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