Top Security repositories

Repositories with the GitHub topic “security”: 212 repositories with 4M stars between them, mostly written in Python, Go and TypeScript. The highest-rated is morluto/rea, #1 on the bestofgithub Elo ladder.

Biggest movers this week

openai/codex-security

Open on GitHubTypeScript

OpenAI's Codex Security CLI and TypeScript SDK for finding, validating, and fixing security vulnerabilities. npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@openai/codex-security

  • 1,862+37 Elo, change today
  • 13.6k stars
  • 1k forks
  • 51 watchers
docker
git clone https://github.com/openai/codex-security && cd codex-security && docker compose up -d
  • ai-security
  • application-security
  • cli
  • code-scanning

maxgoedjen/secretive

Open on GitHubSwift

Protect your SSH keys with your Mac's Secure Enclave

  • 1,603+17 Elo, change today
  • 9.4k stars
  • 240 forks
git
git clone https://github.com/maxgoedjen/secretive.git
  • mac
  • secure-enclave
  • security
  • ssh

kubescape/kubescape

Open on GitHubGo

Kubescape is an open-source Kubernetes security platform for your IDE, CI/CD pipelines, and clusters. It includes risk analysis, security, compliance, and misconfiguration scanning, saving Kubernetes users and administrators precious time, effort, and resources.

  • 1,607+24 Elo, change today
  • 11.9k stars
  • 1.1k forks
git
git clone https://github.com/kubescape/kubescape.git
  • best-practice
  • devops
  • kubernetes
  • mitre-attack

zizmorcore/zizmor

Open on GitHubRust

Static analysis for GitHub Actions (and more)

  • 1,600+13 Elo, change today
  • 7k stars
  • 286 forks
git
git clone https://github.com/zizmorcore/zizmor.git
  • github-actions
  • security
  • security-tools
  • static-analysis

OpenCTI-Platform/opencti

Open on GitHubTypeScript

Open Cyber Threat Intelligence Platform

  • 1,666+4 Elo, change today
  • 10.3k stars
  • 1.5k forks
git
git clone https://github.com/OpenCTI-Platform/opencti.git
  • cti
  • cyber
  • cybersecurity
  • intelligence

morluto/rea

Open on GitHubTypeScript
  • Legendary #1
  • Hall of Fame #4
  • Best of 2026 #1
  • Trending #2 · 16-day streak

Reverse engineer anything with agents, from app behavior down to native binaries.

  • 2,793+1 Elo, change today
  • +2.1k stars gained
  • 461k stars
  • 113k forks
  • 1.7k watchers
brew install rea
  • agent-skills
  • ai
  • android
  • claude-code

trimstray/the-book-of-secret-knowledge

Open on GitHub

A collection of inspiring lists, manuals, cheatsheets, blogs, hacks, one-liners, cli/web tools and more.

  • 2,418−5 Elo, change today
  • +245 stars gained
  • 258k stars
  • 14.8k forks
  • 2.8k watchers
git
git clone https://github.com/trimstray/the-book-of-secret-knowledge.git
  • awesome
  • awesome-list
  • bsd
  • cheatsheets

Top 100 on the Elo ladder

  1. #1
    morluto/rea

    Reverse engineer anything with agents, from app behavior down to native binaries.

    2,793 Elo +11461kTypeScript
  2. #29
    trimstray/the-book-of-secret-knowledge

    A collection of inspiring lists, manuals, cheatsheets, blogs, hacks, one-liners, cli/web tools and more.

    2,418 Elo −39258k
  3. #93
    usestrix/strix

    Open-source AI penetration testing tool to find and fix your app’s vulnerabilities.

