pdfrip ☆

« Back to VersTracker

Description:
Multi-threaded PDF password cracking utility

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Security

Tags: security pdf password-recovery pentesting cli

Install: brew install pdfrip

About:
Pdfrip is a command-line utility designed to perform fast, multi-threaded dictionary attacks against password-protected PDF files. It efficiently processes documents by leveraging parallel execution to maximize throughput on modern hardware. The tool is valuable for security professionals conducting authorized penetration tests or for users who need to recover access to their own documents.

Key Features:

Multi-threaded architecture for high-speed cracking
Supports standard PDF encryption algorithms
Simple and fast command-line interface
Efficient dictionary-based attack mode

Use Cases:

Performing authorized security audits on PDF documents
Recovering passwords from lost or forgotten PDF files

Alternatives:

John the Ripper – A comprehensive password auditing suite that supports PDFs among many other formats, but is more complex to configure for a single task.
pdfcrack – A specialized tool for recovering PDF passwords, but it may lack the modern performance optimizations and multi-threading capabilities of pdfrip.

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Sep 14, 2025 6:36am		0	VERSION_BUMP	6578ae57
Sep 14, 2024 6:45am		0	VERSION_BUMP	0784a2b0