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P403n1x87/austin

Python frame stack sampler for CPython

Stack

C pytest pip

GitHub topics

#debugging-tools #performance #profiling #python

Updated: 2026-07-02
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-09-23
History: 3 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 12 open

2,209

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Forks: 66
Commits: 408 commits
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ssllabs/research

No description.

Updated: 2023-03-14
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-05-25
History: 3 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: Disabled

2,205

stars

Forks: 231
Commits: 75 commits
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OWASP/DevGuide

The OWASP Developer Guide

GitHub topics

#owasp #owasp-developer-guide

Updated: 2026-07-06
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-11-27
History: 3 history points
License: CC-BY-SA-4.0
Issues: 13 open

2,165

stars

Forks: 407
Commits: 382 commits
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Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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dennyzhang/cheatsheet-kubernetes-A4

:book: Kubernetes CheatSheets In A4

Stack

Shell

GitHub topics

#cheatsheets #containers #denny-cheatsheets #denny-kubernetes #kubernetes

Updated: 2024-02-25
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-11-29
History: 3 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 0 open

2,154

stars

Forks: 988
Commits: 174 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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HolyBugx/HolyTips

A Collection of Notes, Checklists, Writeups on Bug Bounty Hunting and Web Application Security.

GitHub topics

#api #api-security #bugbounty #bugbounty-writeups #bugbountytips #checklist

Updated: 2021-09-05
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-03-21
History: 3 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 0 open

2,017

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Forks: 336
Commits: 46 commits
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sc0tfree/mentalist

Mentalist is a graphical tool for custom wordlist generation. It utilizes common human paradigms for constructing passwords and can output the full wordlist as well as rules compatible with Hashcat and John the Ripper.

Stack

Python pytest Poetry

GitHub topics

#cracking #cracking-hashes #password #wordlist #wordlist-generator #wordlist-technique

Updated: 2026-04-14
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-11-05
History: 3 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 11 open

2,011

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Forks: 258
Commits: 23 commits
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Nekmo/dirhunt

Find web directories without bruteforce

Stack

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
History: 3 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 15 open

2,010

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Forks: 274
Commits: 329 commits
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mozilla/cipherscan

A very simple way to find out which SSL ciphersuites are supported by a target.

Stack

Python

Updated: 2025-06-09
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-07-17
History: 3 history points
License: MPL-2.0
Issues: 35 open

1,995

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Forks: 264
Commits: 423 commits
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djhworld/simple-computer

the scott CPU from "But How Do It Know?" by J. Clark Scott

Stack

Go Go modules

Updated: 2026-05-29
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-04-15
History: 3 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 2 open

1,987

stars

Forks: 159
Commits: 33 commits
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Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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GitGuardian/APISecurityBestPractices

Resources to help you keep secrets (API keys, database credentials, certificates, ...) out of source code and remediate the issue in case of a leaked API key. Made available by GitGuardian.

GitHub topics

#api #keys #leaked #security #security-tools

Updated: 2019-07-08
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-05-11
History: 3 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 11 open

1,976

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Forks: 95
Commits: 32 commits
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Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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JohnTroony/php-webshells

Common PHP webshells you might need for your Penetration Testing assignments or CTF challenges. Do not host the file(s) on your server!

Stack

PHP

Updated: 2021-03-03
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-07-25
History: 3 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 9 open

1,956

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Forks: 760
Commits: 23 commits
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GrrrDog/weird_proxies

Reverse proxies cheatsheet

Stack

Python

GitHub topics

#cheatsheet #pentesting #reverse-proxy #security

Updated: 2023-11-04
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-12-17
History: 3 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 2 open

1,889

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Forks: 221
Commits: 112 commits
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Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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mozilla/http-observatory

Mozilla HTTP Observatory

Archived

Stack

Python Flask Poetry

Updated: 2024-10-22
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2016-02-03
History: 6 history points
License: MPL-2.0
Issues: 89 open

1,853

stars

Forks: 163
Commits: 745 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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vulnersCom/getsploit

Command line utility for searching and downloading exploits

Stack

Python Poetry

Updated: 2025-09-10
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-06-04
History: 3 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 12 open

1,812

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Forks: 247
Commits: 40 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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mschwager/fierce

A DNS reconnaissance tool for locating non-contiguous IP space.

