A Python implementation of Shamir's secret sharing scheme. The scheme allows splitting a secret message into N fragments. Any K fragments can be combined to retrieve the original secret whereas any number of fragments less than K does not reveal any information about original message. The implementation of the splitting and combining algorithms is exposed through a simple graphical application built with PyQt5.
Fetch the dependencies using pip.
pip install -r requirements.txt
Optionally run tests to ensure the core sharing and splitting algorithms work correctly
python -m test_shamir
Run the GUI application directly with
python -m secret_sharing_gui
Optionally generate a standalone executable with pyinstaller
pyinstaller secret_sharing_gui.py --onefile --windowed
and run it with
./dist/secret_sharing_gui
or (on Windows)
.\dist\secret_sharing_gui.exe
The generated executable is self-contained, i.e. contains copies of the script, the CPython interpreter, and all other dependencies. This makes it somewhat big but allows running the application on a computer without the required dependencies (including the Python interpreter).
