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https://github.com/hakky54/certificate-ripper

🔐 A CLI tool to extract server certificates
https://github.com/hakky54/certificate-ripper

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# Certificate Ripper 🔐

A CLI tool to extract server certificates



# Introduction

Certificate ripper came to life when I was curious to learn about writing OS native apps. It started as a pet project and I wanted to create a native app by writing it in Java.

During my work I discovered that extracting certificates in other tools can sometimes be troublesome, so I used that as a use-case to create an app in Java, compile that to native OS app so others don't need Java to run it.

It made my work easier for maintaining trust-stores and I hope it made others life also easier.



I have created this tool with ❤️ and passion, mostly during evening and night hours. If you use my tool and want to appreciate the work I have done, please consider to sponsor this project as a way to contribute back to the community.

There are 3 options available to pick from: [GitHub](https://github.com/sponsors/Hakky54), [Ko-fi](https://ko-fi.com/hakky54) and [Open Collective](https://opencollective.com/hakky54)



## Demo

![alt text](https://github.com/Hakky54/certificate-ripper/blob/master/images/demo.gif?raw=true)



## Advantages

- It is fast

- Easy to use

- No openssl required

- Runs on any Operating System

- Can be used with or without Java, native executables are present in the releases

- Extracts all the sub-fields of the certificate

- Certificates can be formatted to PEM format

- Bulk extraction of multiple different urls with a single command is possible

- Extracted certificates can be stored automatically into a p12 truststore

- Works also behind a proxy

- Supported protocols: 

  - https (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure)

  - wss (WebSocket Secure)

  - ftps (File Transfer Protocol Secure)

  - smtps (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol Secure)

  - imaps (Internet Message Access Protocol Secure)

  - Database:

    - PostgreSQL

    - MySQL



## Installing



The executables are available for download in the [Releases](https://github.com/Hakky54/certificate-ripper/releases). Alternatively you can also install the tool using one of the following methods:



- Mac OS X & Linux - Homebrew 🍺

  - Run `brew install crip`

- Mac OS X & Linux - Homebrew with native binary 🍺

  - Run `brew install hakky54/homebrew-apps/crip`

- Linux - Debian/Ubuntu (apt) 📦

  - Run `sudo add-apt-repository ppa:hakky554/apps && sudo apt update && sudo apt-get install crip -t 'o=LP-PPA-hakky554-apps'`

- Linux & Windows

  - Download the latest binary here: [Releases](https://github.com/Hakky54/certificate-ripper/releases)

- Nintendo 3DS 🎮

  - Find the latest release and installation instructions here: [3DS Certificate Ripper](https://github.com/Hakky54/3ds-certificate-ripper)



#### Contributed/Unofficial Installation Methods

- Arch-Linux (AUR)

  - Install the [certificate-ripper-bin](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/certificate-ripper-bin) AUR package

- NixOS ([nixpkgs](https://search.nixos.org/packages?channel=25.11&show=certificate-ripper&query=certificate+ripper))

  - Run `nix-shell -p certificate-ripper` or add `pkgs.certificate-ripper` to your `configuration.nix` file

- [Sourceforge](https://sourceforge.net/projects/certificate-ripper.mirror/)

- Windows

  - [Chocolatey](https://community.chocolatey.org/packages/crip) 🍫 

    - Run `choco install crip`

  - [Scoop](https://scoop.sh/#/apps?q=crip&p=1) 🍨

    - Run `scoop install extras/crip`



## Build locally



  Build native executable



  **Minimum requirements:**

  1. GraalVM 24 with Native Image

  2. Maven

  3. Terminal

  

  **Additional OS specific requirements**

  - Linux: `sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install build-essential libz-dev zlib1g-dev -y`

  - Mac: `xcode-select --install`

  - Windows: Visual Studio app and ensure `chcp 65001` (UTF-8 encoding) is active in the command line

  

  ```text

  mvn clean install -Pnative-image \

   && ./target/crip print --url=https://youtube.com/

  ```

  

  The os native executable binary will be available under the target directory having the file name `crip`



  Build java fat jar



  **Minimum requirements:**

  1. Java 21

  2. Maven

  3. Terminal



  ```text

  mvn clean install -Pfat-jar \

   && java -jar target/crip.jar print --url=https://youtube.com/

  ```



  The fat jar will be available under the target directory having the file name `crip.jar`



