Top Pentesting repositories

Repositories with the GitHub topic “pentesting”: 46 repositories with 740k stars between them, mostly written in Python, Go and Shell. The highest-rated is sherlock-project/sherlock, #18 on the bestofgithub Elo ladder.

Biggest movers this week

BitterSecurity/Decepticon

Open on GitHubPython

Autonomous Hacking Agent for Red Team

  • 1,612+13 Elo, change today
  • 6.6k stars
  • 1.2k forks
git
git clone https://github.com/BitterSecurity/Decepticon.git
  • agent
  • ai
  • ai-penetration-testing
  • autonomous-exploit-testing

infinition/Bjorn

Open on GitHubPython

Bjorn is a powerful network scanning and offensive security tool for the Raspberry Pi with a 2.13-inch e-Paper HAT. It discovers network targets, identifies open ports, exposed services, and potential vulnerabilities. Bjorn can perform brute force attacks, file stealing, host zombification, and supports custom attack scripts.

  • 1,414+4 Elo, change today
  • 6.3k stars
  • 376 forks
git
git clone https://github.com/infinition/Bjorn.git
  • automated-pentesting
  • bruteforce
  • cybersecurity
  • e-paper

six2dez/reconftw

Open on GitHubShell

reconFTW is a tool designed to perform automated recon on a target domain by running the best set of tools to perform scanning and finding out vulnerabilities

  • 1,560+4 Elo, change today
  • 8.3k stars
  • 1.2k forks
git
git clone https://github.com/six2dez/reconftw.git
  • bug-bounty
  • bugbounty
  • bugbounty-tool
  • dns

CarterPerez-dev/Cybersecurity-Projects

Open on GitHubGo

Building 70 Projects ranging from beginner to advanced so anyone can — learn from, build upon, use as a reference, or even copy directly. Owned by my cybersecurity company 👇

  • 1,834±0 Elo, change today
  • 9.5k stars
  • 1.4k forks
  • 111 watchers
git
git clone https://github.com/CarterPerez-dev/Cybersecurity-Projects.git
  • ai
  • certification
  • cloud-engineering
  • cyber

Top 46 on the Elo ladder

  1. #18
    sherlock-project/sherlock

    Hunt down social media accounts by username across social networks

    2,468 Elo +142112kPython
  2. #226
    KeygraphHQ/shannon

    Shannon is an AI pentester for web applications and APIs. It analyzes your source code, identifies attack vectors, and…

    2,112 Elo −2551.9kTypeScript
  3. #276
    soxoj/maigret

    🕵️‍♂️ Collect a dossier on a person by username from 6K websites

    2,078 Elo +9840.7kPython
  4. #484
    promptfoo/promptfoo

    Test your prompts, agents, and RAGs. Red teaming/pentesting/vulnerability scanning for AI. Compare performance of GPT…

    1,980 Elo +3527.2kTypeScript
  5. #523
    smicallef/spiderfoot

    SpiderFoot automates OSINT for threat intelligence and mapping your attack surface.

    1,966 Elo +1724.6kPython
  6. #754
    juice-shop/juice-shop

    OWASP Juice Shop: Probably the most modern and sophisticated insecure web application

    1,904 Elo −2814.4kTypeScript
  7. #902
    HunxByts/GhostTrack

    Useful tool to track location or mobile number

    1,874 Elo −1820.7kPython
  8. #925
    0x4m4/hexstrike-ai

    HexStrike AI MCP Agents is an advanced MCP server that lets AI agents (Claude, GPT, Copilot, etc.) autonomously run…

    1,871 Elo +3713.6kPython
  9. #985
    sqlmapproject/sqlmap

    Automatic SQL injection and database takeover tool

    1,859 Elo −1938.9kPython
  10. #1,071
    antoniaci/blackbird

    An OSINT tool to search for accounts by username and email in social networks.

    1,845 Elo +4410.1kPython
  11. #1,152
    CarterPerez-dev/Cybersecurity-Projects

    Building 70 Projects ranging from beginner to advanced so anyone can — learn from, build upon, use as a reference, or…

    1,834 Elo +529.5kGo
  12. #1,420
    qeeqbox/social-analyzer

    API, CLI, and Web App for analyzing and finding a person's profile in 1000 social media \ websites

    1,795 Elo −1124.5kJavaScript
  13. #2,052
    blacklanternsecurity/bbot

    The recursive internet scanner for hackers. 🧡

    1,722 Elo +4111.1kPython
  14. #2,206
    HackTricks-wiki/hacktricks

    Welcome to the page where you will find each trick/technique/whatever I have learnt in CTFs, real life apps, and…

    1,705 Elo +2412.7kJavaScript
  15. #2,236
    ffuf/ffuf

    Fast web fuzzer written in Go

    1,702 Elo +417kGo
  16. #2,485
    1,677 Elo +2012.5kC
  17. #2,552
    OWASP/wstg

    The Web Security Testing Guide is a comprehensive Open Source guide to testing the security of web applications and web…

