diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index d1f6602..0dfc609 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ require github.com/mgechev/revive v1.3.3
 
 require (
 	github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.3.2 // indirect
+	github.com/GehirnInc/crypt v0.0.0-20230320061759-8cc1b52080c5
 	github.com/chavacava/garif v0.0.0-20230608123814-4bd63c2919ab // indirect
 	github.com/fatih/color v1.15.0 // indirect
 	github.com/fatih/structtag v1.2.0 // indirect
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter v0.0.5 // indirect
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.11.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.13.0
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.12.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/tools v0.12.0 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 54bd5fd..5a2f2d5 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.3.2 h1:o7IhLm0Msx3BaB+n3Ag7L8EVlByGnpq14C4YWiu/gL8=
 github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.3.2/go.mod h1:CxXYINrC8qIiEnFrOxCa7Jy5BFHlXnUU2pbicEuybxQ=
+github.com/GehirnInc/crypt v0.0.0-20230320061759-8cc1b52080c5 h1:IEjq88XO4PuBDcvmjQJcQGg+w+UaafSy8G5Kcb5tBhI=
+github.com/GehirnInc/crypt v0.0.0-20230320061759-8cc1b52080c5/go.mod h1:exZ0C/1emQJAw5tHOaUDyY1ycttqBAPcxuzf7QbY6ec=
 github.com/chavacava/garif v0.0.0-20230608123814-4bd63c2919ab h1:5JxePczlyGAtj6R1MUEFZ/UFud6FfsOejq7xLC2ZIb0=
 github.com/chavacava/garif v0.0.0-20230608123814-4bd63c2919ab/go.mod h1:XMyYCkEL58DF0oyW4qDjjnPWONs2HBqYKI+UIPD+Gww=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
@@ -35,11 +37,13 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.1/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0/go.mod h1:yNjHg4UonilssWZ8iaSj1OCr/vHnekPRkoO+kdMU+MU=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4 h1:CcVxjf3Q8PM0mHUKJCdn+eZZtm5yQwehR5yeSVQQcUk=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4/go.mod h1:sz/lmYIOXD/1dqDmKjjqLyZ2RngseejIcXlSw2iwfAo=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.13.0 h1:mvySKfSWJ+UKUii46M40LOvyWfN0s2U+46/jDd0e6Ck=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.13.0/go.mod h1:y6Z2r+Rw4iayiXXAIxJIDAJ1zMW4yaTpebo8fPOliYc=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.12.0 h1:rmsUpXtvNzj340zd98LZ4KntptpfRHwpFOHG188oHXc=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.12.0/go.mod h1:iBbtSCu2XBx23ZKBPSOrRkjjQPZFPuis4dIYUhu/chs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220811171246-fbc7d0a398ab/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.11.0 h1:eG7RXZHdqOJ1i+0lgLgCpSXAp6M3LYlAo6osgSi0xOM=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.11.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.12.0 h1:CM0HF96J0hcLAwsHPJZjfdNzs0gftsLfgKt57wWHJ0o=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.12.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.12.0 h1:YW6HUoUmYBpwSgyaGaZq1fHjrBjX1rlpZ54T6mu2kss=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.12.0/go.mod h1:Sc0INKfu04TlqNoRA1hgpFZbhYXHPr4V5DzpSBTPqQM=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
diff --git a/htpasswd/htpasswd.go b/htpasswd/htpasswd.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e82ac33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/htpasswd/htpasswd.go
@@ -0,0 +1,324 @@
+// Package htpasswd contains utilities for manipulating .htpasswd files
+package htpasswd
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"crypto/rand"
+	"crypto/sha1"
+	"encoding/base64"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/GehirnInc/crypt/apr1_crypt"
+	"golang.org/x/crypto/bcrypt"
+)
+
+// Passwds name => hash
+type Passwds map[string]string
+
+// HashAlgorithm enum for hashing algorithms
+type HashAlgorithm string
+
+const (
+	// HashAPR1 Apache MD5 crypt
+	HashAPR1 HashAlgorithm = "apr1"
+	// HashBCrypt bcrypt
+	HashBCrypt HashAlgorithm = "bcrypt"
+	// HashSHA SHA
+	HashSHA HashAlgorithm = "sha"
+	// HashSSHA Salted SHA
+	HashSSHA HashAlgorithm = "ssha"
+)
+
+// ParseHtpasswdFile parses a .htpasswd file
+// and returns a Passwd type
+func ParseHtpasswdFile(file string) (Passwds, error) {
+	htpasswdBytes, err := os.ReadFile(file)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return ParseHtpasswd(htpasswdBytes)
+}
+
+// ParseHtpasswd parses a slice of bytes in htpasswd style
+func ParseHtpasswd(htpasswdBytes []byte) (Passwds, error) {
+	lines := strings.Split(string(htpasswdBytes), "\n")
+	passwords := make(map[string]string)
+	var err error
+
+	for lineNumber, line := range lines {
+		line = strings.Trim(line, " ")
+		if len(line) == 0 {
+			// skipping empty lines
+			continue
+		}
+
+		parts := strings.Split(line, ":")