Stack

Python pytest Poetry

GitHub topics

#discovered-domains #dns #domain #fierce #name-server #reconnaissance

Updated: 2024-08-28
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-04-26
History: 3 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 9 open

1,803

stars

Forks: 216
Commits: 145 commits
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google/stenographer

Stenographer is a packet capture solution which aims to quickly spool all packets to disk, then provide simple, fast access to subsets of those packets. Discussion/announcements at stenographer@googlegroups.com

Archived AI dev

Stack

Updated: 2021-07-26
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2014-10-13
History: 4 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 50 open

1,797

stars

Forks: 233
Commits: 486 commits
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Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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ssllabs/ssllabs-scan

A command-line reference-implementation client for SSL Labs APIs, designed for automated and/or bulk testing.

Stack

Updated: 2024-08-05
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-10-14
History: 3 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 291 open

1,764

stars

Forks: 249
Commits: 255 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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vergoh/vnstat

vnStat - a network traffic monitor for Linux and BSD

Stack

GitHub topics

#c #network-traffic-monitor #traffic #vnstat

Updated: 2026-07-28
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-02-24
History: 3 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 8 open

1,749

stars

Forks: 137
Commits: 1,220 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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shekyan/slowhttptest

Application Layer DoS attack simulator

Stack

C++

GitHub topics

#performance-metrics #security-scanner #slowhttptest

Updated: 2025-06-26
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-07-20
History: 3 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 25 open

1,642

stars

Forks: 312
Commits: 268 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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ashutosh1206/Crypton

Library consisting of explanation and implementation of all the existing attacks on various Encryption Systems, Digital Signatures, Key Exchange, Authentication methods along with example challenges from CTFs

Archived

Stack

Python

GitHub topics

#cryptanalysis #crypto #cryptography #ctf #ctf-challenges #ctf-solutions

Updated: 2021-06-19
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-11-30
History: 3 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 3 open

1,617

stars

Forks: 269
Commits: 150 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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s0md3v/Corsy

CORS Misconfiguration Scanner

Stack

Python pip

GitHub topics

#cors #cors-misconfiguration-scanner #cors-scanner #vulnerability-scanner

Updated: 2022-09-17
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-11-24
History: 3 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 13 open

1,527

stars

Forks: 190
Commits: 69 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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danielmiessler/RobotsDisallowed

A curated list of the most common and most interesting robots.txt disallowed directories.

Stack

Shell

Updated: 2022-08-22
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-09-21
History: 3 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 5 open

1,491

stars

Forks: 303
Commits: 44 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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woj-ciech/LeakLooker

Find open databases - Powered by Binaryedge.io

Archived

Stack

pip

Updated: 2020-06-28
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-01-08
History: 3 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 12 open

1,464

stars

Forks: 323
Commits: 30 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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OWASP/SecurityShepherd

Web and mobile application security training platform

AI dev

Stack

Java Maven

Updated: 2026-07-08
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-11-09
History: 3 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 149 open

1,451

stars

Forks: 507
Commits: 990 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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looterz/grimd

:zap: fast dns proxy that can run anywhere, built to black-hole internet advertisements and malware servers

Stack

Go Gin Go modules

Updated: 2024-03-13
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-04-18
History: 3 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 14 open

1,416

stars

Forks: 108
Commits: 267 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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dbcli/mssql-cli

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

Stack

Python pytest pip

GitHub topics

#cli #database #python #sqlserver

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

1,414

stars

Forks: 192
Commits: 402 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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tgraf/bmon

bandwidth monitor and rate estimator

Stack

GitHub topics

#monitoring #network #network-analysis #network-monitoring #networking

Updated: 2023-09-19
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2013-07-05
History: 2 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 55 open

1,374

stars

Forks: 110
Commits: 151 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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insidetrust/statistically-likely-usernames

Wordlists for creating statistically likely username lists for use in password attacks and security testing. Used for pentesting for over 10 years with amazing results.

Stack

Python

Updated: 2026-02-16
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-02-14
History: 3 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 0 open

1,365

stars

Forks: 161
Commits: 109 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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itchyny/bed

Binary editor written in Go

Stack

Go Go modules

GitHub topics

#binary #golang #hex-editor

Updated: 2024-12-01
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2017-11-12
History: 3 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 0 open

1,347

stars

Forks: 51
Commits: 915 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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goldshtn/linux-tracing-workshop

Examples and hands-on labs for Linux tracing tools workshops

Stack

HTML ASP.NET Core Express .NET SDK npm

Updated: 2020-06-19
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-06-13
History: 3 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 7 open

1,323

stars

Forks: 294
Commits: 173 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
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