HashHunter — Hash Identifier and Cracker

Identify hash types and crack them with dictionary attacks. Supports MD5, SHA family, NTLM, bcrypt and more.

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  Hash Identifier and Cracker v1.0

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What it does

Three tools in one:

1. Identify — detect hash type from a string or file
2. Crack — dictionary attack to recover the plaintext
3. Generate — create hashes from plaintext for testing

Works on single hashes, bulk files, and user:hash format dumps (e.g. /etc/shadow, NTLM dumps).

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Supported hash types

Hash	Example length/prefix	Notes
MD5	32 hex chars	Also NTLM (same length)
SHA-1	40 hex chars
SHA-224 / SHA3-224	56 hex chars
SHA-256 / SHA3-256	64 hex chars
SHA-384	96 hex chars
SHA-512 / SHA3-512	128 hex chars
NTLM	32 hex chars	Windows password hashes
bcrypt	$2a$ / $2b$	Unix, Django, Laravel
MD5 Crypt	$1$	Linux /etc/shadow
SHA-256 Crypt	$5$	Linux /etc/shadow
SHA-512 Crypt	$6$	Linux /etc/shadow
WordPress / phpass	$P$ / $H$
Drupal 7	$S$
Argon2	$argon2

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Installation

git clone https://github.com/DavidJara1998/HashHunter.git
cd HashHunter
pip install -r requirements.txt

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Usage

Identify a hash

python hashhunter.py --hash 5f4dcc3b5aa765d61d8327deb882cf99

Identify + crack with built-in wordlist

python hashhunter.py --hash 5f4dcc3b5aa765d61d8327deb882cf99 --crack

Crack with custom wordlist (e.g. rockyou.txt)

python hashhunter.py --hash 5f4dcc3b5aa765d61d8327deb882cf99 --crack --wordlist rockyou.txt

Crack all hashes in a file

python hashhunter.py --file hashes.txt --crack --wordlist rockyou.txt

File with user:hash format

# hashes.txt:
# admin:5f4dcc3b5aa765d61d8327deb882cf99
# root:e10adc3949ba59abbe56e057f20f883e
python hashhunter.py --file hashes.txt --crack

Generate hashes from plaintext

python hashhunter.py --generate --algo sha256 --text "mypassword"
python hashhunter.py --generate --algo ntlm --text "Password123"

Export report

python hashhunter.py --file hashes.txt --crack --output html

All flags

  --hash,     -H    Single hash string
  --file,     -f    File with hashes (one per line or user:hash)
  --generate, -g    Generate hash from plaintext
  --crack,    -c    Attempt dictionary attack
  --wordlist, -w    Path to wordlist (default: built-in top 200)
  --output,   -o    Export: html | json | both
  --algo,     -a    Algorithm for --generate
  --text,     -t    Plaintext for --generate

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Example output

Hash: 5f4dcc3b5aa765d61d8327deb882cf99
Possible types:
  MD5 / NTLM  (medium confidence)

[*] Cracking with 14,344,391 words — algos: md5

[+] CRACKED: password

+-----------------------------------------------+
| Hash            | Type       | Conf   | Plain  |
|-----------------+------------+--------+--------|
| 5f4dcc3b5aa7... | MD5 / NTLM | MEDIUM | password|
+-----------------------------------------------+

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Use cases

• CTF challenges — you find a hash, identify it, crack it
• Post-exploitation — crack hashes from /etc/shadow or Windows SAM dumps
• Audit — verify password policy strength against a wordlist
• Development — generate hashes for testing

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Wordlists

The built-in list contains the top 200 most common passwords — useful for quick checks.

For serious cracking use rockyou.txt:

python hashhunter.py --hash <hash> --crack --wordlist rockyou.txt

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Legal disclaimer

For authorized security testing only. Do not use against systems or accounts you do not own or have explicit permission to test.

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Author

DavidJara1998