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dbeaver/dbeaver

Free universal database tool and SQL client

AI dev

Stack

Java Maven

GitHub topics

#ai #database #databricks #db2 #dbeaver #erd

Updated: 2026-06-24
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2012-10-03
History: 8 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 3,313 open

50,700

stars

Forks: 4,251
Commits: 28,745 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +101 +0.2%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: +18 +0.1%

Website GitHub

skylot/jadx

Dex to Java decompiler

Stack

Java Gradle

GitHub topics

#android #decompiler #dex #java

Updated: 2026-06-22
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2013-03-18
History: 2 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 430 open

49,167

stars

Forks: 5,564
Commits: 2,666 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +23 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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x64dbg/x64dbg

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

Stack

C++ CMake PEP 517 pip

GitHub topics

#binary-analysis #ctf #cybersecurity #debugger #debugging #disassembler

Updated: 2026-06-22
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-11-14
History: 1 history point
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 574 open

48,716

stars

Forks: 2,757
Commits: 6,143 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

mitmproxy/mitmproxy

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

AI dev

Stack

Python Flask pytest React Tornado npm uv

GitHub topics

#debugging #http #http2 #man-in-the-middle #mitmproxy #proxy

Updated: 2026-06-18
Lists: 8 list mentions
First commit: 2010-02-16
History: 12 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 445 open

44,032

stars

Forks: 4,605
Commits: 11,175 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

rapid7/metasploit-framework

Metasploit Framework

AI dev

Stack

Ruby Next.js React Sinatra Bundler .NET SDK Gradle

GitHub topics

#hacktoberfest

Updated: 2026-06-23
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2013-08-22
History: 4 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 588 open

38,455

stars

Forks: 14,878
Commits: 81,877 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +13 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: +24 0.0%

Website GitHub

sqlmapproject/sqlmap

Automatic SQL injection and database takeover tool

Stack

Python .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#api-security #appsec #database #database-security #dbms #detection

Updated: 2026-06-24
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2008-10-15
History: 6 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 51 open

37,739

stars

Forks: 6,304
Commits: 10,712 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +16 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: +12 +0.1%

Website GitHub

dnSpy/dnSpy

.NET debugger and assembly editor

Archived

Stack

C# .NET SDK

Updated: 2020-12-20
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2016-04-25
History: 2 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: Disabled

29,568

stars

Forks: 5,566
Commits: 3,932 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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robertdavidgraham/masscan

TCP port scanner, spews SYN packets asynchronously, scanning entire Internet in under 5 minutes.

Stack

C .NET SDK

Updated: 2026-04-23
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2013-07-28
History: 2 history points
License: AGPL-3.0
Issues: 415 open

25,811

stars

Forks: 3,223
Commits: 892 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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icsharpcode/ILSpy

.NET Decompiler with support for PDB generation, ReadyToRun, Metadata (&more) - cross-platform!

AI dev

Stack

C# Avalonia .NET SDK npm

GitHub topics

#c-sharp #decompile #decompiler #decompiler-engine #dotnet #dotnetcore

Updated: 2026-06-24
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2007-10-05
History: 2 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 217 open

25,492

stars

Forks: 3,676
Commits: 9,124 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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radareorg/radare2

UNIX-like reverse engineering framework and command-line toolset

AI dev

Stack

C Meson npm

GitHub topics

#binary-analysis #c #commandline #disassembler #forensics #hacktoberfest

Updated: 2026-06-23
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2009-02-05
History: 2 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 814 open

24,177

stars

Forks: 3,260
Commits: 36,150 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

gentilkiwi/mimikatz

A little tool to play with Windows security

Stack

C .NET SDK

Updated: 2026-04-17
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2014-04-06
History: 2 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 195 open

21,657

stars

Forks: 4,134
Commits: 355 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

bee-san/Ciphey

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

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#artificial-intelligence #cipher #cpp #cryptography #ctf #ctf-tools

Updated: 2026-06-23
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-07-18
History: 1 history point
License: MIT
Issues: 1 open

21,458

stars

Forks: 1,435
Commits: 2,959 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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bee-san/RustScan

🤖 The Modern Port Scanner 🤖

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#docker #hacking #hacktoberfest #networking #nmap #pentesting

Updated: 2026-06-22
Lists: 5 list mentions
First commit: 2020-07-11
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 54 open

19,975

stars

Forks: 1,340
Commits: 1,007 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +19 +0.1%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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zaproxy/zaproxy

The ZAP by Checkmarx Core project

Stack

Java Gradle pip

GitHub topics

#appsec #dast #hacktoberfest #opensource #security #security-scanner

Updated: 2026-06-23
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2010-08-16
History: 2 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 858 open

15,318

stars

Forks: 2,583
Commits: 10,299 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +11 +0.1%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: +1 0.0%

Website GitHub

java-decompiler/jd-gui

A standalone Java Decompiler GUI

Stack

Java Gradle

Updated: 2024-07-08
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-03-25
History: 1 history point
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 248 open

15,123

stars

Forks: 2,473
Commits: 253 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

GitHub

owasp-amass/amass

In-depth attack surface mapping and asset discovery

Stack

Go gRPC Go Go modules

GitHub topics

#attack-surfaces #dns #enumeration #go #golang #information-gathering

Updated: 2026-04-17
Lists: 5 list mentions
First commit: 2017-09-28
History: 4 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 229 open

14,754

stars

Forks: 2,137
Commits: 2,874 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +8 +0.1%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

ReFirmLabs/binwalk

Firmware Analysis Tool

Stack

Rust Cargo pip

Updated: 2026-06-17
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-11-15
History: 1 history point
License: MIT
Issues: 87 open

14,069

stars

Forks: 1,810
Commits: 1,758 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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projectdiscovery/subfinder

Fast passive subdomain enumeration tool.

