# joe-shenouda/awesome-cyber-skills

A curated list of hacking environments where you can train your cyber skills legally and safely

Repository: https://github.com/joe-shenouda/awesome-cyber-skills
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/awesome-cyber-skills
Homepage: https://www.cyber-consult.org
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2024-07-02T03:39:39+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3528, "days_push": 792, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4639, forks 537 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:55.470447+00:00)

## What it is
A curated list of hacking environments and platforms where users can legally and safely practice cybersecurity skills. It catalogs free training sites with brief descriptions of each one's focus.

## Use cases
- find legal environments to practice hacking skills
- learn penetration testing safely
- discover CTF and wargame platforms
- train cybersecurity skills for free
- find hands-on security labs for beginners
- keep hacking skills up to date

## When to choose
- you want a curated directory of legal hacking practice environments
- you are learning offensive security and need safe practice targets
- you want free cybersecurity training resources

## When to avoid
- you need a tool or software rather than a list of links
- you need structured courses with certification rather than practice sites
- you need defensive security tooling

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: security, penetration-testing, developer-tools
- domain: security, penetration-testing, education, tutorials, awesome-lists
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: awesome-list, cybersecurity-training, ctf, hacking-labs, curated-list, ethical-hacking, web-server

## Member repositories
- joe-shenouda/awesome-cyber-skills (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:55.470447+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:19:33.728342+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/joe-shenouda/awesome-cyber-skills (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:55.470447+00:00, sha 36459a6ac24a)
  - homepage: https://www.cyber-consult.org (fetched 2026-08-29T09:04:30.041200+00:00, sha b63a31027f68)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.