    2,249 Elo +875.7kPython
  4. #117
    Hack-with-Github/Awesome-Hacking

    A collection of various awesome lists for hackers, pentesters and security researchers

    2,214 Elo −3125k
  5. #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
  6. #297
    mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills

    817 structured cybersecurity skills for AI agents · Mapped to 6 frameworks: MITRE ATT&CK, NIST CSF 2.0, MITRE ATLAS…

    2,067 Elo +3336.1kPython
  7. #305
    swisskyrepo/PayloadsAllTheThings

    A list of useful payloads and bypass for Web Application Security and Pentest/CTF

    2,064 Elo −3482.6kPython
  8. #370
    GyulyVGC/sniffnet

    Comfortably monitor your network traffic 🕵️‍♂️

    2,029 Elo +7942.8kRust
  9. #378
    Developer-Y/cs-video-courses

    List of Computer Science courses with video lectures.

    2,025 Elo −8284.8k
  10. #391
    mitmproxy/mitmproxy

    An interactive TLS-capable intercepting HTTP proxy for penetration testers and software developers.

    2,019 Elo +3546.9kPython
  11. #461
    caddyserver/caddy

    Web server and reverse proxy with automatic HTTPS, HTTP/3 and a refreshingly small config.

    1,989 Elo −7179kGo
  12. #473
    trufflesecurity/trufflehog

    Find, verify, and analyze leaked credentials

    1,985 Elo +7629.3kGo
  13. #503
    projectdiscovery/nuclei

    Nuclei is a fast, customizable vulnerability scanner powered by the global security community and built on a simple…

    1,974 Elo +3932.9kGo
  14. #518
    aquasecurity/trivy

    Finds vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, secrets and SBOM issues in containers, Kubernetes and code.

    1,968 Elo +3739.3kGo
  15. #527
    gitleaks/gitleaks

    Find secrets with Gitleaks 🔑

    1,964 Elo +2931kGo
  16. #706
    x64dbg/x64dbg

    An open-source user mode debugger for Windows. Optimized for reverse engineering and malware analysis.

    1,915 Elo −3850.3kC++
  17. #750
    OWASP/CheatSheetSeries

    The OWASP Cheat Sheet Series was created to provide a concise collection of high value information on specific…

    1,906 Elo −1234kJavaScript
  18. #753
    keepassxreboot/keepassxc

    KeePassXC is a cross-platform community-driven port of the Windows application “KeePass Password Safe”.

    1,905 Elo −1030kC++
  19. #754
    juice-shop/juice-shop

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

    1,904 Elo −2814.4kTypeScript
  20. #779
    Infisical/infisical

    Infisical is the open-source platform for securing secrets, certificates, access, and AI Agents.

    1,899 Elo −430.5kTypeScript
  21. #880
    mvt-project/mvt

    MVT (Mobile Verification Toolkit) helps with conducting forensics of mobile devices in order to find signs of a…

    1,879 Elo +3816kPython
  22. #898
    ImranR98/Obtainium

    Get Android app updates straight from the source.

    1,875 Elo +521.5kDart
  23. #928
    radareorg/radare2

    UNIX-like reverse engineering framework and command-line toolset

    1,870 Elo −2425.4kC
  24. #966
    openai/codex-security

    OpenAI's Codex Security CLI and TypeScript SDK for finding, validating, and fixing security vulnerabilities. npm…

    1,862 Elo +24713.6kTypeScript
  25. #967
    lissy93/web-check

    🕵️‍♂️ All-in-one OSINT tool for analysing any website

    1,862 Elo +135.5kTypeScript
  26. #1,052
    wazuh/wazuh

    Wazuh - The Open Source Security Platform. Unified XDR and SIEM protection for endpoints and cloud workloads.

    1,847 Elo +3417.7kC++
  27. #1,075
    TecharoHQ/anubis

    Weighs the soul of incoming HTTP requests to stop AI crawlers

    1,844 Elo +2824.1kGo
  28. #1,140
    nginx/nginx

    The official NGINX Open Source repository.

    1,836 Elo −5332.1kC
  29. #1,182
    hwdsl2/setup-ipsec-vpn

    Set up your own IPsec VPN server in just a few minutes, with IPsec/L2TP, Cisco IPsec and IKEv2. Supports Ubuntu…

    1,829 Elo −1829kShell
  30. #1,242
    goauthentik/authentik

    The authentication glue you need.