+		if ok, err := validLine(parts, lineNumber, line); !ok {
+			return passwords, err
+		}
+
+		parts = trimParts(parts)
+		_, exists := passwords[parts[0]]
+
+		if exists {
+			err = errors.New("invalid htpasswords file - user " +
+				parts[0] + " defined more than once")
+			return passwords, err
+		}
+		passwords[parts[0]] = parts[1]
+	}
+	return passwords, err
+}
+
+func validLine(parts []string, lineNumber int, line string) (bool, error) {
+	var err error
+	if len(parts) != 2 {
+		err = errors.New(fmt.Sprintln("invalid line", lineNumber+1,
+			"unexpected number of parts split by", ":", len(parts),
+			"instead of 2 in\"", line, "\""))
+		return false, err
+	}
+	return true, nil
+}
+
+func trimParts(parts []string) []string {
+	for i, part := range parts {
+		parts[i] = strings.Trim(part, " ")
+	}
+	return parts
+}
+
+// CreateUser creates a record in the named file with
+// the named password and hash algorithm
+func CreateUser(file, user, passwd string, algo HashAlgorithm) error {
+	pp, err := ParseHtpasswdFile(file)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if _, exists := pp[user]; exists {
+		return fmt.Errorf("user %s already exists", user)
+	}
+	h, err := createHash(passwd, algo)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	pp[user] = h
+	return os.WriteFile(file, pp.toByte(), os.ModePerm)
+}
+
+// UpdateUser will update the password for the named user
+// in the named file
+func UpdateUser(file, user, passwd string, algo HashAlgorithm) error {
+	pp, err := ParseHtpasswdFile(file)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if _, exists := pp[user]; !exists {
+		return fmt.Errorf("user %s does not exist", user)
+	}
+	h, err := createHash(passwd, algo)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	pp[user] = h
+	return os.WriteFile(file, pp.toByte(), os.ModePerm)
+}
+
+// DeleteUser deletes the named user from the named file
+func DeleteUser(file, user string) error {
+	pp, err := ParseHtpasswdFile(file)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if _, exists := pp[user]; !exists {
+		return fmt.Errorf("user %s does not exist", user)
+	}
+
+	delete(pp, user)
+	return os.WriteFile(file, pp.toByte(), os.ModePerm)
+}
+
+// VerifyUser will check if the given user and password are matching
+// with the content of the given file
+func VerifyUser(file, user, passwd string) error {
+	pp, err := ParseHtpasswdFile(file)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return pp.Verify(user, passwd)
+}
+
+// Verify will check if the given user and password are matching
+// with the given Passwd object content
+func (pp Passwds) Verify(user, passwd string) error {
+	if _, ok := pp[user]; !ok {
+		return fmt.Errorf("user %s does not exist", user)
+	}
+	alg, err := identifyHash(pp[user])
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("cannot identify algo %v", alg)
+	}
+	return verifyPass(passwd, pp[user], alg)
+}
+
+func verifyPass(pass, hash string, alg HashAlgorithm) error {
+	switch alg {
+	case HashAPR1:
+		return verifyAPR1(pass, hash)
+	case HashBCrypt:
+		return bcrypt.CompareHashAndPassword([]byte(hash), []byte(pass))
+	case HashSHA:
+		return verifySHA(pass, hash)
+	case HashSSHA:
+		return verifySSHA(pass, hash)
+	}
+	return fmt.Errorf("unsupported hash algorithm %v", alg)
+}
+
+func verifyAPR1(password, hashedPassword string) error {
+	return apr1_crypt.New().Verify(hashedPassword, []byte(password))
+}
+
+func verifySHA(password, hashedPassword string) error {
+	eppS := hashedPassword[5:]
+	hash, err := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(eppS)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("cannot base64 decode")
+	}
+
+	sha := sha1.New()
+	_, err = sha.Write([]byte(password))
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	sum := sha.Sum(nil)
+
+	if !bytes.Equal(sum, hash) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("wrong password")
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func verifySSHA(password, hashedPassword string) error {
+	eppS := hashedPassword[6:]
+	hash, err := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(eppS)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("cannot base64 decode")
+	}
+
+	salt := hash[len(hash)-4:]
+	sha := sha1.New()
+	_, err = sha.Write([]byte(password))
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	_, err = sha.Write(salt)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	sum := sha.Sum(nil)
+
+	if !bytes.Equal(sum, hash[:len(hash)-4]) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("wrong password")
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+func (pp Passwds) toByte() []byte {
+	pass := []byte{}
+	for name, hash := range pp {
+		pass = append(pass, []byte(name+":"+hash+"\n")...)
