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ZipCracker

ZipCracker is a simple but powerful password brute-force utility for cracking password-protected ZIP archives.
It’s built with Qt and integrates a custom cracking engine, providing both CLI and GUI support.

Disclaimer: This tool is intended for educational purposes, recovery of your own archives, and security research only.
The author is not responsible for misuse.


Features

  • Brute-force ZIP file passwords with configurable character sets
  • Adjustable minimum and maximum password lengths
  • Multiple cracking modes
  • Real-time progress feedback
  • Password display once found
  • Cross-platform support (Windows, and Linux)

Usage

1. Download and Launch the Binary

Download for Windows Download for Linux

2. Configure Settings

  • ZIP File – choose your target archive
  • Charset – define which characters that may be present in the lost password(e.g. abc123!@#)
  • Min/Max Length – define password length range
  • Mode – select brute-force or other supported modes (Default: AES 128)
  • Output – directory to save logs/results

3. Start Cracking

Click Start, and ZipCracker will begin brute-forcing. Once the password is found, it is displayed in the UI.


Requirements:

  • Windows or Linux

License

This project is licensed under the ZipCracker License v1.0:

  • ✅ Free to use
  • ✅ Free to modify and share (with credit to the original author: the-hollowclan)
  • ❌ No commercial use / reselling is not allowed

See the LICENSE file for details.


Credits

Created by The Hollow Clan “Craving power to combat potential chaos.”