    1,821 Elo +2226.3kPython
  31. #1,246
    cilium/cilium

    eBPF-based Networking, Security, and Observability

    1,821 Elo −2225.8kGo
  32. #1,316
    authelia/authelia

    The Single Sign-On Multi-Factor portal for web apps. OpenID Certified™ and Post-Quantum Cryptography Ready.

    1,810 Elo −1529.6kGo
  33. #1,328
    community-scripts/ProxmoxVE

    Proxmox VE Helper-Scripts (Community Edition)

    1,808 Elo −3230.1kShell
  34. #1,395
    chaitin/SafeLine

    SafeLine is a self-hosted WAF(Web Application Firewall) / reverse proxy to protect your web apps from attacks and…

    1,798 Elo −423.2kGo
  35. #1,413
    StevenBlack/hosts

    🔒 Consolidating and extending hosts files from several well-curated sources. Optionally pick extensions for porn…

    1,796 Elo −1831.4kPython
  36. #1,606
    crowdsecurity/crowdsec

    Open-source IDS/IPS, WAF and bot detection for Linux, Windows, Docker and Kubernetes, with a crowdsourced blocklist of…

    1,772 Elo +8515.6kGo
  37. #1,631
    majd/ipatool

    Command-line tool that allows you to search for iOS, iPadOS, tvOS, watchOS, visionOS, and macOS apps on the App Store…

    1,769 Elo +3812.3kGo
  38. #1,710
    zaproxy/zaproxy

    The ZAP by Checkmarx Core project

    1,760 Elo +4416.1kJava
  39. #1,762
    SigmaHQ/sigma

    Main Sigma Rule Repository

    1,753 Elo +7611.5kPython
  40. #1,795
    getsops/sops

    Simple and flexible tool for managing secrets

    1,750 Elo +4323.7kGo
  41. #1,834
    imthenachoman/How-To-Secure-A-Linux-Server

    An evolving how-to guide for securing a Linux server.

    1,746 Elo −2432k
  42. #1,864
    osquery/osquery

    SQL powered operating system instrumentation, monitoring, and analytics.

    1,742 Elo +323.7kC++
  43. #1,882
    lissy93/personal-security-checklist

    🔒 A compiled checklist of 300+ tips for protecting digital security and privacy in 2026

    1,740 Elo +5622.7kTypeScript
  44. #1,923
    Atlas-OS/Atlas

    🚀 An open and lightweight modification to Windows, designed to optimize performance, privacy and usability.

    1,736 Elo +1822.1kPowerShell
  45. #1,942
    prowler-cloud/prowler

    This repo hosts Prowler OSS (CLI and Local Server). Prowler is the world’s most widely used open-source cloud security…

    1,734 Elo +2715.2kPython
  46. #2,001
    rizinorg/cutter

    Free and Open Source Reverse Engineering Platform powered by rizin

    1,727 Elo +2820.2kC++
  47. #2,004
    twpayne/chezmoi

    Manage your dotfiles across multiple diverse machines, securely.

    1,727 Elo +3122.2kGo
  48. #2,048
    OpenZeppelin/openzeppelin-contracts

    OpenZeppelin Contracts is a library for secure smart contract development.

    1,722 Elo −6027.3kSolidity
  49. #2,081
    digininja/DVWA

    Damn Vulnerable Web Application (DVWA)

    1,718 Elo +114kPHP
  50. #2,119
    winsiderss/systeminformer

    A free, powerful, multi-purpose tool that helps you monitor system resources, debug software and detect malware…

    1,714 Elo +4016.5kC
  51. #2,140
    eosphoros-ai/DB-GPT

    open-source agentic AI data assistant for the next generation of AI + Data products.

    1,712 Elo −1020.2kPython
  52. #2,149
    The-Vibe-Company/quivr

    An open-source engine that turns continuous content streams into search and monitoring. Durable ingestion, hybrid…

    1,711 Elo −3039.6kGo
  53. #2,174
    nmap/nmap

    Nmap - the Network Mapper. Github mirror of official SVN repository.

