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bin+lib pico_pngme

A CLI tool for hiding messages in PNG files

1 unstable release

0.1.0 May 21, 2022

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MIT license

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pngme 🖼️

A simple to use CLI for encoding secret messages inside of images.

Description

A simple to use CLI for encoding secret messages inside of images. This is an implementation of the pngme rust book.

Getting Started

Dependecies

  • Install the rustup toolchain.

Installing

  • Simply run cargo install pngme.

Usage

Encoding Messages

The encode command takes three compulsory arguments:

  • The file path of the input file.
  • The chunk type.
  • The message to be stored.
$ pngme encode ./dice.png ruSt "This is a secret message!"

Note: It can take an optional argument, a file path for the ouput file to avoid overwriting the input file.

$ pngme encode input_file chunk_type message output_file

Decoding messages

$ pngme decode input_file chunk_type

Removing messages

pngme remove file_path chunk_type

Printing messages

pngme print file_path

Dependencies