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Bcrypt Hash & Verify — TypeScript source

Hash a password with bcrypt or verify a password against an existing bcrypt hash. Configurable cost factor. Runs entirely in your browser.

This is the TypeScript implementation — the same logic the interactive tool runs, in a shareable, citable form.

// Pure-TypeScript bcrypt (Blowfish-based password hashing) - zero dependencies.
// Implements the full algorithm from the Provos-Mazieres paper (USENIX '99):
// EksBlowfish key setup, the 64-fold encryption of "OrpheanBeholderScryDoubt",
// and OpenBSD's $2b$ hash format. Produces hashes that interoperate with
// bcrypt implementations everywhere (verified against OpenBSD/Go reference
// vectors in bcrypt.test.ts).
//
// The Blowfish P-array (18 words) and S-boxes (4 x 256 words) are the first
// 8336 hex digits of the fractional part of pi, stored below as hex strings
// and parsed once into Uint32Arrays at module load.

/** bcrypt's non-standard Base64 alphabet ('.' + '/' first, then alphanumeric). */
const B64_CHARS = './ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789';

const B64_INDEX = (() => {
  const t = new Int16Array(128).fill(-1);
  for (let i = 0; i < B64_CHARS.length; i++) t[B64_CHARS.charCodeAt(i)] = i;
  return t;
})();

/** The Blowfish P-array: first 18 words of pi's hex expansion. */
const P_HEX =
  '243f6a8885a308d313198a2e03707344a4093822299f31d0082efa98ec4e6c89452821e6' +
  '38d01377be5466cf34e90c6cc0ac29b7c97c50dd3f84d5b5b54709179216d5d98979fb1b';

/** The four Blowfish S-boxes: the following 1024 words of pi's hex expansion. */
const S_HEX =
  'd1310ba698dfb5ac2ffd72dbd01adfb7b8e1afed6a267e96ba7c9045f12c7f9924a19947' +
  'b3916cf70801f2e2858efc16636920d871574e69a458fea3f4933d7e0d95748f728eb658' +
  '718bcd5882154aee7b54a41dc25a59b59c30d5392af26013c5d1b023286085f0ca417918' +
  'b8db38ef8e79dcb0603a180e6c9e0e8bb01e8a3ed71577c1bd314b2778af2fda55605c60' +
  'e65525f3aa55ab945748986263e8144055ca396a2aab10b6b4cc5c341141e8cea15486af' +
  '7c72e993b3ee1411636fbc2a2ba9c55d741831f6ce5c3e169b87931eafd6ba336c24cf5c' +
  '7a325381289586773b8f48986b4bb9afc4bfe81b6628219361d809ccfb21a991487cac60' +
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function parseHexWords(hex: string): Uint32Array {
  const out = new Uint32Array(hex.length / 4 / 2);
  for (let i = 0; i < out.length; i++) out[i] = parseInt(hex.slice(i * 8, i * 8 + 8), 16);
  return out;
}

const P_INIT = parseHexWords(P_HEX);
const S_INIT = parseHexWords(S_HEX);

/** Minimum and maximum bcrypt cost factor (log2 rounds). */
export const MIN_COST = 4;
export const MAX_COST = 31;
/** Cost used when bcryptHash gets no explicit cost argument. */
export const DEFAULT_COST = 12;
/** bcrypt only uses the first 72 bytes of the password. */
export const MAX_PASSWORD_BYTES = 72;

/** The magic string bcrypt encrypts 64 times to produce the digest. */
const MAGIC = 'OrpheanBeholderScryDoubt';

const HASH_RE = /^\$2[aby]\$(\d{2})\$([./A-Za-z0-9]{22})([./A-Za-z0-9]{31})$/;

export interface BcryptInfo {
  /** Full version prefix, e.g. '$2b$'. */
  version: string;
  /** Log2 iteration count, 4-31. */
  cost: number;
  /** The 22-character Base64 salt portion. */
  salt: string;
}

/**
 * Derive the bcrypt key data from a password: UTF-8 bytes, truncated to 72.
 * A single NUL terminator is appended unless truncation already reached 72
 * bytes - the exact keying OpenBSD's bcrypt uses.
 */
export function keyData(password: string): Uint8Array {
  const bytes = new TextEncoder().encode(password);
  const truncated = bytes.length > MAX_PASSWORD_BYTES ? bytes.slice(0, MAX_PASSWORD_BYTES) : bytes;
  if (truncated.length >= MAX_PASSWORD_BYTES) return truncated;
  const key = new Uint8Array(truncated.length + 1);
  key.set(truncated);
  key[truncated.length] = 0;
  return key;
}

/** Blowfish round function F(x) = ((S0[a] + S1[b]) ^ S2[c]) + S3[d]. */
function f(S: Uint32Array, x: number): number {
  return (((((S[(x >>> 24) & 0xff] + S[256 + ((x >>> 16) & 0xff)]) >>> 0) ^ S[512 + ((x >>> 8) & 0xff)]) + S[768 + (x & 0xff)]) >>> 0);
}

