# alphaSeclab/awesome-rat

RAT And C&C Resources. 250+ Open Source Projects, 1200+ RAT/C&C blog/video.

Repository: https://github.com/alphaSeclab/awesome-rat
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/awesome-rat
License Family: other
Topics: rat, remote-administration-tool, remote-access-tool, rat-analysis, rat-malware, malware-analysis, command-and-control, c2, command-control
Last push: 2020-02-17T09:23:02+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2438, "days_push": 2389, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2259, forks 477 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:31.596317+00:00)

## What it is
A curated awesome-list collecting 250+ open-source RAT (Remote Administration Tool) and C&C (Command & Control) projects along with 1200+ analysis blog posts and videos. It covers open-source tools, commercial software, and known malware families like Gh0st, NanoCore, and DarkComet.

## Use cases
- find open source remote administration tools for research
- study malware analysis reports for RAT families
- research command and control techniques
- collect resources for red team C2 framework comparison
- learn how known RATs like NjRAT or PlugX work
- find reference material for threat intelligence on remote access trojans

## When to choose
- you need a starting point for RAT/C2 research or malware analysis
- you want a curated index of tools and writeups instead of searching manually
- you are building threat intelligence or reverse-engineering knowledge around remote access trojans

## When to avoid
- you need a production-ready remote administration tool rather than a resource list
- you want actively maintained software - the list itself is a static collection
- you need offensive tooling with support or guarantees

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: maintenance
- function: security, reverse-engineering, osint, developer-tools
- domain: security, reverse-engineering, awesome-lists, penetration-testing
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: awesome-list, rat, remote-access-trojan, command-and-control, c2, malware-analysis, curated-resources

## Member repositories
- alphaSeclab/awesome-rat (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:31.596317+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 2026-08-30T02:42:44.950984+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/alphaSeclab/awesome-rat (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:31.596317+00:00, sha 89d8b5b64782)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.