hashcat
brew install hashcatWorld's fastest and most advanced password recovery utility
License: MIT AND LZMA-SDK-9.22 AND LicenseRef-Homebrew-public-domain
Development: Pull requests
Formula JSON API: /api/formula/hashcat.json
Formula code: hashcat.rb on GitHub
Bottle (binary package) installation support provided for:
| macOS on Apple Silicon |
golden gate | ✅ |
|---|---|---|
| tahoe | ✅ | |
| sequoia | ✅ | |
| Linux | ARM64 | ✅ |
| x86_64 | ✅ |
Current versions:
| stable | ✅ | 8.0.0 |
| head | ⚡️ | HEAD |
Depends on when building from source:
| gnu-sed | 4.10 | GNU implementation of the famous stream editor |
Uses from macOS: python
Binaries:
aescrypt2hashcat.pl,
apfs2hashcat.py,
bisq2hashcat.py,
bitlocker2hashcat.py,
bitwarden2hashcat.py,
cachedata2hashcat.py,
cryptoloop2hashcat.py,
exodus2hashcat.py,
fscrypt2hashcat.py,
geli2hashcat.py,
gitea2hashcat.py,
gpg-ocb-aes2hashcat.py,
hashcat,
hashcat_bin,
keybag2hashcat.py,
krb5db2hashcat.py,
kremlin2hashcat.py,
lastpass2hashcat.py,
luks2hashcat.py,
metamask2hashcat.py,
mozilla2hashcat.py,
openbsd_softraid2hashcat.py,
pkcs12_to_hashcat.py,
radmin3_to_hashcat.pl,
rar32hashcat.py,
routeros2hashcat.py,
securenotes2hashcat.pl,
shiro1-to-hashcat.py,
sqlcipher2hashcat.pl,
truecrypt2hashcat.py,
veeamvbk2hashcat.py,
veracrypt2hashcat.py,
virtualbox2hashcat.py,
vmwarevmx2hashcat.py
GitHub Packages downloads:
| Last 30 days | 20,358 |
|---|---|
| Downloads | 425,884 |
| Analytics install events (30 days) | 2,918 |
| Downloads / install events (30 days) | 7.0× |
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Analytics:
| 30 days | 90 days | 365 days | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Installs | 2,905 | 5,072 | 17,762 |
Installs (--HEAD) | 13 | 23 | 61 |
| Installs on Request | 2,905 | 5,073 | 17,761 |
Installs on Request (--HEAD) | 13 | 23 | 61 |
| Build Errors | 4 | ||
Build Errors (--HEAD) | 1 |