Stack

Go gRPC Go Go modules

GitHub topics

#bugbounty #hacking #hacktoberfest #osint #reconnaissance #subdomain-enumeration

Updated: 2026-06-17
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2018-03-31
History: 3 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 12 open

13,904

stars

Forks: 1,566
Commits: 2,205 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +13 +0.1%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

pxb1988/dex2jar

Tools to work with android .dex and java .class files

Stack

Java Gradle

Updated: 2024-07-21
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2010-03-22
History: 1 history point
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 379 open

13,117

stars

Forks: 2,186
Commits: 618 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

GitHub

PowerShellMafia/PowerSploit

PowerSploit - A PowerShell Post-Exploitation Framework

Archived

Stack

PowerShell .NET SDK

Updated: 2020-08-17
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-05-26
History: 1 history point
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 102 open

13,043

stars

Forks: 4,715
Commits: 591 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

GitHub

lucasg/Dependencies

A rewrite of the old legacy software "depends.exe" in C# for Windows devs to troubleshoot dll load dependencies issues.

Stack

C# CMake .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#csharp #dll #windows #wpf

Updated: 2024-05-15
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-06-25
History: 1 history point
License: MIT
Issues: 140 open

11,635

stars

Forks: 935
Commits: 507 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

GitHub

beautifier/js-beautify

Beautifier for javascript

Stack

JavaScript npm PEP 517

GitHub topics

#css #hacktoberfest #html #javascript #nodejs #python

Updated: 2026-06-24
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2007-09-27
History: 4 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 441 open

8,976

stars

Forks: 1,419
Commits: 3,350 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

capstone-engine/capstone

Capstone disassembly/disassembler framework for ARM, ARM64 (ARMv8), Alpha, BPF, Ethereum VM, HPPA, LoongArch, M68K, M680X, Mips, MOS65XX, PPC, RISC-V(rv32G/rv64G), SH, Sparc, SystemZ, TMS320C64X, TriCore, Webassembly, XCore and X86.

Stack

C CMake .NET SDK PEP 517

GitHub topics

#arm #arm64 #bpf #disassembler #ethereum #framework

Updated: 2026-06-23
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-11-27
History: 1 history point
License: Unknown
Issues: 357 open

8,860

stars

Forks: 1,694
Commits: 5,423 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

avast/retdec

RetDec is a retargetable machine-code decompiler based on LLVM.

Stack

C++ CMake

Updated: 2026-05-26
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-12-12
History: 1 history point
License: MIT
Issues: 442 open

8,564

stars

Forks: 992
Commits: 2,175 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

EmpireProject/Empire

Empire is a PowerShell and Python post-exploitation agent.

Archived

Stack

PowerShell Flask .NET SDK pip

Updated: 2020-01-19
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-08-05
History: 1 history point
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 101 open

7,851

stars

Forks: 2,934
Commits: 1,509 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

de4dot/de4dot

.NET deobfuscator and unpacker.

Archived

Stack

C# .NET SDK

Updated: 2020-08-29
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-09-22
History: 1 history point
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: Disabled

7,429

stars

Forks: 2,809
Commits: 2,090 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

GitHub

EdOverflow/bugbounty-cheatsheet

A list of interesting payloads, tips and tricks for bug bounty hunters.

GitHub topics

#bugbounty #infosec #payloads #security

Updated: 2023-09-14
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-07-13
History: 1 history point
License: CC-BY-SA-4.0
Issues: 11 open

6,497

stars

Forks: 1,615
Commits: 230 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

GitHub

deathmarine/Luyten

An Open Source Java Decompiler Gui for Procyon

Stack

Java Maven

Updated: 2024-07-11
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-07-11
History: 1 history point
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 193 open

5,106

stars

Forks: 1,012
Commits: 158 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

GitHub

Hack-with-Github/Free-Security-eBooks

Free Security and Hacking eBooks

Archived

GitHub topics

#cloud-security #cyber-security #ebooks #forensics #hackers-handbook #hacking

Updated: 2019-07-10
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2016-04-21
History: 2 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 3 open

4,922

stars

Forks: 1,085
Commits: 48 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

GitHub

kaitai-io/kaitai_struct

Kaitai Struct: declarative language to generate binary data parsers in C++ / C# / Go / Java / JavaScript / Lua / Nim / Perl / PHP / Python / Ruby / Rust

Stack

Shell

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #cpp #csharp #declarative-language #file-format #go

Updated: 2026-06-22
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-02-20
History: 1 history point
License: Unknown
Issues: 517 open

4,631

stars

Forks: 208
Commits: 1,046 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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