使用 Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix 安装 name-that-hash

项目链接

• 主页
• 仓库

命令和别名

• name-that-hash
• nth

项目历史

The repository was created on 2021-01-13, and PyPI release history begins with 0.0.1 on 2021-01-24. The project positioned itself as a modern successor to older hash identifiers, emphasizing popularity-ranked results, hash summaries, accessible output, JSON/API use, and Hashcat/John the Ripper mode information.

Release 1.10.0 on 2021-06-13 added more than 50 hashes and an automated test matrix for hash database correctness; release 1.11.0 on 2022-11-17 added and verified hash patterns including yescrypt, BitLocker, RACF, Argon2, and other community-contributed entries.

采用历史

The project reached security distributions and package managers beyond PyPI. Its README lists REMnux, AUR, MacPorts, and Homebrew, and Kali documents the `name-that-hash` and `nth` binaries for identifying MD5, SHA256, and more than 300 other hash types.

Repository metadata consulted on 2026-07-01 showed 1,658 GitHub stars and 110 forks. Homebrew listed 348 installs over the prior 365 days, which is modest but plausible for a specialist CTF/forensics helper.

使用方式

The practical loop is simple: pass one hash with `nth --text`, pass a newline-delimited file with `nth --file`, or use greppable/JSON output for automation. Kali's help output also documents base64 decoding, accessible mode, and an extreme mode that searches for hashes inside larger strings.

Package nerds use it before cracking: identify candidate formats, choose likely Hashcat or John modes, then feed those guesses into heavier cracking or forensic tooling. The JSON output makes it scriptable in pipelines.

为什么软件包爱好者会关心

Name That Hash matters because it packages the messy regex database problem with better output priorities and cracking-tool context. It is not a cryptographic primitive; it is a triage tool that saves time before using Hashcat, John, or CTF tooling.

时间线

• 2021-01-13: GitHub repository created.
• 2021-01-24: PyPI release 0.0.1 published.
• 2021-06-13: 1.10.0 release adds more than 50 hashes and an automated test matrix.
• 2022-11-17: 1.11.0 release published on GitHub and PyPI.
• 2026-07-01: Homebrew Formulae page listed 348 installs over the prior 365 days.

Related projects

• HashID
• Hash-Identifier
• Hashcat
• John the Ripper
• REMnux
• Kali Linux

来源

• https://api.github.com/repos/bee-san/Name-That-Hash
• https://api.github.com/repos/bee-san/Name-That-Hash/releases?per_page=5
• https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/name-that-hash
• https://github.com/bee-san/Name-That-Hash
• https://pypi.org/project/name-that-hash/
• https://www.kali.org/tools/name-that-hash/