Awesome Pentest
A curated collection of penetration testing tools, resources, and educational materials for offensive cybersecurity professionals.
What is Awesome Pentest?
Awesome Penetration Testing is a curated GitHub repository that serves as a massive index of tools, resources, and educational content for offensive security professionals. It helps penetration testers, ethical hackers, and security researchers discover software, learn techniques, and stay updated with the latest in cybersecurity. The project solves the problem of fragmented security tooling by providing a single, organized source for thousands of community-vetted entries.
Security professionals, penetration testers, red teamers, CTF players, and students learning ethical hacking and offensive security techniques. It's also valuable for security teams building internal knowledge bases or toolkits.
Developers and security practitioners choose this because it offers an unparalleled breadth of curated, up-to-date resources in one place, saving hours of manual research. Its community-driven nature ensures quality and relevance, and its clear categorization makes it accessible for both beginners and experts.
Overview
A collection of awesome penetration testing resources, tools and other shiny things
Use Cases
Best For
- Finding specialized security tools for a specific penetration testing task (e.g., hash cracking, network scanning)
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