mojicrypt
just a fun little thing that me and a friend thought would be fun to write.
aes-256-gcm encryption with unicode-encoded output. turns your secrets into a wall of emojis and symbols.
what it does
takes a plaintext message (or any file) and a passphrase, encrypts it with aes-256-gcm (256-bit key derived via scrypt), and encodes the ciphertext as non-alphanumeric unicode characters: emoji faces, animals, food, arrows, math symbols, and other fun glyphs.
dependencies
- python 3.6+
- pycryptodome
install
pip install pycryptodome
sudo make install
usage
encrypt (auto-generated keyfile)
# no -p or -k given โ generates mojicrypt-key<epoch>_<uuid>.ukey automatically
mojicrypt encrypt "your secret message"
# no passphrase given โ generated keyfile: mojicrypt-key1709500000_a1b2..ukey
# keep that file safe - you'll need it to decrypt
encrypt (manual passphrase)
mojicrypt encrypt -p "mypassphrase" "hello world"
# ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ฏ๐๐๐๐ฎ๐๐๐โ๐ฃ๐๐ฐโ๐๐๐...
decrypt
# using a keyfile
mojicrypt decrypt -k mojicrypt-key1709500000_a1b2....ukey "๐๐๐๐..."
# using a passphrase
mojicrypt decrypt -p "mypassphrase" "๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ฏ๐๐๐๐ฎ๐๐๐โ๐ฃ๐๐ฐโ๐๐๐..."
# hello world
encrypt a file
# auto-generates a keyfile, encrypts photo.jpg โ photo.jpg.uc
mojicrypt encrypt -f photo.jpg
# with explicit passphrase
mojicrypt encrypt -p "mypassphrase" -f document.pdf -o document.pdf.uc
decrypt a file
# using the auto-generated keyfile (strips .uc from output name automatically)
mojicrypt decrypt -k mojicrypt-key1709500000_a1b2....ukey -f photo.jpg.uc
# with explicit passphrase and output path
mojicrypt decrypt -p "mypassphrase" -f archive.tar.gz.uc -o archive.tar.gz
piping
echo "secret" | mojicrypt encrypt -p "key"
cat encrypted.txt | mojicrypt decrypt -p "key"
version
mojicrypt -v
how it works
- derives a 256-bit key from your passphrase using scrypt (N=32768, r=8, p=1)
- encrypts plaintext with aes-256-gcm (12-byte nonce, 128-bit auth tag)
- encodes the salt + nonce + tag + ciphertext as unicode glyphs (1 byte โ 1 glyph)
- decryption reverses the process โ glyphs โ bytes โ aes-gcm decrypt
the glyph table uses 256 unique symbols from these unicode blocks:
| block | range | count |
|---|---|---|
| emoji faces | U+1F600โU+1F63F | 64 |
| weather/nature | U+1F300โU+1F31F | 32 |
| animals | U+1F400โU+1F41F | 32 |
| food | U+1F345โU+1F364 | 32 |
| misc symbols | U+2600โU+261F | 32 |
| arrows | U+2190โU+219F | 16 |
| geometric shapes | U+25A0โU+25AF | 16 |
| math operators | U+2200โU+221F | 32 |
no alphanumeric characters, spaces, or joiners. each byte maps 1:1 to a glyph.
security
| component | algorithm / parameter |
|---|---|
| encryption | aes-256-gcm (authenticated encryption) |
| key derivation | scrypt (N=2ยนโต, r=8, p=1) |
| auth tag | 128-bit gcm tag |
| salt | 128-bit random |
| nonce | 96-bit random |
| rng | cryptographically secure (os.urandom) |
equivalent to or exceeding the security of aes-256, sha-256, and rsa-2048.
wire format
[ salt: 16 bytes ][ nonce: 12 bytes ][ tag: 16 bytes ][ ciphertext: N bytes ]
total overhead: 44 unicode glyphs prepended to the ciphertext.