    1,671 Elo +4110.2kCSS
  18. #2,617
    bee-san/RustScan

    🤖 The Modern Port Scanner 🤖

    1,666 Elo +1420.7kRust
  19. #2,935
    OWASP/mastg

    The OWASP Mobile Application Security Testing Guide (MASTG) is a comprehensive manual for mobile app security testing…

    1,642 Elo +2113.3kPython
  20. #3,145
    maurosoria/dirsearch

    Web path scanner

    1,627 Elo +4415kPython
  21. #3,198
    OJ/gobuster

    Directory/File, DNS and VHost busting tool written in Go

    1,623 Elo +814.3kGo
  22. #3,289
    bee-san/Ciphey

    ⚡ Automatically decrypt encryptions without knowing the key or cipher, decode encodings, and crack hashes ⚡

    1,618 Elo −3721.7kRust
  23. #3,383
    BitterSecurity/Decepticon

    Autonomous Hacking Agent for Red Team

    1,612 Elo +606.6kPython
  24. #3,620
    infosecn1nja/Red-Teaming-Toolkit

    This repository contains cutting-edge open-source security tools (OST) for a red teamer and threat hunter.

    1,597 Elo +1610.8k
  25. #4,233
    six2dez/reconftw

    reconFTW is a tool designed to perform automated recon on a target domain by running the best set of tools to perform…

    1,560 Elo +538.3kShell
  26. #4,314
    1N3/Sn1per

    Automated penetration testing & attack surface management platform. Recon, scan, exploit, report - 600+ exploits, 90+…

    1,556 Elo −411.5kShell
  27. #4,647
    v1s1t0r1sh3r3/airgeddon

    This is a multi-use bash script for Linux systems to audit wireless networks.

    1,537 Elo +378.1kShell
  28. #5,067
    yogeshojha/rengine

    reNgine is an automated reconnaissance framework for web applications with a focus on highly configurable streamlined…

    1,516 Elo +328.9kHTML
  29. #5,087
    sundowndev/hacker-roadmap

    A collection of hacking tools, resources and references to practice ethical hacking.

    1,515 Elo −715.7k
  30. #5,202
    aliasrobotics/cai

    Cybersecurity AI (CAI), the framework for AI Security

    1,510 Elo +49.8kPython
  31. #5,349
    trickest/cve

    Gather and update all available and newest CVEs with their PoC.

    1,503 Elo +278.2kHTML
  32. #5,572
    dstotijn/hetty

    An HTTP toolkit for security research.

    1,493 Elo +812.5kGo
  33. #5,838
    androguard/androguard

    Reverse engineering and pentesting for Android applications

    1,481 Elo +486.4kPython
  34. #6,021
    AzeemIdrisi/PhoneSploit-Pro

    An all-in-one hacking tool to remotely take over Android devices.

    1,472 Elo +296.4kPython
  35. #6,456
    urbanadventurer/WhatWeb

    Next generation web scanner

    1,454 Elo +17kRuby
  36. #6,551
    jakejarvis/awesome-shodan-queries

    🔍 A collection of interesting, funny, and depressing search queries to plug into shodan.io 👩‍💻

    1,450 Elo +247.8k
  37. #6,706
    byt3bl33d3r/CrackMapExec

    A swiss army knife for pentesting networks

    1,444 Elo +69.1kPython
  38. #6,800
    infobyte/faraday

    Open-source and AI-powered cybersecurity tools for offensive security, vulnerability management, and autonomous…

    1,441 Elo +336.8kPython
  39. #6,814
    TheKingOfDuck/fuzzDicts

    You Know, For WEB Fuzzing !

    1,440 Elo −38.4kPython
  40. #6,816
    infoslack/awesome-web-hacking

    A list of web application security

    1,440 Elo −37.3k
  41. #6,994
    n1nj4sec/pupy

    Pupy is an opensource, cross-platform (Windows, Linux, OSX, Android) C2 and post-exploitation framework written in…

    1,433 Elo −79kPython
  42. #7,104
    S1ckB0y1337/Active-Directory-Exploitation-Cheat-Sheet

    A cheat sheet that contains common enumeration and attack methods for Windows Active Directory.

    1,429 Elo +196.8k
  43. #7,239
    j3ssie/osmedeus

    A Modern Orchestration Engine for Security

    1,424 Elo +306.6kGo
  44. #7,497
    infinition/Bjorn

    Bjorn is a powerful network scanning and offensive security tool for the Raspberry Pi with a 2.13-inch e-Paper HAT. It…

    1,414 Elo +556.3kPython
  45. #7,763
    ihebski/DefaultCreds-cheat-sheet

    One place for all the default credentials to assist the Blue/Red teamers identifying devices with default password 🛡️

    1,404 Elo +206.8kPython
  46. #8,757
    elementalsouls/Claude-BugHunter

    A Claude Code skill bundle for bug hunting and external red-team work - 82 skills, 15 slash commands, 681…

    1,363 Elo 6.3kPython