pydeep

Python/C bindings for the ssdeep library at http://ssdeep.sourceforge.net:

• hash_buf / hash_bytes - returns the ssdeep hash for a given buffer
• hash_file - returns the ssdeep hash for filepath
• compare - returns the % match between 2 hashes

import pydeep
pydeep.hash_buf('somedata')
pydeep.hash_file('/path/to/file')
pydeep.compare('hash1','hash2')

Tested On

• Debian 9 - x86_64
• OSX 10.10 - x86_64
• OSX 10.9 - x86_64
• OSX 10.8 - x86_64
• OSX 10.7 - x86_64, i386
• CentOS 5 - x86_64, i386
• Debian 7 - x86_64

Tested Against

• ssdeep-2.14
• ssdeep-2.13
• ssdeep-2.11.1
• ssdeep-2.10
• ssdeep-2.9
• ssdeep-2.8

Requires

• Python 2.6 or later

Known Issues

• ssdeep-2.11 is known to have issues. A workround is available.
• ssdeep-2.10 should be avoided. There is a bug in the signature generation code.