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On this page you can download the freeware Award Winning EnigmaSim program.

This software is an exact simulation of the 3-rotor Wehrmacht (Heer and Luftwaffe) Enigma, the 3-rotor Kriegsmarine M3, also called Funkschlussel M, and the famous 4-rotor Kriegmarine M4 Enigma cipher machine, used during World War II from 1939 until 1945. The sim has a very authentic feeling with its hands-on approach: you can select between the three models, actually lift out and insert different rotors, adjust their ring setting and set up the plugboard. The internal wiring of all rotors is identical to those that were used by the Wehrmacht and Kriegsmarine. This simulator is therefore fully compatible with the various real Enigma models and you can decrypt authentic wartime messages or encrypt and decrypt your own messages.

The program comes with a very complete 22 page helpfile, containing the manual, some original messages, the history of Enigma and all technical details of the machine. The simulator also has a picture gallery of Enigma machines. With this software you will finally be able to work with the most intriguing machine in military cryptology and examine how it works and how it was operated. A true reference to Enigma, and an educational must! Check out the Enigma Sim Manual to discover all the nuts and bolts of the software. Below are some screenshots, taken from the program. All questions or feedback are welcome by e-mail or by visiting the Guestbook.

Runs on Windows™ 98/ME/2000/XP/Vista/Win7/Win 8 and on MAC and Linux with Parallels Desktop or WINE (open source).

Download the Simulator

Download EnigmaSim v7.0.6 (Zip 3.1 MB)
Please check the readme file before installation.

Discover also my TSEC/KL-7, US M-209 and Hagelin BC-52 cipher machine Simulators!

Screenshots

Wehrmacht Enigma I

Kriegsmarine M3

Kriegsmarine M4

Enigma open

Updates for the Simulator

Please uninstall any previous version through config screen/software and remove 'ENIGMA' before installing the new version!

The following updates solved minor issues that did not affect normal operation nor the cryptographic properties.

• v7.0.6 (31 Jan 13) Cleared minor bug: program halted when start selected on empty autotyping window
• v7.0.5 (27 Jun 12) Cleared minor bug: program halted when keyboard key pressed during ring setting
• v7.0.4 (03 Jun 12) Added cryptanalysis option, moving rotor while key is pressed down
• v7.0.3 (23 Feb 12) Minor graphical corrections plugs and photo gallery, updated manual
• v7.0.2 (19 Dec 11) Minor graphical corrections of covers and plugboard
• v7.0.1 (07 Dec 11) Cleared minor bug: deleted plugs in QWERTZ layout not visually erased (error was only visual without effect on encryption).
• v7.0.0 (06 Dec 11) MAJOR UPDATE: graphical revision with different Enigma I, M3 and M4 layout (see screenshots above), visualisation of both numbers rotors and letters rotors, revised plug board, different plug board layout for Wehrmacht and Kriegsmarine machines, plug board order changeable, plugs seperately visible on top view, according to plug setup, authentic sound effects, recorded from the real Enigma machine, photo gallery with new own images of Enigma machines, help file revised and expanded, autotyping function optimized and added sound on/off option.

Updates for the Manual

Right-click the update link and save the file as "Enigma Sim Manual.pdf" in the sim's installation folder (by default C:\Program Files\ENIGMA).

• v7-16 (31 Jan 13) Enigma Sim Manual version 7-16 only for Enigma version 7.0 and later.

Useful adds

• Enigma Codebook Tool Create and print your own code books.

More on Enigma on this site

• The German Enigma Cipher Machine The history of Enigma, its developement, use during the ware and cryptanalysis.
• Enigma Cipher Challenge Join the contest to decrypt 10 messages in a wartime context.
• The M4 Project (courtesy Stefan Krah) Breaking an authentic U-boart message and the story of U-264

Off-Site

• Enigma World Code Group Bruce Culp's excellent website, designed to join Enigma enthousiasts and globally exchange Enigma encrypted messages. Provides clear and simple instructions on how to encrypt and decrypt messages. Code books provided.
• OPERATION TURING Mitchel Thomas and Indiana Popovich made a website where you can decrypt enigma messages (keys provided) to unveil the story of a fascinating 1938 intelligence operation in a shadowy pre-war atmosphere. More info about how and why on my weblog

This program was award winner for programming on PSC in 2004!

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