# vavkamil/awesome-vulnerable-apps

Awesome Vulnerable Applications

Repository: https://github.com/vavkamil/awesome-vulnerable-apps
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/awesome-vulnerable-apps
License: CC0-1.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: awesome-list, awesome, bug, bugbounty, vulnerable, vulnerable-applications, hacking, security, penetration-testing
Last push: 2026-06-15T08:31:49+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 71/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 87, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2536, "days_push": 79, "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 1471, forks 226 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:49.315631+00:00)

## What it is
A curated awesome-list of intentionally vulnerable applications, VMs, and CTF platforms for practicing security skills. It covers web exploitation, cloud security, mobile, and OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities.

## Use cases
- find intentionally vulnerable apps to practice hacking
- resources for learning web security and OWASP top 10
- vulnerable VMs for penetration testing practice
- CTF platforms for bug bounty training
- practice cloud security attacks on AWS and Kubernetes
- hands-on security labs for SQL injection and XSS

## When to choose
- you want a broad curated index of security training targets
- you're preparing for bug bounty or pentest work and need practice environments
- you want coverage across web, cloud, mobile, and firmware vulnerabilities

## When to avoid
- you need a single runnable vulnerable application rather than a list of links
- you're looking for defensive security tooling or vulnerability scanners

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: security, penetration-testing, vulnerability-scanning
- domain: security, penetration-testing, awesome-lists, education
- platform: cross-platform, self-hosted, cloud
- tags: awesome-list, vulnerable-apps, ctf, bug-bounty, owasp, security-training, curated-list

## Member repositories
- vavkamil/awesome-vulnerable-apps (main) score 71

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:49.315631+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 2026-08-30T04:34:47.036550+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/vavkamil/awesome-vulnerable-apps (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:49.315631+00:00, sha 0a9df816abc8)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.