CyberChef
CyberChef is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Utilities category, licensed Apache-2.0 and written mainly in JavaScript. It has 36,210 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 23, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 36,210
- Forks
- 4,182
- Open issues
- 426
- Commits, last 12 months
- 351
- Last commit
- Oct 23, 2026
- Latest release
- v11.5.0Sep 18, 2026
- Created
- Nov 28, 2016
- License
- Apache-2.0Open source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 23, 2026, 351 commits in 12 months.
- Regular releases10 or more releases in 12 months
- Welcomes contributors54 open good-first-issue or help-wanted issues and a contributing guide
- Security policyPublishes a security policy on GitHub
| Last commit | Oct 23, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 351 |
| Latest release | v11.5.0 (Sep 18, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 10 or more |
| Releases, all time | 459 |
| Open issues | 426 |
| Open pull requests | 174 |
| Good first issues | 3 |
| Contributing guide | Yes |
| Security policy | Yes |
| Created | Nov 28, 2016 |
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About CyberChef
Perform all manner of operations within a web browser such as AES, DES and Blowfish encryption and decryption, creating hexdumps, calculating hashes, and much more.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/gchq/CyberChef.
Topics
- data-analysis
- data-manipulation
- encryption
- encoding
- compression
- parsing
- hashing
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Is CyberChef free and open source?
Yes. CyberChef is open-source software released under the Apache-2.0 license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.
Can I run CyberChef with Docker?
CyberChef does not list an official Docker image. It installs natively (Javascript), so follow the install steps in its README or look for a community-maintained container.
What are the best alternatives to CyberChef?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to CyberChef include Excalidraw, revealjs and penpot.
Is CyberChef actively maintained?
The most recent commit to CyberChef was on Oct 23, 2026 with 351 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is v11.5.0, published Sep 18, 2026. It had 426 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.