John the Ripper Alternatives

John the Ripper is described as 'Fast password cracker, currently available for many flavors of Unix, Windows, DOS, BeOS, and OpenVMS. Its primary purpose is to detect weak Unix passwords. Besides several crypt(3) password hash types most commonly found on various Unix systems, supported' and is an app in the security & privacy category. There are more than 10 alternatives to John the Ripper for Windows, Linux, Mac and BSD. The best John the Ripper alternative is Kon-Boot. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try ophcrack or hashcat. Other great apps like John the Ripper are Offline NT Password & Registry Editor, Trinity Rescue Kit, BarsWF and hashcat-gui.

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John the Ripper is a fast password cracker, currently available for many flavors of Unix, Windows, DOS, BeOS, and OpenVMS....

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John the Ripper alternatives page was last updated Sep 9, 2022
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  1. Kon-Boot icon

    Kon-Boot

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    Kon-Boot is an application which will silently bypass the authentication process of Windows based operating systems. Without overwriting your old password! In other words you can login to your Windows profile without knowing your password.

    13 Kon-Boot alternatives

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    • PL flagPoland
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    Kon-Boot screenshot 1

    Kon-Boot Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Password Recovery
    3.  Password bypass

    Kon-Boot VS John the Ripper

     

    • Kon-Boot is the most popular Windows & Mac alternative to John the Ripper.

    • Kon-Boot is the most popular commercial alternative to John the Ripper.

    • Kon-Boot is Paid and ProprietaryJohn the Ripper is Free and Open Source
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    ophcrack

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    Ophcrack is a Windows Password cracker based on Rainbow Tables.

    Features

    Cracks LM and NTLM Windows hashes Free tables available for Windows XP, Vista and 7 Brute-force module for simple passwords Audit mode and CSV export Real-time graphs to analyze the pas.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • CH flagSwitzerland

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    ophcrack screenshot 1

    ophcrack Features

    1.  Password Recovery

    ophcrack VS John the Ripper

     

    • ophcrack is the most popular Linux alternative to John the Ripper.

    • ophcrack is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to John the Ripper.

    • ophcrack is Free and Open SourceJohn the Ripper is also Free and Open Source
  3. hashcat icon

    hashcat

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    The World's Fastest CPU/GPU powered password cracker.

    12 hashcat alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    hashcat screenshot 1

    hashcat Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Password Recovery

    hashcat VS John the Ripper

     
    Comments about hashcat as an Alternative to John the Ripper
    TristisOris
    Negative Feb 21, 2018
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    it's for a hashes brutforce.

    John the Ripper Icon
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    • hashcat is Free and Open SourceJohn the Ripper is also Free and Open Source
  4. Offline NT Password & Registry Editor icon

    Offline NT Password & Registry Editor

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    Windows stores its user information, including crypted versions of the passwords, in a file called 'sam', usually found in \windows\system32\config. This file is a part of the registry, in a binary format previously undocumented, and not easily accessible.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • NO flagNorway

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    Offline NT Password & Registry Editor screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    The last update was in 2014.

    Offline NT Password & Registry Editor Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Password Recovery

    Offline NT Password & Registry Editor VS John the Ripper

     
  5. Trinity Rescue Kit icon

    Trinity Rescue Kit

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    Trinity Rescue Kit or TRK is a free live Linux distribution that aims specifically at recovery and repair operations on Windows machines, but is equally usable for Linux recovery issues. Since version 3.

    27 Trinity Rescue Kit alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Country of Origin

    • BE flagBelgium
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Trinity Rescue Kit screenshot 1

    Trinity Rescue Kit Features

    1.  Password Recovery
    2.  Windows repair

    Trinity Rescue Kit VS John the Ripper

     

  6. BarsWF

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    World Fastest MD5 cracker BarsWF with AMD and NVIDIA support.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows

    BarsWF Features

    1.  Password Recovery

    BarsWF VS John the Ripper

     
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    hashcat-gui

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    Hashcat GUI overlay for Windows and Linux.

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    hashcat-gui VS John the Ripper

     
  9. oclHashcat-plus icon

    oclHashcat-plus

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    Worlds fastest md5crypt, phpass, mscash2 and WPA / WPA2 cracker & Worlds first and only GPGPU based rule engine.

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    oclHashcat-plus Features

    1.  Password Recovery
    2.  AMD

    oclHashcat-plus VS John the Ripper

     

  10. LaZagne

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    LaZagne is an open source application used to retrieve passwords stored on a local computer. Each software stores its passwords using different techniques (plaintext, APIs, custom algorithms, databases, etc.).

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    LaZagne screenshot 1

    LaZagne Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Password Recovery

    LaZagne VS John the Ripper

     
  11. L0phtCrack icon

    L0phtCrack

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    L0phtCrack is a password auditing and recovery application (now called L0phtCrack 7) originally produced by Mudge from L0pht Heavy Industries. It is used to test password strength and sometimes to recover lost Microsoft Windows passwords, by using dictionary, brute-force, hybrid...

    10 L0phtCrack alternatives

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    • Free • Open Source

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    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    L0phtCrack Features

    1.  Password Recovery

    L0phtCrack VS John the Ripper

     
  12. CrowbarDMG icon

    CrowbarDMG

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    crowbarDMG is a dictionary attack tool for DMG and Spareimage files for Macs. It does require 10.5 Leopard. It really wasn’t worth the trouble to redo things to work on Tiger. It is completely free, so enjoy. Be sure to read the included PDF readme file.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac

    CrowbarDMG VS John the Ripper

     
  13. oclHashcat-lite icon

    oclHashcat-lite

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    Worlds fastest NTLM, MD5, SHA1, SHA256, descrypt and SL3 cracker.

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    oclHashcat-lite Features

    1.  Password Recovery
    2.  AMD

    oclHashcat-lite VS John the Ripper

     
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