https://github.com/cyclone-github/hashgen
hashgen - the blazingly fast hash generator
https://github.com/cyclone-github/hashgen
argon base58 base64 bcrypt cyclone generator hash hashcat hashgen md5 mdxfind mosecode multithreaded ntlm sha sha1 sha256 sha3 threaded yescrypt
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hashgen - the blazingly fast hash generator
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/cyclone-github/hashgen
- Owner: cyclone-github
- License: gpl-2.0
- Created: 2022-12-16T02:27:27.000Z (over 2 years ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2025-03-27T19:59:57.000Z (about 1 month ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-03-27T20:37:52.204Z (about 1 month ago)
- Topics: argon, base58, base64, bcrypt, cyclone, generator, hash, hashcat, hashgen, md5, mdxfind, mosecode, multithreaded, ntlm, sha, sha1, sha256, sha3, threaded, yescrypt
- Language: Go
- Homepage: https://forum.hashpwn.net/post/89
- Size: 448 KB
- Stars: 30
- Watchers: 3
- Forks: 3
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Changelog: CHANGELOG.md
- License: LICENSE
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# hashgen - Cyclone's hash generator
```
$ ./hashgen_amd64.bin -m 0 -w rockyou.txt -o /dev/null
2024/12/10 19:07:31 Starting...
2024/12/10 19:07:31 Processing file: rockyou.txt
2024/12/10 19:07:31 Hash function: 0
2024/12/10 19:07:31 CPU Threads: 16
2024/12/10 19:07:31 Finished processing 14344391 lines in 0.475 sec (30.228 M lines/sec)
```
**As of the this writing, hashgen (go) has a 2,519% faster md5 hashrate vs the next fastest publicly available CPU based hash generator (see benchmarks).** While this is extremely fast, these hashrates can be beat by improved code optimization and/or coding in faster programming languages (I'm looking at you C, Rust and Zig).
Since version `v2023-10-30.1600`, hashgen has a top recorded hasharate of 30,228,048 md5/sec on the test rig's Ryzen 7 3700X CPU! Much faster hashrates have been seen on higher end CPU's.
Hashgen is a CLI hash generator written in Go and can be cross compiled for Linux, Raspberry Pi, Windows & Mac, although testing and compiling is mainly done on debian 12 linux.
To use hashgen, type your mode, wordlist input & hash output files with a simple command line.
### Features:
- Supports multiple hashing functions (see list below)
- Encode / decode base64 & base58
- Supports ASCII, UTF-8 and $HEX[] wordlist input
- Can also be used to dehex a wordlist by setting mode to "-m plaintext" which will output wordlist to plaintext
| Useage Examples | Command Line |
|-----------|-----------|
| read wordlist.txt, hash to md5 and write to output.txt | ./hashgen -m md5 -w wordlist.txt -o output.txt |
| pipe wordlist into hashgen and write to stdout | cat wordlist.txt \| ./hashgen -m md5 |
| dehex hex_wordlist to plaintext wordlist | ./hashgen -m plaintext -w hex_wordlist.txt -o wordlist.txt |
### Supported Functions:
| Function: | Hashcat Mode: |
|-----------|-----------|
| argon2id | |
| base58encode | |
| base58decode | |
| base64encode | |
| base64decode | |
| bcrypt | 3200 |
| morsecode | (ITU-R M.1677-1) |
| crc32 | |
| 11500 | 11500 (hashcat compatible CRC32)|
| crc64 | |
| md4 | 900 |
| md5 | 0 |
| ntlm| 1000|
| plaintext | 99999 (can be used to dehex wordlist) |
| ripemd-160| 6000|
| sha1| 100 |
| sha2-224| 1300|
| sha2-256| 1400|
| sha2-384| 10800 |
| sha2-512| 1700|
| sha2-512-224| |
| sha2-512-256| |
| sha3-224| 17300 |
| sha3-256| 17400 |
| sha3-384| 17500 |
| sha3-512| 17600 |
| keccak-256| 17800 |
| keccak-512| 18000 |
| yescrypt | |
### Benchmarks:
- https://github.com/cyclone-github/hashgen-testing/tree/main/benchmarks
- In addition to hashgen (go), I have also written hashgen in python, php, C, and Rust, although Rust and C need a lot of work to unlock their full performance potential. If you speak C or Rust, I'd be curious to see how fast you can push hashgen!
- https://github.com/cyclone-github/hashgen-testing
### Compile hashgen from source:
- If you want the latest features, compiling from source is the best option since the release version may run several revisions behind the source code.
- This assumes you have Go and Git installed
- `git clone https://github.com/cyclone-github/hashgen.git` # clone repo
- `cd hashgen` # enter project directory
- `go mod init hashgen` # initialize Go module (skips if go.mod exists)
- `go mod tidy` # download dependencies
- `go build -ldflags="-s -w" .` # compile binary in current directory
- `go install -ldflags="-s -w" .` # compile binary and install to $GOPATH
- Compile from source code how-to:
- https://github.com/cyclone-github/scripts/blob/main/intro_to_go.txt
### Changelog:
- https://github.com/cyclone-github/hashgen/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md
### Mentions:
- Go Package Documentation: https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/cyclone-github/hashgen
- hashcat wiki: https://hashcat.net/wiki/
- hashkiller forum: https://forum.hashkiller.io/index.php?threads/cyclone-hashgen.63140/
- hashpwn forum: https://forum.hashpwn.net/post/89
- Softpedia: https://www.softpedia.com/get/System/File-Management/hashgen-go.shtml
### Antivirus False Positives:
- Several antivirus programs on VirusTotal incorrectly detect hashgen as a false positive. This issue primarily affects the Windows executable binary, but is not limited to it. If this concerns you, I recommend carefully reviewing hashgen's source code, then proceed to compile the binary yourself.
- Uploading your compiled hashgen binaries to https://virustotal.com and leaving an upvote or a comment would be helpful.
### Thoughts:
- Why write hashgen? hashgen is nothing new (to me) as this project started several years ago while needing a way to quickly convert wordlists to md5 or sha1 on linux terminal. Several versions of hashgen have been written over the years in several languages: python, php, Go, C and Rust. While the actively maintained version is hashgen (go), which offers enhanced features and superior performance, the "hashgen-testing" repository linked below contains testing versions of hashgen in different programming languages:
- https://github.com/cyclone-github/hashgen-testing
- Why write hashgen in Go instead of xyz language? I did this to push my Go coding skills while also seeing how fast I could push Go. During early testing, I was not expecting hashgen to be all that fast, but I have been pleasantly surprised!
- When I realized hashgen (go) was competitively fast compared to other publicly available hash generators, I decided to publish hashgen's code and binaries for others to use. I've really enjoyed this project and I hope you find it useful.
- If you found hashgen to be helpful, please consider giving this repository a star!