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# Hashcat

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Hashcat is powerfull utility for recovering passwords from hashes. It supports over 200 hashing algorithms. It uses the CPU, GPU, or anything else supported by OpenCL.

## Installation

Install hashcat package.

Hashcat can't work without OpenCL, so it is needed to install GPGPU#OpenCL Runtime package for your CPU or GPU.

## Usage

For getting password from hash_file with hash_type using dictionary_file:

    hashcat -m hash_type hash_file dictionary_file

More examples and usage details can be found at Hashcat wiki.

## See also

- Official website

Category:

- Cryptography