The password-cracking software for police, law enforcement and IT forensics – GPU-accelerated, distributed and with a court-admissible audit trail.
Evidence Grade
From evidence intake to the documented password in plaintext – court-admissible password recovery for investigators.
Configure, launch and monitor every attack through a clearly structured interface – no command line, no detours.
The automatic attack combines personal wordlist generation, rules and adaptive masks into a guided, traceable workflow.
See how GovCracker revolutionizes professional password recovery for law enforcement and IT forensics.
Distribute your attacks across unlimited machines. Cluster computing for maximum performance.
In criminal proceedings, the traceable path to the result matters. GovCracker logs every step automatically – tamper-evident and exportable.
Same GPU, same hash type – direct speed comparison.
| Hash Type | GovCracker | Passware Kit | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|
| MS Office 2013+ (AES-256) | 65.361 H/s | 48.581 H/s | +35% |
| RAR 5.x (AES-256) | 263.581 H/s | 201.723 H/s | +31% |
| FileVault2 / APFS | 428.985 H/s | 117.395 H/s | +265% |
| BitLocker | 9.565 H/s | 7.312 H/s | +31% |
Reference: single NVIDIA RTX 4090. GovCore/hashcat figures based on the official v7.0.0 community benchmark; Passware figures from the Passware Kit Ultimate datasheet. Results may vary.
Everything you need to get the most out of GovCracker.
From evidence intake to court-ready reports – GovCracker supports forensic teams in their daily work.
The complete audit trail has made presenting evidence far easier – every step is documented in a court-proof way.
With GovCluster we distribute large attacks across multiple GPU servers – processing time has dropped dramatically.
The enormous speed and the intuitive interface save us a lot of time in day-to-day investigations.
The right version for your needs
For testing
Annual license – per user / hardware-bound
Requires an active Gov Edition license · expires with your Gov Edition
The first-response tool for digital investigations – developed by us for professional use. Designed for on-site searches: fast, offline, and forensically secure.