## CLI Options

```text

Usage: crip [COMMAND]

Commands:

  print             Prints the extracted certificates to the console

  export p12        Export the extracted certificate to a PKCS12/p12 type truststore

  export jks        Export the extracted certificate to a JKS (Java KeyStore) type truststore

  export der        Export the extracted certificate to a binary form also known as DER

  export pem        Export the extracted certificate to a base64 encoded string also known as PEM

  

Usage: crip print

Prints the extracted certificates to the console

  -f, --format              To be printed certificate format. This option is not required. Default is human-readable.

  -u, --url                 Url of the target server to extract the certificates. Can be provided multiple times.



Usage: crip export pkcs12

Export the extracted certificate to a PKCS12/p12 type truststore

  -u, --url                 Url of the target server to extract the certificates. Can be provided multiple times.

  -p, --password            TrustStore password. This option is not required. Default is changeit.

  -d, --destination         Destination of the to be stored file. Default is current directory if none is provided.

      

Usage: crip export der

Export the extracted certificate to a binary form also known as DER

  -u, --url                 Url of the target server to extract the certificates. Can be provided multiple times.

  -c, --combined            Indicator to either combine all of the certificate into one file for a given url or export into individual files.

  -d, --destination         Destination of the to be stored file. Default is current directory if none is provided.



Usage: crip export pem

Export the extracted certificate to a base64 encoded string also known as PEM

  -u, --url                 Url of the target server to extract the certificates. Can be provided multiple times.

  -c, --combined            Indicator to either combine all of the certificate into one file for a given url or export into individual files.

  -d, --destination         Destination of the to be stored file. Default is current directory if none is provided.

      --include-header      Indicator to either omit or include additional information above the BEGIN statement.

      

Other additional options applicable for all commands

      --proxy-host          Proxy host

      --proxy-port          Proxy port

      --proxy-password      Password for authenticating the user for the given proxy

      --proxy-user          User for authenticating the user for the given proxy

  -t, --timeout             Amount of milliseconds till the ripping should timeout

      --resolve-ca          Indicator to automatically resolve the root ca. Possible options: true, false

      --resolve-siblings    Indicator to automatically resolve the certificates from DNS names. Possible options: true, false

      --cert-type           To be extracted certificate types. Available Formats: root, inter, leaf, all. Default: all

```



## Example usages

### Single export

```bash

crip export pkcs12 -u=https://github.com

```



### Bulk export

```bash

crip export pkcs12 \

-u=https://youtube.com \

-u=https://github.com \

-u=https://stackoverflow.com \

-u=https://facebook.com

```



### Specify custom truststore destination path

```bash

crip export pkcs12 -u=https://github.com -d=/path/to/directory

```



### Print in human-readable format 

```bash

crip print -u=https://github.com

```



### Print in PEM format

```bash

crip print -u=https://github.com -f=pem

```



### Batch print in PEM format

```bash

crip print -f=pem \

-u=https://youtube.com \

-u=https://github.com \

-u=https://stackoverflow.com \

-u=https://facebook.com

```



### Extracting behind a proxy

```bash

crip export pem \

-u=https://stackoverflow.com \

--proxy-host=my-host.com \

--proxy-port=1234 \

--proxy-user=foo \

--proxy-password

```



### Combining certificates

```bash

crip export pem -u=https://github.com --combined=true

```



### Defining custom file name

Works only with the combined option while only specifying a single url.

```bash

crip export pem -u=https://github.com --combined=true --destination=/path/to/export/github-chain.crt

```



### Trust additional certificates into Java Cacerts Keystore

```bash

crip export p12 -d=path/to/lib/security/cacerts -p=changeit -u=https://google.com

```



### Export other sources

```bash

# Operating System trusted certificates

crip export pem -u=system



# Websocket server

crip export pem -u=wss://echo.websocket.org



# FTP server

crip export pem -u=ftps://my-drive.com:21



# SMTP server

crip export pem -u=smtps://smtp-mail.outlook.com:587



# IMAP server

crip export pem -u=imaps://outlook.office365.com:993



# PostgreSQL server

crip export pem -u=postgresql://localhost:5432/



# MySQL server

crip export pem -u=mysql://localhost:3306/

```



### Filter on certificate types

The to be extracted certificates can be filtered to include only root ca, intermediate or leaf certificates. An example is shown below:

```bash

crip export der -u=https://google.com --cert-type=root

```

Other values for the cert-type option are: inter and leaf. When the option is not provided all of the certificates are extracted.



### Extracting with Java DSL

Include the following dependency:

```xml



    io.github.hakky54

    certificate-ripper

    2.7.1



```



Example code snippet:

```text

CertificateRipper.exportToPem("https://github.com")

        .withIncludeHeader(false)

        .withCombined(true)

        .withDestination("/path/to/export/github-chain.crt")

        .build()

        .run();

```



## Contributing



There are plenty of ways to contribute to this project:



* Give it a star

* Make a donation through [GitHub](https://github.com/sponsors/Hakky54) or [open collective](https://opencollective.com/hakky54)

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* Submit a PR