hashcat/hashcat-utils

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A collection of small standalone C utilities that assist with advanced password cracking tasks, complementing the hashcat tool. Each utility performs a single function and works via STDIN/STDOUT so they can be chained together in pipelines.

Use cases

• convert and prepare wordlists for hashcat attacks
• split, merge, or filter large password candidate files
• extract hashes from files for cracking
• chain hash manipulation tools in shell pipelines
• generate rule files or masks for password cracking
• preprocess captured hashes before loading into hashcat

When to choose

• you use hashcat and need auxiliary tools for hash or wordlist manipulation
• you want small, fast, single-purpose binaries scriptable via pipes
• you need cross-platform (Linux/Windows) password cracking utilities

When to avoid

• you need a full password cracking tool rather than helper utilities
• you want a GUI or interactive workflow
• you need utilities unrelated to password cracking or hash handling

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

security developer-tools cli security developer-tools windows cli password-cracking hashcat hash-manipulation stdin-stdout-pipelines c command-line linux

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