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wpaforge

Android WPA passphrase cracker — target-derived candidates, smart ranking, resumable runs, background queue. Apache-2.0.

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Details

External ID
1413350636
Source
GITHUB
Company
—
Product
wpaforge
Website domain
github.com
Launched
Oct. 10, 2026
Cohort
—
Upvotes
43
Upvotes percentile
0.68
Tags
android, open-source, password-cracker, pentest, security-audit, wifi, wpa, xposed-alternative

Enrichment

Niche
developer libraries and utility clients
Vertical
Security
Function
Dev tools
Audience
Developer
AI stance
Not AI
Project type
Hobby / open-source project
Normalized one-liner
wpa password cracker for android
Manually corrected
False

Could you build this?

No Writing an Android-native WPA cracker involves low-level cryptographic hashing (PBKDF2-HMAC-SHA1), GPU acceleration via OpenCL/Vulkan or optimized NDK C/assembly, and Wi-Fi frame/pcap parsing.

What it would actually take: The app requires Android NDK with C/C++ or Rust to execute high-performance PBKDF2/HMAC-SHA1 hashing, likely leveraging Vulkan compute shaders or OpenCL on mobile GPUs. It needs low-level parser implementations for 4-way handshakes (EAPOL frames/PCAP files), candidate generation algorithms, and efficient background execution within Android's aggressive process lifecycle limits. This requires deep systems-level cryptography and Android internal hardware expertise.

Competitors

Other products that read as similar to this one — 30 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.

Attention rank: #13 of 31 (itself plus its competitors, highest first — normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).

Launched 113 days after the earliest competitor.

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