Command-line tool

john

brew/john

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

Featureful UNIX password cracker

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At a glance

Type

Command-line tool

Install on

macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

macOS

brew install john

Linux

brew install john

Crack password hashes

john path/to/hashes.txt

Show passwords cracked

john --show path/to/hashes.txt

Display users' cracked passwords by user identifier from multiple files

john --show --users=user_ids path/to/hashes1.txt path/to/hashes2.txt ...

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