# sbilly/awesome-security

A collection of awesome software, libraries, documents, books, resources and cools stuffs about security.

Repository: https://github.com/sbilly/awesome-security
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/awesome-security
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: security, awesome-list
Last push: 2026-01-11T02:00:26+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 60/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 61, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4395, "days_push": 235, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 14797, forks 2382 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:07.702922+00:00)

## What it is
A curated, community-driven awesome list of security software, libraries, books, documents, and resources. It organizes tools across categories like network scanning, IDS/IPS, threat intelligence, web application firewalls, and forensics.

## Use cases
- find open-source security tools
- learn about penetration testing resources
- discover threat intelligence software
- build a security toolchain
- find books and documents on information security
- compare WAF and IDS options

## When to choose
- you want a broad, categorized index of security resources
- you're researching which security tools exist before picking one
- you're building a security learning path

## When to avoid
- you need a working tool rather than a list of links
- you need up-to-date vulnerability data or active scanning
- you need vendor-supported security software

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: security, penetration-testing, vulnerability-scanning, monitoring, vpn
- domain: security, penetration-testing, awesome-lists, developer-tools
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: awesome-list, curated-resources, infosec, threat-intelligence, red-team, forensics

## Member repositories
- sbilly/awesome-security (main) score 60

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:07.702922+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 2026-08-29T17:07:09.246346+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/sbilly/awesome-security (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:07.702922+00:00, sha 08f80c27d093)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.