CyberChef

CyberChef is a versatile, web-based application developed by GCHQ (UK Government Communications Headquarters) that serves as "The Cyber Swiss Army Knife" for data manipulation, analysis, and transformation. Trusted by security professionals, developers, and analysts worldwide, CyberChef provides an intuitive browser-based interface for performing complex operations on data without writing code or using command-line tools. With over 300 built-in operations spanning cryptography, encoding, compression, data formats, and analysis, CyberChef eliminates the need for multiple specialized tools. The application runs entirely in your browser with client-side processing, ensuring that sensitive data never leaves your machine—critical for security operations, incident response, and handling confidential information.

Common Use Cases

Security Analysts & Incident Responders: Decode obfuscated malware strings, analyze suspicious URLs, extract IOCs from logs, and reverse-engineer encoded payloads during investigations. Use CyberChef's recipe system to automate repetitive decoding workflows for analyzing phishing emails, deobfuscating JavaScript, and parsing forensic artifacts. Developers & DevOps Engineers: Debug API responses, convert between data formats (JSON, XML, YAML), generate test data, hash passwords, encode/decode JWT tokens, and troubleshoot encoding issues in applications. Create recipes for common data transformation tasks like Base64 encoding files for embedding or converting timestamps between formats. CTF Players & Security Researchers: Solve capture-the-flag challenges involving multi-stage encoding, cryptographic puzzles, and steganography. Use the "Magic" operation to automatically detect unknown encoding schemes and chain operations to crack complex encoded flags. Data Analysts: Parse and transform data from various sources, convert between character encodings, compress/decompress files, extract data from complex formats, and perform quick data validation and formatting operations.

Key Features

• 300+ operations including Base64, AES encryption, hashing, regex, compression, and data format conversions
• Drag-and-drop recipe builder for chaining operations with automatic real-time processing
• "Magic" operation automatically detects encoding types and suggests appropriate operations
• Breakpoints and step-through debugging for troubleshooting complex data transformations
• Shareable recipes via URL parameters for collaboration and documentation
• Client-side processing ensures data never leaves your browser or machine
• Support for file inputs up to 2GB with chunked processing for large datasets
• Visual hex editor, diff viewer, and data inspector for detailed analysis
• Regular expression testing and debugging with syntax highlighting
• Cryptographic operations including AES, DES, RSA, hashing (MD5, SHA, bcrypt), and HMAC
• Network operations for IP address parsing, URL encoding/decoding, and protocol analysis
• Timestamp conversions, timezone handling, and date format transformations

Why deploy CyberChef on Hostinger VPS

Deploying CyberChef on Hostinger VPS provides your team with a dedicated, always-available instance of this essential security and data analysis tool without relying on public hosted versions. While CyberChef processes data client-side, self-hosting eliminates concerns about network access to public instances, ensures availability during critical incidents, and allows you to control exactly which version is deployed. For security teams handling sensitive investigations, having a private CyberChef instance accessible only within your infrastructure adds an extra layer of operational security. The lightweight container requires minimal resources, making it perfect for running alongside other security tools on a VPS. With dedicated hosting on Hostinger VPS, you can integrate CyberChef into your security operations center (SOC) workflows, incident response runbooks, and analyst training environments. Custom domains and SSL configuration allow you to provide your team with a professional, branded interface for data analysis operations. For organizations with compliance requirements around data handling, self-hosting CyberChef on your own infrastructure ensures complete control over access logs, eliminates third-party dependencies, and maintains compliance with data sovereignty regulations.