Quantum Encryptor

A post-quantum cryptography tool for file encryption using quantum-resistant algorithms. This application combines post-quantum Key Encapsulation Mechanisms (KEM) with classical symmetric encryption to protect files against future quantum computer threats.

Dark local web interface for ML-KEM-768 key generation, file encryption, decryption, and PEM key inspection.

Features

• Post-Quantum Security: Uses ML-KEM-768, with Kyber768 retained as a legacy compatibility alias
• Hybrid Encryption: Combines quantum-resistant key exchange with AES-256-GCM symmetric encryption
• Password-Protected Keys: Private keys are always encrypted with scrypt-derived AES-256-GCM keys
• User-Friendly Interface: Custom local web UI with a Python ASGI API
• PEM Key Format: Keys stored in PEM-like format with quantum algorithm extensions

Screenshots

The backend readiness warning shown here is expected when native liboqs is not installed in the local environment. Click any image to open the full screenshot page.

See docs/SCREENSHOTS.md for the dedicated screenshot page.

Project Documentation

• Security policy
• Security design notes
• Threat model
• Release checklist
• Changelog

Requirements

• Python 3.10 through 3.13
• Open Quantum Safe native liboqs shared library
• Open Quantum Safe liboqs-python wrapper, which imports as oqs
• Python dependencies listed in requirements.txt
• Node.js 20.19+ or 22.12+ and npm for building the custom web UI
• Optional hash-locked installs from requirements-lock.txt or requirements-dev-lock.txt

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/brainx/Quantum-Encryptor.git
   cd Quantum-Encryptor

2. Create a virtual environment (recommended):

   python -m venv venv
   source venv/bin/activate  # On Windows: venv\Scripts\activate

3. Install dependencies:

   pip install -r requirements.txt
   npm install

   For a reproducible runtime install with pinned hashes:

   pip install --require-hashes -r requirements-lock.txt

4. Install or expose native liboqs.

   The app checks for a native liboqs shared library before importing liboqs-python, so startup and tests do not trigger wrapper auto-install side effects. If liboqs is not installed in a standard library path, set OQS_INSTALL_PATH to the install prefix that contains lib/, lib64/, or bin/.

   export OQS_INSTALL_PATH=/path/to/liboqs/install

Usage

1. Start the application:

   ./start.sh

   The custom web app builds the frontend and listens on 127.0.0.1:4000 by default. Set PORT to override the local development port:

   PORT=4001 ./start.sh

   Set PYTHON if you want the wrapper scripts to use a specific interpreter:

   PYTHON=.venv/bin/python ./start.sh
   PYTHON=.venv/bin/python ./test.sh

   To run the legacy Streamlit UI during transition:

   LEGACY_STREAMLIT=1 ./start.sh

   Frontend development can run Vite separately on 127.0.0.1:4001:

   npm run dev

2. Open the web interface in your browser. You can:

   • Generate a new post-quantum key pair
   • Encrypt files using a recipient's public key
   • Decrypt files using your private key
   • Access key utilities

Verification

Run the Python test suite:

./test.sh

Run the custom frontend checks:

npm run build
npm run check

With the app already running on 127.0.0.1:4000, run the browser smoke test:

npm run ui-smoke

The UI smoke test writes ignored screenshots under tmp/ui-smoke/.

Key Generation

1. Select "Generate Keys" from the sidebar
2. Enter and confirm a strong private-key password
3. Generate the keys and download both public and private key files
4. Share your public key with others who want to send you encrypted files

File Encryption

1. Select "Encrypt File" from the sidebar
2. Upload the file you want to encrypt
3. Upload the recipient's public key (.pem file)
4. Specify the output filename
5. Download the encrypted file

File Decryption

1. Select "Decrypt File" from the sidebar
2. Upload the encrypted file (.pqc file)
3. Upload your private key (.pem file)
4. Enter your private-key password
5. Download the decrypted file

