i] {
+			t.Logf("password hashes differ, want: %q, got: %q", want, got)
+			break
+		}
+	}
+
+	if _, err := ArgonVerify(passwd, want); err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("passwords don't equal: %q", err)
+	} else {
+		t.Log("passwords equal")
+	}
+
+	if _, err := ArgonVerify(passwd, got); err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("passwords don't equal for the manually created hash: %q", err)
+	} else {
+		t.Log("passwords equal for the manually created hash")
+	}
+
+	dw, err := ArgonDecode(want)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("could not decode the digest: %q", err)
+	}
+
+	dg, err := ArgonDecode(got)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("could not decode the digest: %q", err)
+	}
+
+	for i := range dw.Hash {
+		if dw.Hash[i] != dg.Hash[i] {
+			t.Errorf("hash values don't equal: want: %q, got: %q", dw.Hash, dg.Hash)
+			break
+		}
+	}
+}