+	}
+	return pass
+}
+
+func identifyHash(h string) (HashAlgorithm, error) {
+	switch {
+	case strings.HasPrefix(h, "$2a$"), strings.HasPrefix(h, "$2y$"),
+		strings.HasPrefix(h, "$2x$"), strings.HasPrefix(h, "$2b$"):
+		return HashBCrypt, nil
+	case strings.HasPrefix(h, "$apr1$"):
+		return HashAPR1, nil
+	case strings.HasPrefix(h, "{SHA}"):
+		return HashSHA, nil
+	case strings.HasPrefix(h, "{SSHA}"):
+		return HashSSHA, nil
+	}
+
+	return "", fmt.Errorf("unsupported hash algorithm")
+}
+
+func createHash(passwd string, algo HashAlgorithm) (string, error) {
+	hash := ""
+	prefix := ""
+	var err error
+	switch algo {
+	case HashAPR1:
+		hash, err = hashApr1(passwd)
+	case HashBCrypt:
+		hash, err = hashBcrypt(passwd)
+	case HashSHA:
+		prefix = "{SHA}"
+		hash, err = hashSha(passwd)
+	case HashSSHA:
+		prefix = "{SSHA}"
+		hash, err = hashSSha(passwd)
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	return prefix + hash, nil
+}
+
+func hashApr1(passwd string) (string, error) {
+	return apr1_crypt.New().Generate([]byte(passwd), nil)
+}
+
+func hashBcrypt(passwd string) (string, error) {
+	passwordBytes, err := bcrypt.GenerateFromPassword([]byte(passwd), bcrypt.DefaultCost)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	return string(passwordBytes), nil
+}
+
+func hashSha(passwd string) (string, error) {
+	s := sha1.New()
+	_, err := s.Write([]byte(passwd))
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	passwordSum := []byte(s.Sum(nil))
+	return base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(passwordSum), nil
+}
+func hashSSha(passwd string) (string, error) {
+	s := sha1.New()
+	_, err := s.Write([]byte(passwd))
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	salt := make([]byte, 4)
+	_, err = rand.Read(salt)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	_, err = s.Write([]byte(salt))
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	passwordSum := []byte(s.Sum(nil))
+	ret := append(passwordSum, salt...)
+	return base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(ret), nil
+}
diff --git a/htpasswd/htpasswd_test.go b/htpasswd/htpasswd_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1a49df2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/htpasswd/htpasswd_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+package htpasswd
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestParseHtpassd(t *testing.T) {
+	passwords, err := ParseHtpasswd([]byte("sha:{SHA}IRRjboXT92QSYXm8lpGPCZUvU1E=\n"))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if len(passwords) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected length in passwords, expected 1 got %v", len(passwords))
+	}
+	const expected = "{SHA}IRRjboXT92QSYXm8lpGPCZUvU1E="
+	if passwords["sha"] != expected {
+		t.Fatalf("sha password was wrong, got %s and expected %s", passwords["sha"], expected)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestCreateUser(t *testing.T) {
+	f, err := os.Create("htpasswd_testdata")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	testCases := []struct {
+		user, password string
+		hash           HashAlgorithm
+		expected       error
+	}{
+		{"apr1", "123456@", HashAPR1, nil},
+		{"bcrypt", "123456@", HashBCrypt, nil},
+		{"ssha", "123456@", HashSSHA, nil},
+		{"sha", "123456@", HashSHA, nil},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range testCases {
+		err := CreateUser(f.Name(), tc.user, tc.password, tc.hash)
+		if err != tc.expected {
+			t.Errorf("CreateUser(%s %s, %s, %s) = %d; want %d", f.Name(),
+				tc.user, tc.password, tc.hash, err, tc.expected)
+		}
+	}
+}
+func TestVerifyPassword(t *testing.T) {
+	f, err := os.Stat("htpasswd_testdata")
+	if err != nil {
+		TestCreateUser(t)
+	}
+
+	_, err = ParseHtpasswdFile(f.Name())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	testCases := []struct {
+		user, password string
+		expected       error
+	}{
+		{"apr1", "123456@", nil},
+		{"bcrypt", "123456@", nil},
+		{"ssha", "123456@", nil},
+		{"sha", "123456@", nil},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range testCases {
+		err := VerifyUser(f.Name(), tc.user, tc.password)
+		if err != tc.expected {
+			t.Errorf("VerifyUser(%s %s, %s) = %v; want %v",
+				f, tc.user, tc.password, err, tc.expected)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestVerify(t *testing.T) {
+	f, err := os.Stat("htpasswd_testdata")
+	if err != nil {
+		TestCreateUser(t)
+	}
+
+	pp, err := ParseHtpasswdFile(f.Name())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	err = pp.Verify("bcrypt", "123456@")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf(err.Error())
+	}
+}
diff --git a/htpasswd/htpasswd_testdata b/htpasswd/htpasswd_testdata
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0545eb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/htpasswd/htpasswd_testdata
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+bcrypt:$2a$10$9NdvqvFl9Yz9FM2D.i9Na.K1CiNF1ldk9hgRR57lYJiRBUnGt2THq
+ssha:{SSHA}7fPHbfKv92vC/IFhKdnEKSTBKubvta9a
+sha:{SHA}YEn9/RmoXLdbyB9TEDJ0OqWoPy8=
+apr1:$apr1$U9.3kynN$MCKs53Oz35J0OYrSxfheW.