    1,708 Elo +4213.9kC
  54. #2,215
    cryptomator/cryptomator

    Cryptomator for Windows, macOS, and Linux: Secure client-side encryption for your cloud storage, ensuring privacy and…

    1,704 Elo +2416.5kJava
  55. #2,244
    projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates

    Community curated list of templates for the nuclei engine to find security vulnerabilities.

    1,701 Elo +2013.3kJavaScript
  56. #2,251
    frappe/frappe

    Low code web framework for real world applications, in Python and Javascript

    1,701 Elo +3311.1kPython
  57. #2,324
    openbao/openbao

    OpenBao is a software solution to manage, store, and distribute sensitive data including secrets, certificates, and…

    1,693 Elo +699kGo
  58. #2,405
    bettercap/bettercap

    The Swiss Army knife for 802.11, BLE, HID, CAN-bus, IPv4 and IPv6 networks reconnaissance and MITM attacks.

    1,685 Elo +5920.2kGo
  59. #2,443
    OpenVPN/openvpn

    OpenVPN is an open source VPN daemon

    1,681 Elo +2214.8kC
  60. #2,449
    fail2ban/fail2ban

    Daemon to ban hosts that cause multiple authentication errors

    1,681 Elo −419kPython
  61. #2,480
    Tencent/AI-Infra-Guard

    A full-stack AI Red Teaming platform securing AI ecosystems via Agent Scan, Skills Scan, MCP scan, AI Infra scan and…

    1,677 Elo +737.5kPython
  62. #2,483
    simplex-chat/simplex-chat

    SimpleX - the first messaging network operating without user identifiers of any kind - 100% private by design! iOS…

    1,677 Elo +2419.6kHaskell
  63. #2,532
    anchore/grype

    A vulnerability scanner for container images and filesystems

    1,673 Elo +5113.2kGo
  64. #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
  65. #2,608
    sbilly/awesome-security

    A collection of awesome software, libraries, documents, books, resources and cools stuffs about security.

    1,667 Elo +3615.1k
  66. #2,617
    bee-san/RustScan

    🤖 The Modern Port Scanner 🤖

    1,666 Elo +1420.7kRust
  67. #2,619
    OpenCTI-Platform/opencti

    Open Cyber Threat Intelligence Platform

    1,666 Elo +8810.3kTypeScript
  68. #2,660
    google/oss-fuzz

    OSS-Fuzz - continuous fuzzing for open source software.

    1,663 Elo +1112.9kShell
  69. #2,692
    superradcompany/microsandbox

    🧱 easy, fast, programmable and local-first microVM runtime and library

    1,660 Elo +739kRust
  70. #2,702
    matomo-org/matomo

    Empowering People Ethically 🚀 — Matomo is hiring! Join us → https://matomo.org/jobs Matomo is the leading open-source…

    1,660 Elo −3122kPHP
  71. #2,709
    kata-containers/kata-containers

    Kata Containers is an open source project and community working to build a standard implementation of lightweight…

    1,659 Elo +669.1kRust
  72. #2,760
    jason5ng32/MyIP

    The best IP Toolbox. Check your IP address & geolocation, test IP for WebRTC and DNS IP leaks, run an IP quality check…

    1,655 Elo +2412.3kJavaScript
  73. #2,773
    qazbnm456/awesome-web-security

    🐶 A curated list of Web Security materials and resources.

    1,654 Elo +4414kPython
  74. #2,866
    fleetdm/fleet

    Open device management

    1,647 Elo +537.2kGo
  75. #3,029
    gravitational/teleport

    The easiest, and most secure way to access and protect all of your infrastructure.

