How to Install CyberChef on Manjaro

CyberChef is an open-source web application used to encode, decode, and analyze data. It is developed by GCHQ and is available for free on GitHub. If you are using Manjaro and want to install CyberChef, this tutorial will guide you through the process.

Prerequisites

Before installing CyberChef, make sure you have the following:

Installing CyberChef

To install CyberChef on Manjaro, follow these steps:

  1. Open your web browser and go to the CyberChef GitHub repository at https://github.com/gchq/CyberChef.

  2. Click on the green "Code" button and select "Download ZIP" to download the latest version of CyberChef.

  3. Once the download is complete, extract the ZIP file to a location of your choice. You can extract it to your home directory or create a new folder.

  4. Open the terminal by pressing "Ctrl + Alt + T" on your keyboard.

  5. Navigate to the folder where you extracted the CyberChef files using the "cd" command. For example, if you extracted the files to your home directory, you can navigate there by typing:

cd ~
  1. Once you are in the folder where you extracted the CyberChef files, run the following command to start the CyberChef server:
python3 serve.py
  1. You should see a message indicating that the server has started running. It should look something like this:
Serving on http://0.0.0.0:8080/
  1. Open your web browser and go to http://localhost:8080/. You should see the CyberChef interface, and you can start using it to encode, decode, and analyze your data.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install CyberChef on Manjaro step by step. CyberChef is a powerful tool that can help you with many data encoding and decoding tasks. If you follow each step carefully, you should have no problem installing and using CyberChef on your Manjaro Linux machine.

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