anurag-ctfscan 1.0.1

Blazing-fast terminal utility for CTF players to find and decode flags

🛠️ ctfscan – BLACKFLAG

Instant flag finder & decoder for CTFs.
Built by @Anuragmahipal
🦾 No GUI. No bloat. Just raw shell power.

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⚔️ What is ctfscan?

ctfscan is a blazing-fast terminal utility for CTF players, reverse engineers, and anyone trying to slice through encoded clues and flag-filled binaries.

📦 Installs in seconds via pip.
⚡ Runs in a blink.
🕵️‍♂️ Built for real-world use.

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🔥 Features

🔧 Tool	📌 Purpose
-ff	Find flag{} / FLAG{} / CTF{} patterns
-d64	Decode base64 data from file
-dhex	Decode hex strings (like shellcode)
-scan	Advanced analysis (exiftool, binwalk, strings)
Default mode	Auto-search for flag-like patterns

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🚀 Quick Start

Installation

Via pip (recommended):

pip install ctfscan

From source:

git clone https://github.com/Anuragmahipal/ctfscan.git
cd ctfscan
pip install -e .

Usage

# Find all flags recursively
ctfscan -ff secret.txt

# Decode base64
ctfscan -d64 encoded.txt

# Decode hex
ctfscan -dhex shellcode.hex

# Advanced analysis
ctfscan -scan binary_file

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⚡ Usage Cheatsheet

ctfscan -ff <file_or_directory>
# 🔎 Search for flags recursively

ctfscan -d64 <file>
# 📜 Decode base64 content

ctfscan -dhex <file>
# 🧬 Decode hex data

ctfscan -scan <file>
# 🔍 Run exiftool, binwalk, and strings analysis

ctfscan -h
# 📖 Show help

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💻 CTF Workflow Integration

Pair ctfscan with your favorite tools:

• Grep for flags while solving CTFs
• Decode strings on the fly
• Hex + base64 decoding directly from terminal
• Use in bash scripts and automation
• Integrate with fzf and other terminal tools

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🧠 Sample Use Cases

# Find all flags in a directory:
ctfscan -ff ./capture/

# Decode a file that's base64 encoded:
ctfscan -d64 encoded.txt

# Pipe into another tool:
ctfscan -ff target.bin | tee flags.txt

# Advanced analysis on binary:
ctfscan -scan challenges/binary_challenge

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⚙️ Requirements

• Python 3.6 or higher
• Optional: exiftool, binwalk, strings for advanced scanning

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📦 Installation Methods

Method 1: PyPI (Recommended)

pip install ctfscan
ctfscan -h

Method 2: From Source

git clone https://github.com/Anuragmahipal/ctfscan.git
cd ctfscan
pip install -e .
ctfscan -h

Method 3: Development Install

git clone https://github.com/Anuragmahipal/ctfscan.git
cd ctfscan
pip install -e ".[dev]"

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🐛 Troubleshooting

Command not found after installation?

• Ensure the pip installation location is in your PATH
• Try: python -m ctfscan.cli -ff file.txt

Optional tools not working?

• Install: exiftool, binwalk, strings
• On Ubuntu/Debian: sudo apt-get install exiftool binwalk
• On macOS: brew install exiftool binwalk

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📝 License

MIT License - See LICENSE file for details

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🤝 Contributing

Found a bug? Have a feature request?
Open an issue on GitHub

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👨‍💻 Author

Anuragmahipal
GitHub: @Anuragmahipal

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☠️ Why Use This?

Because grep is noisy. xxd is clunky. And most tools aren't built for CTF pace.

ctfscan is laser-focused, scriptable, minimal, and shell-native.

Find flags faster. Decode deeper. Hack cleaner. 🧨

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📜 License

MIT — Fork it, enhance it, make it yours.

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👾 Screenshot

$ ctfscan -ff memory_dump.bin
[+] Found: FLAG{real_binary_capture}