    1,634 Elo +921kGo
  76. #3,112
    trailofbits/algo

    Set up a personal VPN in the cloud

    1,629 Elo +430.4kPython
  77. #3,143
    hslatman/awesome-threat-intelligence

    A curated list of Awesome Threat Intelligence resources

    1,627 Elo +2810.8k
  78. #3,145
    maurosoria/dirsearch

    Web path scanner

    1,627 Elo +4415kPython
  79. #3,234
    gophish/gophish

    Open-Source Phishing Toolkit

    1,621 Elo −2114.4kGo
  80. #3,244
    zeek/zeek

    Zeek is a powerful network analysis framework that is much different from the typical IDS you may know.

    1,620 Elo +848.2kC++
  81. #3,248
    edoardottt/awesome-hacker-search-engines

    A curated list of awesome search engines useful during Penetration testing, Vulnerability assessments, Red/Blue Team…

    1,620 Elo +3611.5kShell
  82. #3,296
    knownsec/404StarLink

    404StarLink - 推荐优质、有意义、有趣、坚持维护的安全开源项目

    1,617 Elo +6211.5k
  83. #3,315
    shadow1ng/fscan

    一款内网综合扫描工具,方便一键自动化、全方位漏扫扫描。(An intranet comprehensive scanning tool, enabling one-click automated, all-round…

    1,616 Elo +3514.7kGo
  84. #3,432
    evilsocket/opensnitch

    OpenSnitch is a GNU/Linux interactive application firewall inspired by Little Snitch.

    1,609 Elo +5214.3kPython
  85. #3,466
    bleachbit/bleachbit

    BleachBit system cleaner for Windows and Linux

    1,607 Elo +837.5kPython
  86. #3,470
    kubescape/kubescape

    Kubescape is an open-source Kubernetes security platform for your IDE, CI/CD pipelines, and clusters. It includes risk…

    1,607 Elo +12311.9kGo
  87. #3,531
    maxgoedjen/secretive

    Protect your SSH keys with your Mac's Secure Enclave

    1,603 Elo +1289.4kSwift
  88. #3,542
    bytebase/bytebase

    Database governance built for humans and agents — controlling changes and access across every major database.

    1,602 Elo +4814.7kTypeScript
  89. #3,572
    unicorn-engine/unicorn

    Unicorn CPU emulator framework (ARM, AArch64, M68K, Mips, Sparc, PowerPC, RiscV, S390x, TriCore, X86)

    1,600 Elo +439.5kC
  90. #3,575
    zizmorcore/zizmor

    Static analysis for GitHub Actions (and more)

    1,600 Elo +1087kRust
  91. #3,598
    wifiphisher/wifiphisher

    The Rogue Access Point Framework

    1,599 Elo +1314.9kPython
  92. #3,642
    OISF/suricata

    Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine…

    1,596 Elo +776.8kC
  93. #3,726
    shieldfy/API-Security-Checklist

    Checklist of the most important security countermeasures when designing, testing, and releasing your API

    1,590 Elo +1223.3k
  94. #3,776
    drduh/macOS-Security-and-Privacy-Guide

    Community guide to securing and improving privacy on macOS.

    1,587 Elo +1222.5kShell
  95. #3,794
    ory/hydra

    Internet-scale OpenID Certified™ OpenID Connect and OAuth2.1 provider that integrates with your user management through…

    1,585 Elo +3217.6kGo
  96. #3,795
    bunkerity/bunkerweb

    🛡️ Open-source and cloud-native Web Application Firewall (WAF)

    1,585 Elo +4111.2kPython
  97. #3,856
    meirwah/awesome-incident-response

    A curated list of tools for incident response

    1,582 Elo +199.5k
  98. #3,916
    slimtoolkit/slim

    Slim(toolkit): Don't change anything in your container image and minify it by up to 30x (and for compiled languages…

    1,578 Elo +4123.5kGo
  99. #3,921
    kyverno/kyverno

    Unified Policy as Code

    1,578 Elo +558.3kGo
  100. #4,040
    monero-project/monero

    Monero: the secure, private, untraceable cryptocurrency

    1,571 Elo −1510.9kC++