# crunchy

**Repository Path**: mirrors_muesli/crunchy

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: crunchy
- **Description**: Finds common flaws in passwords. Like cracklib, but written in Go.
- **Primary Language**: Unknown
- **License**: MIT
- **Default Branch**: master
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

## Statistics

- **Stars**: 0
- **Forks**: 0
- **Created**: 2020-08-09
- **Last Updated**: 2026-09-26

## Categories & Tags

**Categories**: Uncategorized

**Tags**: None

## README

crunchy
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Finds common flaws in passwords. Like cracklib, but written in Go.

Detects:
 - `ErrEmpty`: Empty passwords
 - `ErrTooShort`: Too short passwords
 - `ErrNoDigits`: Password does not contain any digits
 - `ErrNoSymbols`: Password does not contain any special characters
 - `ErrTooFewChars`: Too few different characters, like "aabbccdd"
 - `ErrTooSystematic`: Systematic passwords, like "abcdefgh" or "87654321"
 - `ErrDictionary`: Passwords from a dictionary / wordlist
 - `ErrMangledDictionary`: Mangled / reversed passwords, like "p@ssw0rd" or "drowssap"
 - `ErrHashedDictionary`: Hashed dictionary words, like "5f4dcc3b5aa765d61d8327deb882cf99" (the md5sum of "password")
 - `ErrFoundHIBP`: Optional hash checks against the haveibeenpwned.com database

Your system dictionaries from `/usr/share/dict` will be indexed. If no dictionaries were found, crunchy only relies on
the regular sanity checks (`ErrEmpty`, `ErrTooShort`, `ErrTooFewChars` and `ErrTooSystematic`). On Ubuntu it is
recommended to install the wordlists distributed with `cracklib-runtime`, on macOS you can install `cracklib-words` from
brew. You could also install various other language dictionaries or wordlists, e.g. from skullsecurity.org.

crunchy uses the WagnerFischer algorithm to find mangled passwords in your dictionaries.

## Installation

Make sure you have a working Go environment (Go 1.2 or higher is required).
See the [install instructions](https://golang.org/doc/install.html).

To install crunchy, simply run:

    go get github.com/muesli/crunchy

## Example

```go
package main

import (
	"github.com/muesli/crunchy"
	"fmt"
)

func main() {
    validator := crunchy.NewValidator()

    err := validator.Check("12345678")
    if err != nil {
        fmt.Printf("The password '12345678' is considered unsafe: %v\n", err)
    }

    err = validator.Check("p@ssw0rd")
    if dicterr, ok := err.(*crunchy.DictionaryError); ok {
        fmt.Printf("The password 'p@ssw0rd' is too similar to dictionary word '%s' (distance %d)\n",
            dicterr.Word, dicterr.Distance)
    }

    err = validator.Check("d1924ce3d0510b2b2b4604c99453e2e1")
    if err == nil {
        // Password is considered acceptable
        ...
    }
}
```

## Custom Options

```go
package main

import (
	"github.com/muesli/crunchy"
	"fmt"
)

func main() {
    validator := crunchy.NewValidatorWithOpts(crunchy.Options{
        // MinLength is the minimum length required for a valid password
        // (must be >= 1, default is 8)
        MinLength: 10,

        // MinDiff is the minimum amount of unique characters required for a valid password
        // (must be >= 1, default is 5)
        MinDiff: 8,

        // MinDist is the minimum WagnerFischer distance for mangled password dictionary lookups
        // (must be >= 0, default is 3)
        MinDist: 4,

        // Hashers will be used to find hashed passwords in dictionaries
        Hashers: []hash.Hash{md5.New(), sha1.New(), sha256.New(), sha512.New()},

        // DictionaryPath contains all the dictionaries that will be parsed
        // (default is /usr/share/dict)
        DictionaryPath: "/var/my/own/dicts",

        // MustContainDigit is a flag to require at least one digit for a valid password
        // (default is false)
        MustContainDigit: true,

        // MustContainSymbol is a flag to require at least one special symbol for a valid password
        // (default is false)
        MustContainSymbol: true,

	// Check haveibeenpwned.com database
	// Default is false
	CheckHIBP: true,
    })
    ...
}
```