🗂️🔒 StegoFolder GUI

Hide & Extract Folders inside Images — with a beautiful macOS-style GUI ✨

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✨ Features

✅ Hide entire folders (with subfolders + files) inside an image
✅ Extract back the folder securely with password protection
✅ macOS-style GUI built with PyQt5 🎨
✅ Cross-platform (Windows, macOS, Linux) 🖥️
✅ Simple, clean & modern interface 💎

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🚀 Installation

Clone the repo & install dependencies:

git clone https://github.com/Pisethz/StegoFolder
cd Stego
pip install -r requirements.txt

🖥️ Usage

Run the GUI:

python stegogui.py

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💻 GUI Instructions

1. Embed Folder (🔒)

   ▶️Select the folder you want to hide

   ▶️Select the cover PNG image

   ▶️Choose an output PNG file name

   ▶️Enter a password

   ▶️Click Embed Folder

2. Extract Folder (🔓)

   ▶️Select the stego PNG file

   ▶️Choose the output directory

   ▶️Enter the password used for embedding

   ▶️Click Extract Folder

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⚙️ CLI Usage

You can also use StegoFolder from the command line.

🔒 Embed Folder (Hide)

python stego.py embed -c cover.png -i C:\data\myFolder -o stego.png -p "1234"

🔓 Extract Folder (Recover)

python stego.py extract -s stego.png -o C:\restore -p "1234"

Options:

👉 --embed → Embed a folder

👉 --extract → Extract a folder

👉 --f → Folder to hide (only for embed)

👉 --c → Cover PNG image (only for embed)

👉 --o → Output PNG (embed) or restore folder (extract)

👉 --s → Stego PNG file (extract)

👉 --p → Password to encrypt/decrypt

⚡ Tips

❄️  Always use PNG as cover; JPEG will corrupt hidden data

🔑  Keep passwords secure; without the password, extraction fails

🤖  CLI mode is ideal for automation or scripting workflows

🤝 Contributing

Pull requests are welcome! 🎉 For major changes, open an issue first to discuss.

📜 License

MIT License © 2025 Pisethz

💡 Built with ❤️ by Pisethz

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