Command-line tool

hashcat

brew/hashcat

Checked 25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC · Listing refreshed from Homebrew, winget, npm, Scoop and cargo; npm packages checked against OSV.dev

World's fastest and most advanced password recovery utility

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Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

scoop install hashcat

macOS

brew install hashcat

Linux

brew install hashcat

Perform a brute-force attack (mode 3) with the default hashcat mask

hashcat -m hash_type_id -a 3 hash_value

Perform a brute-force attack (mode 3) with a known pattern of 4 digits

hashcat -m hash_type_id -a 3 hash_value "?d?d?d?d"

Perform a brute-force attack (mode 3) using at most 8 of all printable ASCII characters

hashcat -m hash_type_id -a 3 --increment hash_value "?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a"

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