Agent Usage

Local automation agents can use the deterministic JSON CLI instead of driving the Streamlit UI. Run commands from the repository workspace and pass only workspace-relative paths. Absolute paths, .. traversal, symlink escapes, and accidental output overwrites are rejected.

mkdir -p keys data

python -m pqc_agent_tools health --json

export PQC_PRIVATE_KEY_PASSWORD='<strong-private-key-password>'
python -m pqc_agent_tools generate-keys \
  --public-out keys/agent-public.pem \
  --private-out keys/agent-private.pem

python -m pqc_agent_tools inspect-key --key keys/agent-public.pem
python -m pqc_agent_tools inspect-key --key keys/agent-private.pem

python -m pqc_agent_tools encrypt \
  --input data/message.txt \
  --public-key keys/agent-public.pem \
  --output data/message.pqc

python -m pqc_agent_tools inspect-file --input data/message.pqc
python -m pqc_agent_tools verify-file \
  --input data/message.pqc \
  --private-key keys/agent-private.pem

python -m pqc_agent_tools decrypt \
  --input data/message.pqc \
  --private-key keys/agent-private.pem \
  --output data/message.decrypted.txt

The installed console entry point is equivalent:

quantum-encryptor-agent health --json

The CLI prints JSON only and never includes plaintext, private keys, passwords, raw file bytes, or absolute local paths in its output. Private-key operations read passwords from the environment variable named by --password-env, defaulting to PQC_PRIVATE_KEY_PASSWORD.

Security Considerations

• Encrypted files use KEM-derived AES-256-GCM keys, require format version 3, and authenticate file header metadata as associated data
• Encrypted private-key PEM files require PQC-Key-Format: 2; private-key metadata, KEM algorithm, KDF parameters, salt, and nonce are authenticated as AES-GCM associated data
• Private keys must be password protected with scrypt-derived AES-256-GCM keys; unencrypted private keys and legacy encrypted private-key PEM metadata are rejected by default
• Private-key passwords require at least 16 characters, at least 5 unique characters, and must not match known weak values
• Decryption checks encrypted-file KEM metadata against the private-key KEM metadata, with ML-KEM-768 and Kyber768 treated as compatibility aliases
• PEM/key reads are capped at 128 KiB before parsing; plaintext and encrypted-container reads keep the existing bounded in-memory limits
• The web UI enforces a 100 MiB plaintext processing limit because files are handled in memory; encrypted containers allow bounded header and authentication overhead above that plaintext limit
• State-changing local web API requests require a per-process API token and reject non-local browser origins when an Origin header is present
• The local agent CLI accepts only workspace-relative paths, returns machine-readable JSON without secret material, and writes private keys plus decrypted outputs with owner-only permissions on POSIX systems; non-overwrite output creation uses exclusive file creation
• Native liboqs is loaded lazily and missing backend support disables key generation/encryption instead of crashing the app
• CI runs Python formatting, linting, type checks, unit tests, custom web UI build/type checks, browser UI smoke, locked runtime install, and a native liboqs integration test job
• See docs/THREAT_MODEL.md for repository trust boundaries, assets, abuse cases, and invariants
• Disclaimer: This software has not undergone an independent security audit and should be reviewed before production use

Project Structure

• crypto_config.py - Configuration parameters for cryptographic operations
• crypto_core.py - Core cryptographic functions (key generation, encryption, decryption)
• api_app.py - Local ASGI API and static web UI server
• pqc_agent_tools.py - Local JSON CLI for agentic workflows
• pqc_app.py - Legacy Streamlit web application interface
• web/ - React frontend source for the custom UI
• package.json / vite.config.ts - Frontend build configuration
• ui_helpers.py - UI-safe filename helpers
• start.sh - Local application startup script
• test.sh - Test runner
• requirements-lock.txt / requirements-dev-lock.txt - Hash-locked runtime and development dependency sets
• pyproject.toml / setup.py - Packaging metadata

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Acknowledgments

• Open Quantum Safe for liboqs implementation
• NIST for leading the post-quantum cryptography standardization effort