CyberChef is a simple, intuitive web app for carrying out all manner of “cyber” operations within a web browser. These operations include simple encoding like XOR and Base64, more complex encryption like AES, DES and Blowfish, creating binary and hexdumps, compression and decompression of data, calculating hashes and checksums, IPv6 and X.509 parsing, changing character encodings, and much more.
The tool is designed to enable both technical and non-technical analysts to manipulate data in complex ways without having to deal with complex tools or algorithms. It was conceived, designed, built and incrementally improved by an analyst in their 10% innovation time over several years.
CyberChef is still under active development. As a result, it shouldn’t be considered a finished product. There is still testing and bug fixing to do, new features to be added and additional documentation to write. Please contribute!
Cryptographic operations in CyberChef should not be relied upon to provide security in any situation. No guarantee is offered for their correctness.
A live demo can be found here - have fun!
If you would like to try out CyberChef locally you can either build it yourself:
docker build --tag cyberchef --ulimit nofile=10000 .
docker run -it -p 8080:80 cyberchef
Or you can use our image directly:
docker run -it -p 8080:80 ghcr.io/gchq/cyberchef:latest
This image is built and published through our GitHub Workflows
There are four main areas in CyberChef:
You can use as many operations as you like in simple or complex ways. Some examples are as follows:
By manipulating CyberChef’s URL hash, you can change the initial settings with which the page opens. The format is https://gchq.github.io/CyberChef/#recipe=Operation()&input=...
Supported arguments are recipe
, input
(encoded in Base64), and theme
.
CyberChef is built to support
CyberChef is built to fully support Node.js v16
. For more information, see the “Node API” wiki page
Contributing a new operation to CyberChef is super easy! The quickstart script will walk you through the process. If you can write basic JavaScript, you can write a CyberChef operation.
An installation walkthrough, how-to guides for adding new operations and themes, descriptions of the repository structure, available data types and coding conventions can all be found in the “Contributing” wiki page.
gchq.github.io/CyberChef
gchq.github.io/CyberChef/#recipe=Fork('%5C%5Cn','%5C%5Cn',false)Conditional_Jump('1',false,'base64',10)To_Hex('Space')Return()Label('base64')To_Base64('A-Za-z0-9%2B/%3D')&input=U29tZSBkYXRhIHdpdGggYSAxIGluIGl0ClNvbWUgZGF0YSB3aXRoIGEgMiBpbiBpdA
gchq.github.io/CyberChef/#recipe=Fork('%5C%5Cn','%5C%5Cn',false)From_UNIX_Timestamp('Seconds%20(s)')&input=OTc4MzQ2ODAwCjEwMTI2NTEyMDAKMTA0NjY5NjQwMAoxMDgxMDg3MjAwCjExMTUzMDUyMDAKMTE0OTYwOTYwMA
gchq.github.io/CyberChef/#recipe=From_Base64('A-Za-z0-9%2B/%3D',true)&input=VTI4Z2JHOXVaeUJoYm1RZ2RHaGhibXR6SUdadmNpQmhiR3dnZEdobElHWnBjMmd1
