PyPI

To install CryptIt, run this command in your terminal:

$ pip install cryptit

This is the preferred method to install CryptIt, as it will always install the most recent stable release.

Source files

In case you downloaded or cloned the source code from GitHub or your own fork, you can run the following to install cameo for development:

$ git clone https://github.com/KKStudLab/cryptit.git
$ cd cryptit
$ vitualenv --python=python[version] venv
$ source venv/bin/active
$ pip install --editable .

Note: Don’t forget about ‘sudo’!

Encryption mode

To encrypt files on your PC open terminal and type following command, use -e option and put just path to target file or directory.

root@kali:~/Pictures$ cryptit -e .
[*] Start time: 2017-09-05_21-36-30
[*] CryptIt mode: Encryption(AES-256 CBC mode)
[*] Path: .
[!] Enter your password:
[#] Encrypting files: 3it [00:00, 47.33it/s]
[*] Encrypting was successful!!
[*] Enctyption time: 0.0646049976349 seconds
[*] Print archive info(y/n): y


Archive info:
(cryptit_2017-09-05_21-36-30.zip)

Screenshot from 2017-08-18 21-47-25.png.aes
[!] Modified:       2017-09-05 21:36:32
[!] System:     3 (0 = Windows, 3 = Unix)
[!] ZIP version:    20
[!] Compressed:     244264 bytes
[!] Uncompressed:   244264 bytes
Wallpapers/36571921725_64b1d675cf_k.jpg.aes
[!] Modified:       2017-09-05 21:36:32
[!] System:     3 (0 = Windows, 3 = Unix)
[!] ZIP version:    20
[!] Compressed:     666952 bytes
[!] Uncompressed:   666952 bytes

Decryption mode

root@kali:~/Pictures$ cryptit -d cryptit_2017-09-05_21-36-30.zip
[*] Start time: 2017-09-05_21-48-36
[*] CryptIt mode: Decryption(AES-256 CBC mode)
[*] Path: cryptit_2017-09-05_21-36-30.zip
[!] Enter your password:
[#] Decrypting files: 2it [00:00, 102.09it/s]
[*] Decrypting was successful!!
[*] Dectyption time: 0.0205860137939 seconds
[!] Output dir: /Pictures/cryptit_2017-09-05_21-36-30