External tools

Bundled tools ship inside the CryptoSalvage installer. GPL-licensed tools (PhotoRec, John) can be installed with one click from their official sources.

Python 3.11 runtime(bundled)

Embedded Python interpreter with coincurve, protobuf, pycryptodome — runs btcrecover/seedrecover

PSF

bundled

missing

Official site

btcrecover(bundled)

Wallet password recovery (token lists, typos, GPU off)

MIT

bundled

missing

Official site

seedrecover (btcrecover)(bundled)

BIP39 mnemonic repair — missing/scrambled words

MIT

bundled

missing

Official site

John the Ripper (jumbo)

Provides bitcoin2john.py / ethereum2john.py hash extractors

GPL-2

missing

# macOS
brew install john-jumbo
# Linux
sudo apt install john
# Windows
Download jumbo build from openwall.info/wiki/john

Official site

hashcat(bundled)

GPU-accelerated password cracking (optional)

MIT

bundled

missing

Official site

PhotoRec / TestDisk

Carve deleted wallet files from disks and images

GPL-2

missing

# macOS
brew install testdisk
# Linux
sudo apt install testdisk
# Windows
Download from cgsecurity.org

Official site

pywallet

Extract keys from wallet.dat, including partially corrupted ones

MIT

missing

# macOS
git clone https://github.com/jackjack-jj/pywallet
# Linux
git clone https://github.com/jackjack-jj/pywallet
# Windows
git clone https://github.com/jackjack-jj/pywallet

Official site

Berkeley DB utilities (db_verify / db_dump / db_load)

Low-level wallet.dat integrity check and salvage

Sleepycat

missing

# macOS
brew install berkeley-db@4
# Linux
sudo apt install db-util
# Windows
Use WSL or Cygwin build

Official site