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.”