Krkn

The Kraken's Arsenal for Credential Operations

Krkn isn't just another cracking tool—it's the infrastructure for password security operations. Like a seasoned pirate captain who learns from every voyage, Krkn builds a treasure trove of cracking intelligence that grows more valuable with every hash you crack. It's a distributed execution fabric that orchestrates large-scale workloads across your fleet, accumulating reusable knowledge and integrating directly into your security operations pipelines.

Chart Your Course Through the Digital Seas

• Persistent Cracking Intelligence

  Like a captain's logbook that records every successful raid, Krkn maintains an encrypted, system-local key-value database storing hashes, cracked passwords, and historical results. Every hash is automatically deduplicated and re-queried against past victories—if you've cracked it before, you'll know instantly. The system gets smarter with every job, building a treasure map of credential intelligence.

• Distributed Execution Fabric (Orchestra)

  Command your fleet with Orchestra—a custom orchestration system where a central Conductor coordinates work across distributed workers called Tentacles. Using a pull-based model, workers request tasks when ready, providing natural load balancing and fault tolerance. Your crew scales horizontally like a pirate armada responding to the call.

• Self-Contained Attack Payloads

  Every job is a complete treasure chest—hashes, wordlists, rules, and masks all embedded and streamed to workers. No shared filesystems, no NFS mounts, no artifact servers. Your Tentacles can operate anywhere: cloud instances, containers, VPNs, segmented networks, even airgapped environments. True operational freedom.

• High-Performance Networking

  Navigate treacherous waters with QUIC (UDP-based) and HTTP/2 support. Multiplexed streaming connections excel over VPNs, NAT, firewalls, and high-latency links. Native Tailscale integration provides secure mesh networking with zero-config encrypted connectivity—perfect for multi-site deployments across the seven digital seas.

Automation-First Control Plane

True pirates don't need fancy dashboards—they need tools that integrate into their operations. Krkn is CLI-first, API-first, automation-first. Everything is driven by command line, gRPC APIs, and webhooks.

• Webhook Integration

  Receive real-time notifications for job start, completion, chunk completion, new cracks, and errors. Integrate directly into SOAR platforms, SIEM pipelines, CI/CD systems, Slack, Discord, ticketing systems, and automated remediation workflows. Your security operations become a well-oiled machine.

• Access Control & Multi-Tenancy

  Full ACL and role-based access control lets you manage who can submit jobs, view results, manage workers, access datasets, and administer the system. Support for multi-user teams, read-only auditors, automation service accounts, and segmented operational roles—every crew member knows their place.