gchq.github.io/CyberChef/#recipe=From_Hexdump()Gunzip()&input=MDAwMDAwMDAgIDFmIDhiIDA4IDAwIDEyIGJjIGYzIDU3IDAwIGZmIDBkIGM3IGMxIDA5IDAwIDIwICB8Li4uLi6881cu/y7HwS4uIHwKMDAwMDAwMTAgIDA4IDA1IGQwIDU1IGZlIDA0IDJkIGQzIDA0IDFmIGNhIDhjIDQ0IDIxIDViIGZmICB8Li7QVf4uLdMuLsouRCFb/3wKMDAwMDAwMjAgIDYwIGM3IGQ3IDAzIDE2IGJlIDQwIDFmIDc4IDRhIDNmIDA5IDg5IDBiIDlhIDdkICB8YMfXLi6%2BQC54Sj8uLi4ufXwKMDAwMDAwMzAgIDRlIGM4IDRlIDZkIDA1IDFlIDAxIDhiIDRjIDI0IDAwIDAwIDAwICAgICAgICAgICB8TshObS4uLi5MJC4uLnw
gchq.github.io/CyberChef/#recipe=Magic(3,false,false)&input=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
gchq.github.io/CyberChef/#recipe=Parse_IPv6_address()&input=MjAwMTowMDAwOjQxMzY6ZTM3ODo4MDAwOjYzYmY6M2ZmZjpmZGQy
gchq.github.io/CyberChef/#recipe=RC4(%7B'option':'UTF8','string':'secret'%7D,'Hex','Hex')Disassemble_x86('64','Full%20x86%20architecture',16,0,true,true)&input=MjFkZGQyNTQwMTYwZWU2NWZlMDc3NzEwM2YyYTM5ZmJlNWJjYjZhYTBhYWJkNDE0ZjkwYzZjYWY1MzEyNzU0YWY3NzRiNzZiM2JiY2QxOTNjYjNkZGZkYmM1YTI2NTMzYTY4NmI1OWI4ZmVkNGQzODBkNDc0NDIwMWFlYzIwNDA1MDcxMzhlMmZlMmIzOTUwNDQ2ZGIzMWQyYmM2MjliZTRkM2YyZWIwMDQzYzI5M2Q3YTVkMjk2MmMwMGZlNmRhMzAwNzJkOGM1YTZiNGZlN2Q4NTlhMDQwZWVhZjI5OTczMzYzMDJmNWEwZWMxOQ
gchq.github.io/CyberChef/#recipe=Register('(.%7B32%7D)',true,false)Drop_bytes(0,32,false)AES_Decrypt(%7B'option':'Hex','string':'1748e7179bd56570d51fa4ba287cc3e5'%7D,%7B'option':'Hex','string':'$R0'%7D,'CTR','Hex','Raw',%7B'option':'Hex','string':''%7D)&input=NTFlMjAxZDQ2MzY5OGVmNWY3MTdmNzFmNWI0NzEyYWYyMGJlNjc0YjNiZmY1M2QzODU0NjM5NmVlNjFkYWFjNDkwOGUzMTljYTNmY2Y3MDg5YmZiNmIzOGVhOTllNzgxZDI2ZTU3N2JhOWRkNmYzMTFhMzk0MjBiODk3OGU5MzAxNGIwNDJkNDQ3MjZjYWVkZjU0MzZlYWY2NTI0MjljMGRmOTRiNTIxNjc2YzdjMmNlODEyMDk3YzI3NzI3M2M3YzcyY2Q4OWFlYzhkOWZiNGEyNzU4NmNjZjZhYTBhZWUyMjRjMzRiYTNiZmRmN2FlYjFkZGQ0Nzc2MjJiOTFlNzJjOWU3MDlhYjYwZjhkYWY3MzFlYzBjYzg1Y2UwZjc0NmZmMTU1NGE1YTNlYzI5MWNhNDBmOWU2MjlhODcyNTkyZDk4OGZkZDgzNDUzNGFiYTc5YzFhZDE2NzY3NjlhN2MwMTBiZjA0NzM5ZWNkYjY1ZDk1MzAyMzcxZDYyOWQ5ZTM3ZTdiNGEzNjFkYTQ2OGYxZWQ1MzU4OTIyZDJlYTc1MmRkMTFjMzY2ZjMwMTdiMTRhYTAxMWQyYWYwM2M0NGY5NTU3OTA5OGExNWUzY2Y5YjQ0ODZmOGZmZTljMjM5ZjM0ZGU3MTUxZjZjYTY1MDBmZTRiODUwYzNmMWMwMmU4MDFjYWYzYTI0NDY0NjE0ZTQyODAxNjE1YjhmZmFhMDdhYzgyNTE0OTNmZmRhN2RlNWRkZjMzNjg4ODBjMmI5NWIwMzBmNDFmOGYxNTA2NmFkZDA3MWE2NmNmNjBlNWY0NmYzYTIzMGQzOTdiNjUyOTYzYTIxYTUzZg
gchq.github.io/CyberChef/#recipe=Register('key%3D(%5B%5C%5Cda-f%5D*)',true,false)Find_/_Replace(%7B'option':'Regex','string':'.*data%3D(.*)'%7D,'$1',true,false,true)RC4(%7B'option':'Hex','string':'$R0'%7D,'Hex','Latin1')&input=aHR0cDovL21hbHdhcmV6LmJpei9iZWFjb24ucGhwP2tleT0wZTkzMmE1YyZkYXRhPThkYjdkNWViZTM4NjYzYTU0ZWNiYjMzNGUzZGIxMQ
gchq.github.io/CyberChef/#recipe=Translate_DateTime_Format('Standard%20date%20and%20time','DD/MM/YYYY%20HH:mm:ss','UTC','dddd%20Do%20MMMM%20YYYY%20HH:mm:ss%20Z%20z','Australia/Queensland')&input=MTUvMDYvMjAxNSAyMDo0NTowMA
gchq.github.io/CyberChef/#recipe=XOR(%7B'option':'Hex','string':'3a'%7D,'Standard',false)To_Hexdump(16,false,false)&input=VGhlIGFuc3dlciB0byB0aGUgdWx0aW1hdGUgcXVlc3Rpb24gb2YgbGlmZSwgdGhlIFVuaXZlcnNlLCBhbmQgZXZlcnl0aGluZyBpcyA0Mi4
github.com/gchq/.github/workflows/releases.yml
github.com/gchq/CyberChef
github.com/gchq/CyberChef/wiki/Automatic-detection-of-encoded-data-using-CyberChef-Magic
github.com/gchq/CyberChef/wiki/Contributing
github.com/gchq/CyberChef/wiki/Node-API