# mufeedvh/pdfrip

A multi-threaded PDF password cracking utility equipped with commonly encountered password format builders and dictionary attacks.

Repository: https://github.com/mufeedvh/pdfrip
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/pdfrip
Language: Rust
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: rust, security, security-tools, pdf, password, password-cracker, hashcat
Last push: 2026-03-26T05:23:46+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 68/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 74, release rhythm 43, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1664, "days_push": 160, "days_rel": 168, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1406, forks 143 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:38.300526+00:00)

## What it is
pdfrip is a multithreaded PDF password cracking utility written in Rust. It supports dictionary attacks, mask and pattern-based brute force, date and number range generators, checkpoint/resume, and JSON output.

## Use cases
- crack a forgotten pdf password
- recover password from locked pdf file
- brute force pdf password with a wordlist
- try date-shaped passwords on a pdf
- resume an interrupted pdf password cracking job
- test numeric range passwords on a pdf

## When to choose
- you need to recover a password for a PDF you own
- you want fast multithreaded cracking with pattern builders like masks, dates, and number ranges
- you need checkpoint/resume for long brute-force jobs

## When to avoid
- you need to crack passwords for file formats other than PDF
- you want a GUI tool rather than a command-line utility
- cracking passwords on documents you do not have authorization to access

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: security, cli, pdf
- domain: security, pdf
- platform: cli, cross-platform, rust
- tags: password-cracking, pdf-password-recovery, brute-force, dictionary-attack, multithreaded, command-line

## Member repositories
- mufeedvh/pdfrip (main) score 68

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:38.300526+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:38:43.418552+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/mufeedvh/pdfrip (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:38.300526+00:00, sha 6cb0cdd3144b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.