# bcrypt-tool

**Repository Path**: mirrors_coreos/bcrypt-tool

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: bcrypt-tool
- **Description**: No description available
- **Primary Language**: Unknown
- **License**: Not specified
- **Default Branch**: master
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

## Statistics

- **Stars**: 0
- **Forks**: 0
- **Created**: 2020-08-08
- **Last Updated**: 2025-12-20

## Categories & Tags

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## README

A simple command line tool for generating bcrypted passwords.

Download the precompiled tool for your operating system from the [releases page](https://github.com/coreos/bcrypt-tool/releases).

```
$ wget https://github.com/coreos/bcrypt-tool/releases/download/v1.0.0/bcrypt-tool-v1.0.0-linux-amd64.tar.gz
$ sha512sum bcrypt-tool-v1.0.0-linux-amd64.tar.gz
# verify results
$ tar -zxvf bcrypt-tool-v1.0.0-linux-amd64.tar.gz
./
./bcrypt-tool/
./bcrypt-tool/bcrypt-tool
```

Use the tool to create a bcrypted password.

```
$ ./bcrypt-tool/bcrypt-tool 
Enter password: 
Re-enter password: 
$2a$10$C9DliP580ooWFpr6XTQwOuFd3znBNDMVSytJmm9viL4XLZuy.PnMm
```

Increase the cost using the `-cost` flag (defaults to 10).

```
$ ./bcrypt-tool/bcrypt-tool -cost=14
Enter password: 
Re-enter password: 
$2a$14$830vR/vhwIFKXaLtHaP41OInok.XsUBAgrG.EC3JqyQUMrbj091qG
```