/** One Blowfish encryption of the (xl, xr) pair, in place of a struct return. */
function encipher(P: Uint32Array, S: Uint32Array, xl: number, xr: number): [number, number] {
  let l = xl;
  let r = xr;
  for (let i = 0; i < 16; i++) {
    l = (l ^ P[i]) >>> 0;
    r = (r ^ f(S, l)) >>> 0;
    const t = l;
    l = r;
    r = t;
  }
  const t = l;
  l = r;
  r = t;
  r = (r ^ P[16]) >>> 0;
  l = (l ^ P[17]) >>> 0;
  return [l, r];
}

/**
 * Read 4 bytes at `offset` (wrapping around `data`) as a big-endian word.
 * Returns the word and the advanced offset - OpenBSD's stream2word.
 */
function stream2word(data: Uint8Array, offset: number): [number, number] {
  let word = 0;
  let j = offset;
  for (let i = 0; i < 4; i++, j++) {
    if (j >= data.length) j = 0;
    word = ((word << 8) | data[j]) >>> 0;
  }
  return [word, j];
}

/** Plain Blowfish key schedule (OpenBSD's expand0state): XOR `data` into P,
 *  then chain (0,0) through 521 encryptions that re-derive P and every S-box
 *  entry. Unlike the salted variant, nothing is XORed into the mixing pair. */
function expand0(P: Uint32Array, S: Uint32Array, data: Uint8Array): void {
  let j = 0;
  for (let i = 0; i < 18; i++) {
    const [w, nj] = stream2word(data, j);
    P[i] = (P[i] ^ w) >>> 0;
    j = nj;
  }
  let l = 0;
  let r = 0;
  for (let i = 0; i < 18; i += 2) {
    [l, r] = encipher(P, S, l, r);
    P[i] = l;
    P[i + 1] = r;
  }
  for (let box = 0; box < 4; box++) {
    for (let k = 0; k < 256; k += 2) {
      [l, r] = encipher(P, S, l, r);
      S[box * 256 + k] = l;
      S[box * 256 + k + 1] = r;
    }
  }
}

/** Blowfish key schedule seeded with salt: P is XORed with the key while the
 *  mixing pairs are salted - bcrypt's first expandstate call. */
function expandState(
  P: Uint32Array,
  S: Uint32Array,
  salt: Uint8Array,
  key: Uint8Array
): void {
  let j = 0;
  for (let i = 0; i < 18; i++) {
    const [w, nj] = stream2word(key, j);
    P[i] = (P[i] ^ w) >>> 0;
    j = nj;
  }
  let l = 0;
  let r = 0;
  j = 0;
  for (let i = 0; i < 18; i += 2) {
    let w: number;
    [w, j] = stream2word(salt, j);
    l = (l ^ w) >>> 0;
    [w, j] = stream2word(salt, j);
    r = (r ^ w) >>> 0;
    [l, r] = encipher(P, S, l, r);
    P[i] = l;
    P[i + 1] = r;
  }
  for (let box = 0; box < 4; box++) {
    for (let k = 0; k < 256; k += 2) {
      let w: number;
      [w, j] = stream2word(salt, j);
      l = (l ^ w) >>> 0;
      [w, j] = stream2word(salt, j);
      r = (r ^ w) >>> 0;
      [l, r] = encipher(P, S, l, r);
      S[box * 256 + k] = l;
      S[box * 256 + k + 1] = r;
    }
  }
}

/** Encode bytes with bcrypt's Base64 variant (3 bytes -> 4 chars, partial
 *  groups emit 2-3 chars, no padding). */
export function encodeB64(data: Uint8Array): string {
  let out = '';
  for (let i = 0; i < data.length; i += 3) {
    const b0 = data[i];
    const b1 = i + 1 < data.length ? data[i + 1] : -1;
    const b2 = i + 2 < data.length ? data[i + 2] : -1;
    out += B64_CHARS[b0 >> 2];
    out += B64_CHARS[((b0 & 0x03) << 4) | (b1 >= 0 ? b1 >> 4 : 0)];
    if (b1 < 0) break;
    out += B64_CHARS[((b1 & 0x0f) << 2) | (b2 >= 0 ? b2 >> 6 : 0)];
    if (b2 < 0) break;
    out += B64_CHARS[b2 & 0x3f];
  }
  return out;
}

/** Decode bcrypt Base64 into exactly `count` bytes (throws on bad chars or
 *  when the input carries fewer than `count` bytes worth of bits). */
export function decodeB64(input: string, count: number): Uint8Array {
  const out = new Uint8Array(count);
  const totalBits = count * 8;
  let target = 0;
  for (let i = 0; i < input.length && target < totalBits; i++) {
    const c = input.charCodeAt(i);
    const v = c < 128 ? B64_INDEX[c] : -1;
    if (v < 0) throw new Error(`Invalid character in bcrypt base64 data: ${input[i]}`);
    for (let bit = 5; bit >= 0 && target < totalBits; bit--) {
      if (v & (1 << bit)) out[target >> 3] |= 1 << (7 - (target & 7));
      target++;
    }
  }
  if (target < totalBits) throw new Error('Bcrypt base64 data is too short');
  return out;
}

function assertPassword(password: string): void {
  if (typeof password !== 'string') throw new Error('Password must be a string');
  if (password.length === 0) throw new Error('Password must not be empty');
}

