# bugcrowd/bugcrowd_university

Open source education content for the researcher community

Repository: https://github.com/bugcrowd/bugcrowd_university
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/bugcrowd_university
Homepage: https://www.bugcrowd.com/university
License: CC-BY-4.0
License Family: other
Last push: 2026-08-26T04:29:07+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 77/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2956, "days_push": 7, "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 2800, forks 563 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:22.600716+00:00)

## What it is
Bugcrowd University is a free, open-source collection of educational modules for security researchers, including slides, videos, and hands-on labs covering topics like broken access control, Burp Suite, and writing good bug bounty submissions. It is maintained by Bugcrowd to level up the whitehat hacker community.

## Use cases
- learn bug bounty hunting from scratch
- free security training for penetration testers
- learn broken access control testing with labs
- introduction to Burp Suite tutorial
- improve bug bounty report quality
- train a security research team
- prepare for a career in offensive security

## When to choose
- you want free, structured security training with slides, videos, and labs
- you are a bug bounty researcher wanting to find more critical bugs
- you need curated training material for a security team or class

## When to avoid
- you need a runnable software tool rather than educational content
- you need vendor-neutral certification or accredited coursework
- you need advanced, niche topics beyond the modules offered

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: security, penetration-testing, documentation
- domain: security, education, penetration-testing
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: bug-bounty, security-training, educational-content, hacker-community, labs, slides, videos

## Member repositories
- bugcrowd/bugcrowd_university (main) score 77

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:22.600716+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 2026-08-30T08:14:35.836157+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/bugcrowd/bugcrowd_university (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:22.600716+00:00, sha a9c1129f5ee0)
  - homepage: https://www.bugcrowd.com/university (fetched 2026-08-29T09:55:22.417083+00:00, sha 3bbd3070fe7c)
  - site_page: https://www.bugcrowd.com/about/contact (fetched 2026-08-29T09:55:22.419864+00:00, sha dc98d6d23e4c)
  - site_page: https://docs.bugcrowd.com/ (fetched 2026-08-29T09:55:22.423709+00:00, sha d917ece6247d)
  - site_page: https://www.bugcrowd.com/about (fetched 2026-08-29T09:55:22.429559+00:00, sha 2648554a5b11)
  - site_page: https://www.bugcrowd.com/about/leadership (fetched 2026-08-29T09:55:22.432010+00:00, sha 0e93d5362a85)
  - site_page: https://www.bugcrowd.com/about/careers (fetched 2026-08-29T09:55:22.434526+00:00, sha 1593f9219ac4)
  - site_page: https://www.bugcrowd.com/about/press-releases (fetched 2026-08-29T09:55:22.436610+00:00, sha 083d7f47e887)
  - site_page: https://www.bugcrowd.com/products/platform-integrations (fetched 2026-08-29T09:55:22.421784+00:00, sha 60f28303384c)
  - site_page: https://www.bugcrowd.com/faqs (fetched 2026-08-29T09:55:22.426568+00:00, sha b82a64b46364)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.