Command-line tool

argon2

brew/argon2

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Password hashing library and CLI utility

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

macOS

brew install argon2

Linux

brew install argon2

Calculate a hash with a password and a salt with the default parameters

echo "password" | argon2 "salt_text"

Calculate a hash with the specified algorithm

echo "password" | argon2 "salt_text" -d

Display the output [e]ncoded hash without additional information

echo "password" | argon2 "salt_text" -e

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