/** Validate a cost factor, throwing a clear error outside 4-31. */
export function assertCost(cost: number): void {
  if (!Number.isInteger(cost) || cost < MIN_COST || cost > MAX_COST) {
    throw new Error(`Cost factor must be an integer between ${MIN_COST} and ${MAX_COST}`);
  }
}

/** Yield to the event loop so high costs never freeze the UI thread. */
const nextTick = (): Promise<void> => new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 0));

/**
 * Compute the bcrypt digest of a password with an explicit salt and cost.
 * Shared by hash (fresh random salt) and verify (salt parsed from the hash) -
 * also the deterministic entry point used by the test suite.
 */
export async function bcryptHashWithSalt(
  password: string,
  cost: number,
  salt: Uint8Array
): Promise<string> {
  assertCost(cost);
  if (!(salt instanceof Uint8Array) || salt.length !== 16) {
    throw new Error('Salt must be exactly 16 bytes');
  }
  const key = keyData(password);

  const P = P_INIT.slice();
  const S = S_INIT.slice();
  expandState(P, S, salt, key);
  const rounds = 2 ** cost;
  for (let k = 0; k < rounds; k++) {
    expand0(P, S, key);
    expand0(P, S, salt);
    // Periodically yield so the browser stays responsive at high costs.
    if ((k & 63) === 63) await nextTick();
  }

  const cdata = new Uint32Array(6);
  for (let i = 0; i < 6; i++) {
    cdata[i] =
      (MAGIC.charCodeAt(i * 4) << 24) |
      (MAGIC.charCodeAt(i * 4 + 1) << 16) |
      (MAGIC.charCodeAt(i * 4 + 2) << 8) |
      MAGIC.charCodeAt(i * 4 + 3);
  }
  for (let i = 0; i < 64; i++) {
    for (let j = 0; j < 6; j += 2) {
      const [l, r] = encipher(P, S, cdata[j] >>> 0, cdata[j + 1] >>> 0);
      cdata[j] = l;
      cdata[j + 1] = r;
    }
  }
  const digestBytes = new Uint8Array(23);
  for (let i = 0; i < 23; i++) {
    digestBytes[i] = (cdata[i >> 2] >>> (24 - 8 * (i & 3))) & 0xff;
  }
  return encodeB64(digestBytes);
}

/**
 * Hash a password with bcrypt. Generates a fresh 16-byte crypto-random salt,
 * runs 2^cost EksBlowfish rounds (default cost 12), and returns a `$2b$`
 * hash string. Async so high costs can yield to the event loop.
 */
export async function bcryptHash(password: string, cost: number = DEFAULT_COST): Promise<string> {
  assertPassword(password);
  const salt = new Uint8Array(16);
  crypto.getRandomValues(salt);
  const digest = await bcryptHashWithSalt(password, cost, salt);
  return `$2b$${String(cost).padStart(2, '0')}$${encodeB64(salt)}${digest}`;
}

/**
 * Verify a password against a `$2a$` / `$2b$` / `$2y$` bcrypt hash.
 * Recomputes the digest with the hash's own salt and cost, then compares
 * in constant time. An empty password is allowed here - reference bcrypt
 * implementations can hash the empty string, so their hashes must verify.
 */
export async function bcryptVerify(password: string, hash: string): Promise<boolean> {
  const info = bcryptDecode(hash);
  const salt = decodeB64(info.salt, 16);
  const digest = await bcryptHashWithSalt(password, info.cost, salt);
  const expected = hash.slice(hash.length - 31);
  let diff = 0;
  for (let i = 0; i < digest.length; i++) diff |= digest.charCodeAt(i) ^ expected.charCodeAt(i);
  return diff === 0;
}

/**
 * Parse a bcrypt hash string into its parts: version prefix, cost factor and
 * 22-character Base64 salt. Throws on malformed input.
 */
export function bcryptDecode(hash: string): BcryptInfo {
  if (typeof hash !== 'string') throw new Error('Hash must be a string');
  const m = HASH_RE.exec(hash.trim());
  if (!m) {
    throw new Error('Not a valid bcrypt hash (expected $2a$/$2b$/$2y$CC$ + 53 base64 chars)');
  }
  const cost = Number(m[1]);
  if (cost < MIN_COST || cost > MAX_COST) {
    throw new Error(`Cost factor out of range (${MIN_COST}-${MAX_COST})`);
  }
  return { version: m[0].slice(0, 4), cost, salt: m[2] };
}

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