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The ROTate project is a collection of scripts to encrypt and decrypt files using various ROT cipher methods.
The project allows to encrypt and decrypt files using various ROT cipher methods such as ROT13, ROT47, ROT128 as well as with enhanced variants based on each character set of these methods.
It also comes with a tool to find out which variant and value has been used to encrypt a file.
Due to the fact, that data encrypted with ROT methods can be cracked quite easily, they are not suitable for encrypting sensible data.
Note
This project was officially discontinued as of August 2025 and is no longer maintained.
There are three components to encrypt and decrypt files using the ROT13, ROT47 and ROT128 cipher method.
They also allow using a user-defined rotation value (based on the character set of that cipher method) instead of the default rotation value.
As already mentioned above, data encrypted with ROT methods can be cracked quite easily. This brute force cracker helps to determine which ROT variant and rotation value has been used to encrypt a file or string by simply trying all supported variants with all rotation values available.
In order to use ROTate, the Python framework must be installed on the system.
Depending on which version of the framework you are using:
- Python 2.x (version 2.7 or higher is recommended, may also work with earlier versions)
- Python 3.x (version 3.2 or higher is recommended, may also work with earlier versions)
In the corresponding docs sub-directories, there are plain text files containing a detailed documentation for each component with further information and usage examples.
As mentioned above, this project was discontinued. For this reason, no new features will be implemented, existing features will not be enhanced and remaining bugs will not be fixed either.
However, if you have questions about it, you can contact me by sending an email to [email protected].
- The name ROTate stands for ROT with Additional Tools and Enhancements.
- The first version uploaded on GitHub was ROTate 3.0.6 built on March 13th, 2018.
- Before uploading, the project has neither been changed nor even touched for more than three years.