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  | __ \_  __ \  |  \   __\/ __ \_/ ___\_  __ \__  \ | __ \_/ __ \_  __ \
  | \_\ \  | \/  |  /|  | \  ___/\  \___|  | \// __ \| \_\ \  ___/|  | \/
  |___  /__|  |____/ |__|  \___  >\___  >__|  (____  /___  /\___  >__|
      \/                       \/     \/           \/    \/     \/

• Fast — Multithreaded by default. Uses all your CPU cores out of the box.
• Simple — One command. No config files. No setup.
• Smart — Auto-detects hash types. Just point it at a file and go.
• 20 modes — Hex, Base64, Salted, Bcrypt, NTLM, SHA3-256 and SHA3-512 support.

v0.8.1 introduces SIMD optimizations and chunked parallel processing:

• 20-60% faster multi-threaded cracking
• SIMD-accelerated hex decoding
• Hardware SHA instructions on supported CPUs (SHA-NI)

Run --benchmark to measure performance on your hardware.

cargo install brutecraber

git clone https://github.com/erikgavs/brutecraber.git
cd brutecraber
cargo build --release

The binary will be at ./target/release/brutecraber.

./brutecraber -f <hashes_file> -w <wordlist> [-t <hash_type>]

# Auto-detect hash type
./brutecraber -f hashes.txt -w rockyou.txt

# Specify hash type manually
./brutecraber -f hashes.txt -w rockyou.txt -t sha256

# Crack salted hashes
./brutecraber -f salted.txt -w rockyou.txt -t md5-salt

# Crack bcrypt hashes
./brutecraber -f bcrypt_hashes.txt -w rockyou.txt -t bcrypt

# Crack NTLM hashes (Windows)
./brutecraber -f ntlm_hashes.txt -w rockyou.txt -t ntlm

 [*] hash cracked 5f4dcc3b5aa765d61d8327deb882cf99 -> password
 [*] hash cracked 21232f297a57a5a743894a0e4a801fc3 -> admin
 [*] hash cracked [salt:x7k2] 86f75bc83edcd705c834c436f6b64fdc -> password

 [*] cracked 3/3 hashes

Salted hashes use the format salt:hash (one per line). Bcrypt hashes include their own salt internally ($2y$10$...).

brutecraber/
├── src/
│   ├── main.rs          # CLI, banner, entry point
│   ├── cracker.rs       # Core cracking logic (multithreaded)
│   ├── detector.rs      # Auto-detection by hash length
│   ├── rules.rs         # Rule-based word transformations
│   ├── benchmark.rs     # Benchmark mode (H/s measurements)
│   └── hashes/
│       ├── mod.rs       # Module exports
│       ├── md5.rs       # MD5 hashing
│       ├── sha1_hash.rs # SHA1 hashing
│       ├── sha256.rs    # SHA256 hashing
│       ├── sha512.rs    # SHA512 hashing
│       ├── sha3_256.rs  # SHA3-256 hashing
│       ├── sha3_512.rs  # SHA3-512 hashing
│       ├── bcrypt.rs    # Bcrypt verification
│       └── ntlm.rs      # NTLM hashing (Windows)
├── tests/               # Test hashes and wordlists
├── Cargo.toml
├── CHANGELOG.md
└── LICENSE

• Progress bar with indicatif
• Bcrypt support
• NTLM hash support
• Benchmark mode (--benchmark)
• Rule-based transformations (leet speak, capitalize, append numbers)
• SIMD optimizations & chunked parallel processing
• Output results to file (-o)
• CI/CD pipeline (cargo test, clippy, rustfmt)
• Argon2 support (modern password hashing)
• scrypt support (crypto wallets, passwords)
• PBKDF2 support (enterprise standard, WiFi WPA)
• Realistic benchmark mode (wordlist simulation)
• GPU acceleration (OpenCL/CUDA)
• Base64 & salt decoding optimization
• SIMD multi-buffer hashing (hash 4-8 passwords simultaneously)

Contributions are welcome! Check out the CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines on how to get started.

This tool is intended for ethical hacking, penetration testing, and educational purposes only. You are solely responsible for your actions. Using this tool against targets without prior consent is a violation of applicable laws. Use at your own risk.