Hashcat MCP Server 🔥

A powerful Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides intelligent hashcat integration for Claude Desktop. Crack hashes, analyze passwords, and perform security assessments directly from your Claude conversations.

✨ Features

• Smart Hash Identification - Automatically detect hash types with confidence scoring

• Multiple Attack Modes - Dictionary, brute-force, hybrid, and rule-based attacks

• Batch Processing - Crack multiple hashes simultaneously

• Session Management - Track and monitor cracking progress

• GPU Monitoring - Real-time hardware performance metrics

• Password Analysis - Analyze cracked passwords for security insights

• Auto Attack Strategies - Intelligent attack sequence selection

• Security Hardened - Input validation and injection protection

Related MCP server: MCP Memory Server

🎬 Demo

Watch the Hashcat MCP Server in action - from hash identification to successful cracking!

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🚀 Quick Start

1. Install Dependencies

2. Configure Claude Desktop

Edit your Claude Desktop config file:

Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json Mac: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

Important: Update the paths to match your system:

• args[0] - Path to your hashcat_mcp_server.py file

• HASHCAT_PATH - Path to your hashcat executable

• HASHCAT_SAFE_DIRS - Comma-separated list of safe directories for wordlists

3. Restart Claude Desktop

Close and reopen Claude Desktop to load the MCP server.

🔧 Configuration

Required Environment Variables

• HASHCAT_PATH - Path to hashcat executable (required)

Optional Environment Variables

• HASHCAT_SAFE_DIRS - Safe directories for wordlists (recommended)

• HASHCAT_LOG_LEVEL - Logging level: DEBUG, INFO, WARNING, ERROR (default: DEBUG)

📖 Usage Examples

Basic Hash Identification

Crack a Hash

Auto Attack Strategy

Batch Processing

📊 Supported Hash Types

The server supports 400+ hash types including:

• Raw Hashes: MD5, SHA1, SHA256, SHA512

• Operating Systems: NTLM, bcrypt, sha512crypt, md5crypt

• Network Protocols: WPA/WPA2, Kerberos

• Applications: MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle

• And many more...

🔍 Available Functions

• smart_identify_hash() - Enhanced hash identification

• crack_hash() - Crack single hash with various attack modes

• crack_multiple_hashes() - Batch hash cracking

• auto_attack_strategy() - Intelligent automated attacks

• benchmark_hashcat() - Performance benchmarking

• get_gpu_status() - Hardware monitoring

• analyze_cracked_passwords() - Password security analysis

• generate_smart_masks() - Intelligent brute-force patterns

• estimate_crack_time() - Time estimation for attacks

⚠️ Disclaimer

This tool is for educational and authorized security testing purposes only. Always ensure you have proper authorization before testing any systems or hashes that don't belong to you.

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Happy Hashing! 🔓