# truecrack mit Homebrew, Nix installieren Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für truecrack in AI-Agent-Workflows. ## Installation ```sh sudo av install brew:truecrack ``` Weitere Installationsbefehle: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install truecrack ``` Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#truecrack ``` Evidenz: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/tr/truecrack/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Paketfakten - **Paketschlüssel:** brew:truecrack - **Paketmanager:** Homebrew - **Paketmanager-Seite:** - **Version:** 3.5 - **Quellzusammenfassung:** Brute-force password cracker for TrueCrypt - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream-Dokumentation:** - **Lizenz:** GPL-3.0-or-later - **Quellarchiv:** - **Generiert:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00 ## Executables - truecrack (cli) - truecrack (Alias) ## Installationsverhalten - Post-install-Hook: nicht definiert - Bottle: verfügbar auf arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura ## Version und Aktualität - Seite generiert: 2026-07-08 - Manager-Version: 3.5 - lokale Daten: OK - Upstream-Repository: https://github.com/lvaccaro/truecrack - Info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. - Info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung TrueCrack is a GPLv3 brute-force password cracker for TrueCrypt volumes. The official README identifies version 3.6, Linux support, CUDA optimization, and both GPU and CPU execution. ### Projektgeschichte TrueCrack belongs to the older TrueCrypt-era password-recovery and forensic tooling niche. Its README says the software is based on TrueCrypt and supports PBKDF2 key derivation functions using RIPEMD160, SHA512, and Whirlpool, plus XTS mode with AES, Serpent, and Twofish. The project is intentionally focused rather than broad: it handles file-hosted and partition/device-hosted TrueCrypt volumes, hidden volumes, backup headers, dictionary attacks, and generated alphabet attacks. The README's performance section compares CPU and NVIDIA GPU timings, reflecting the period when CUDA acceleration was a major differentiator for brute-force recovery tools. ### Adoptionsgeschichte Reliable source-backed adoption evidence is thin beyond the official repository and package-manager presence. The Homebrew and Nix packages make the tool discoverable to security practitioners and collectors of legacy crypto/password tools, but the project itself documents a narrow, resource-heavy workflow and recommends a dedicated GPU board. In package-manager catalogs, TrueCrack persists mostly as a specialized utility: useful when someone needs TrueCrypt-volume password recovery experiments, but not a general password-auditing framework. ### Wie es verwendet wird The README documents dictionary attacks with `truecrack -t truecrypt_file -w passwords_file` and alphabet attacks with `truecrack -t truecrypt_file -c alphabet -m maxlength`, with options for key derivation function, encryption algorithm, backup headers, hidden volumes, restore points, and CUDA/CPU configuration. Build and installation follow the classic Autotools path: `./configure`, `make`, and `sudo make install`, with configure options for CUDA debug mode, CPU-only mode, and CUDA path selection. ### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren TrueCrack is package-nerd-significant as a preserved C/CUDA security tool tied to the TrueCrypt ecosystem. It is the kind of package that matters less for daily use and more for keeping a historically important crypto-recovery workflow buildable from package managers. Its formula is also a reminder that package collections include legacy forensic utilities whose upstream documentation is sparse but operationally specific. ### Zeitleiste - v3.6: The README identifies the project as TRUECRACK v3.6. - TrueCrypt basis: README says the software is based on TrueCrypt and targets TrueCrypt volumes. - Current README: documented usage includes dictionary attacks, generated alphabet attacks, GPU/CPU operation, hidden volumes, backup headers, and Autotools installation. ### Related projects - TrueCrypt, CUDA, PBKDF2, RIPEMD160, SHA512, Whirlpool, AES, Serpent, Twofish ### Quellen - - ## Sicherheitshinweise escape, surveillance, or offensive capability signal. - **Geiger-Risiko:** red / mittel - escape, surveillance, or offensive capability signal ## Details aus der Quelldatenbank - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** truecrack - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge - Nix - truecrack: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/tr/truecrack/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Verwandte Links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [fcrackzip](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/fcrackzip/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: brute-force, cli, password-recovery, security. - [hashcat](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/hashcat/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, password-recovery, security. - [pdfcrack](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/pdfcrack/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, password-recovery, security. - [pdfrip](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/pdfrip/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, password-recovery, security. - [wirouter_keyrec](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/wirouter-keyrec/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, password-recovery, security. - [ophcrack](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/ophcrack/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, password-recovery, security. - [pixiewps](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/pixiewps/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: brute-force, cli, security. - [acme.sh](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/acme-sh/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, security. - [hydra](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/hydra/) - Security-sensitive metadata or terminology overlaps. Shared terms: cli, cracker, password, security. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/truecrack.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/truecrack.yml) ## Quellen - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph