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donnemartin/system-design-primer

Learn how to design large-scale systems. Prep for the system design interview. Includes Anki flashcards.

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Python

GitHub topics

#design #design-patterns #design-system #development #interview #interview-practice

Updated: 2026-03-20
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-02-26
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 613 open

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Forks: 58,120
Commits: 343 commits
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sherlock-project/sherlock

Hunt down social media accounts by username across social networks

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Python pytest Poetry

GitHub topics

#cli #cti #cybersecurity #forensics #hacktoberfest #information-gathering

Updated: 2026-09-11
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2018-12-24
License: MIT
Issues: 347 open

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Forks: 10,739
Commits: 2,931 commits
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bregman-arie/devops-exercises

Linux, Jenkins, AWS, SRE, Prometheus, Docker, Python, Ansible, Git, Kubernetes, Terraform, OpenStack, SQL, NoSQL, Azure, GCP, DNS, Elastic, Network, Virtualization. DevOps Interview Questions

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Python Flask pip

GitHub topics

#ansible #aws #azure #coding #containers #devops

Updated: 2025-12-27
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-10-03
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 56 open

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Forks: 20,273
Commits: 796 commits
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gto76/python-cheatsheet

Comprehensive Python Cheatsheet

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Python

GitHub topics

#cheatsheet #python #python-cheatsheet #reference

Updated: 2026-07-29
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-11-07
License: Unknown
Issues: 0 open

38,645

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Forks: 6,699
Commits: 2,921 commits
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httpie/cli

🥧 HTTPie CLI — modern, user-friendly command-line HTTP client for the API era. JSON support, colors, sessions, downloads, plugins & more.

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Python pytest pip

GitHub topics

#api #api-client #api-testing #cli #client #curl

Updated: 2024-12-17
Lists: 7 list mentions
First commit: 2012-02-25
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 338 open

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Forks: 4,004
Commits: 1,797 commits
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satwikkansal/wtfpython

What the f*ck Python? 😱

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Python Poetry

GitHub topics

#documentation #gotchas #interview-questions #pitfalls #python #python-interview-questions

Updated: 2026-01-13
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-08-26
License: WTFPL
Issues: 72 open

37,070

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Forks: 2,665
Commits: 670 commits
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certbot/certbot

Certbot is EFF's tool to obtain certs from Let's Encrypt and (optionally) auto-enable HTTPS on your server. It can also act as a client for any other CA that uses the ACME protocol.

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Python pytest PEP 517 pip Poetry

GitHub topics

#acme #acme-client #certbot #certificate #letsencrypt #python

Updated: 2026-08-28
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2012-05-17
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 188 open

33,222

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Forks: 3,509
Commits: 11,430 commits
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locustio/locust

Write scalable load tests in plain Python 🚗💨

AI dev

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Python Flask pytest React Vite npm pip uv

GitHub topics

#benchmarking #http #load-generator #load-test #load-testing #load-tests

Updated: 2026-08-26
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2010-06-20
License: MIT
Issues: 3 open

28,115

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Forks: 3,237
Commits: 6,550 commits
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netbox-community/netbox

The premier source of truth powering network automation. Open source under Apache 2. Try NetBox Cloud free: https://netboxlabs.com/products/free-netbox-cloud/

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Python Django Django REST Framework React npm PEP 517 pip

GitHub topics

#cabling #dcim #django #infrastructure-management #ipam #netbox

Updated: 2026-08-29
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2016-03-01
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 196 open

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Forks: 3,112
Commits: 15,622 commits
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fortra/impacket

Impacket is a collection of Python classes for working with network protocols.

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Python Flask pytest pip

GitHub topics

#dcerpc #dcom #impacket #kerberos #msrpc #netbios

Updated: 2026-08-28
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2003-10-09
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 319 open

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Forks: 3,956
Commits: 4,278 commits
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Gallopsled/pwntools

CTF framework and exploit development library

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Python pip uv

GitHub topics

#assembly #bsd #capture-the-flag #ctf #ctf-framework #defcon

Updated: 2026-08-16
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-05-01
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 121 open

13,662

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Forks: 1,854
Commits: 4,653 commits
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dbcli/pgcli

Postgres CLI with autocompletion and syntax highlighting

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Python pytest PEP 517

GitHub topics

#database #postgres #postgresql #psql #python

Updated: 2026-08-27
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2014-10-12
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 42 open

13,370

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Forks: 607
Commits: 2,442 commits
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threat9/routersploit

Exploitation Framework for Embedded Devices

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Python pytest pip

GitHub topics

#bruteforce #creds #dictionary-attack #embedded #exploits #infosec

Updated: 2026-05-05
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-03-30
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 97 open

13,224

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Forks: 2,397
Commits: 839 commits
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s0md3v/Photon

Incredibly fast crawler designed for OSINT.

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Python pip

GitHub topics

#crawler #information-gathering #osint #python #spider

Updated: 2026-08-07
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2018-03-30
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 59 open

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Forks: 1,676
Commits: 333 commits
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dbcli/mycli

Rich MySQL Terminal Client with AutoCompletion, Syntax Highlighting, and Dataframes

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Python pytest uv

GitHub topics

#auto-completion #data-science #database #mycli #mysql #python

Updated: 2026-08-29
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2015-04-05
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 1 open

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Commits: 3,701 commits
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pwndbg/pwndbg

Exploit Development and Reverse Engineering with GDB & LLDB Made Easy

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Python pytest uv

GitHub topics

#binary-ninja #capture-the-flag #ctf #debugging #disassembler #exploit-development

Updated: 2026-09-01
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-02-10
License: MIT
Issues: 223 open

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Forks: 1,261
Commits: 3,153 commits
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Tikam02/DevOps-Guide

DevOps Guide - Development to Production all configurations with basic notes to debug efficiently.

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HTML Express npm

GitHub topics

#ansible #cheatsheet #ci-cd #containers #devops #devops-cheatsheets

Updated: 2026-05-22
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-10-16
License: MIT
Issues: 11 open

9,324

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Forks: 2,084
Commits: 688 commits
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stamparm/maltrail

Malicious traffic detection system

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Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#attack-detection #intrusion-detection #malware #network-monitoring #python #rust

Updated: 2026-08-30
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2026-01-02
License: MIT
Issues: 25 open

8,590

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Forks: 1,264
Commits: 403 commits
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reorx/httpstat

curl statistics made simple

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Python pytest uv

GitHub topics

#cli #curl #http #python #visualization

Updated: 2026-04-08
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-08-30
License: MIT
Issues: 9 open

6,218

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Forks: 383
Commits: 106 commits
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NullArray/AutoSploit

Automated Mass Exploiter

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Python pip

GitHub topics

#automation #exploit #exploitation #metasploit #offsec #python

Updated: 2023-05-22
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-01-30
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 132 open

5,254

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Forks: 1,181
Commits: 281 commits
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DefectDojo/django-DefectDojo

Open-Source Unified Vulnerability Management, DevSecOps & ASPM

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HTML Celery Django Django REST Framework Tailwind CSS npm pip Yarn

GitHub topics

#analytics #appsec #automation #devsecops #django #hacktoberfest

Updated: 2026-08-28
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-03-13
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 216 open

4,910

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Forks: 1,940
Commits: 15,171 commits
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Netflix/security_monkey

Security Monkey monitors AWS, GCP, OpenStack, and GitHub orgs for assets and their changes over time.

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Python Celery Flask pytest Dart Pub pip

GitHub topics

#aws #aws-ec2 #aws-iam #aws-policy-tracking #aws-s3 #aws-security

Updated: 2021-02-11
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-06-27
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 84 open

4,371

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Forks: 780
Commits: 1,660 commits
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nabla-c0d3/sslyze

Fast and powerful SSL/TLS scanning library.

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Python pytest PEP 517 pip

GitHub topics

#heartbleed #library #python #scans #security #ssl

Updated: 2026-08-30
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-10-08
License: AGPL-3.0
Issues: 31 open

3,775

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Forks: 494
Commits: 1,978 commits
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dbcli/litecli

CLI for SQLite Databases with auto-completion and syntax highlighting

AI dev

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Python pytest PEP 517

GitHub topics

#linux #prompt-toolkit #python #sqlite #syntax-highlighting

Updated: 2026-06-18
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2018-05-13
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 46 open

3,293

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Forks: 95
Commits: 577 commits
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P403n1x87/austin

Python frame stack sampler for CPython

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C pytest pip

GitHub topics

#debugging-tools #performance #profiling #python

Updated: 2026-08-25
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-09-23
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 8 open

2,209

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Forks: 66
Commits: 408 commits
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Nekmo/dirhunt

Find web directories without bruteforce

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Python npm pip

GitHub topics

#crawler #dirscanner #pentesting #python #security #security-tools

Updated: 2023-10-29
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-01-05
License: MIT
Issues: 15 open

2,007

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Forks: 270
Commits: 329 commits
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vulnersCom/getsploit

Search and download public exploits from the Vulners database — online, or fully offline from a local SQLite FTS5 index.

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Python pytest uv

GitHub topics

#cli #cve #exploit #exploit-database #exploitdb #exploits

Updated: 2026-08-24
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-06-04
License: MIT
Issues: 4 open

1,814

stars

Forks: 247
Commits: 44 commits
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dbcli/mssql-cli

A command-line client for SQL Server with auto-completion and syntax highlighting

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Python pytest pip

GitHub topics

#cli #database #python #sqlserver

Updated: 2024-02-26
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-10-30
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 162 open

1,412

stars

Forks: 191
Commits: 402 commits
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yassineaboukir/sublert

Sublert is a security and reconnaissance tool which leverages certificate transparency to automatically monitor new subdomains deployed by specific organizations and issued TLS/SSL certificate.

Stack

Python pip

GitHub topics

#bug-bounty #certificate-transparency #certificate-transparency-logs #hacking #information-gathering #monitoring-tool

Updated: 2021-02-05
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-03-08
License: MIT
Issues: 17 open

1,034

stars

Forks: 165
Commits: 67 commits
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bl4de/security-tools

My collection of various security tools created mostly in Python and Bash. For CTFs and Bug Bounty.

Stack

Python

GitHub topics

#bug-bounties #bug-bounty #bugbounty #ctf #ctf-tools #hacking

Updated: 2026-04-22
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-08-19
License: MIT
Issues: 2 open

920

stars

Forks: 182
Commits: 857 commits
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Sahith02/machine-learning-algorithms

A curated list of all machine learning algorithms and deep learning algorithms grouped by category.

Stack

Python

GitHub topics

#classification #deep-learning #deep-learning-algorithms #deep-learning-tutorial #implementation #implementation-of-algorithms

Updated: 2022-02-26
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-06-26
License: Unknown
Issues: 1 open

389

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Forks: 48
Commits: 8 commits
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Last pushed: 2024-11-19
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Created: 2018-06-23
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