# carpedm20/awesome-hacking

A curated list of awesome Hacking tutorials, tools and resources

Repository: https://github.com/carpedm20/awesome-hacking
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/carpedm20-awesome-hacking
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: awesome, hacking
Last push: 2024-06-02T22:40:13+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4278, "days_push": 822, "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 16945, forks 1710 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:17.444472+00:00)

## What it is
A curated awesome-list of hacking tutorials, tools, and resources covering system exploitation, reverse engineering, web security, forensics, cryptography, wargames, and CTF competitions. It serves as a starting-point index linking to security learning materials and open-source tools.

## Use cases
- find hacking tutorials for beginners
- discover penetration testing tools
- learn reverse engineering
- prepare for CTF competitions
- find bug bounty resources
- explore security wargames

## When to choose
- starting to learn offensive security and needing a curated resource index
- looking for tutorials, tools, or CTF/wargame links in one place

## When to avoid
- needing an actual security tool rather than a list of links
- needing defensive/blue-team or compliance-focused resources

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: maintenance
- function: security, penetration-testing, developer-tools
- domain: security, penetration-testing, tutorials, awesome-lists
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: awesome-list, hacking, ctf, reverse-engineering, curated-list, infosec

## Member repositories
- carpedm20/awesome-hacking (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:17.444472+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 2026-08-29T17:03:41.397292+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/carpedm20/awesome-hacking (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:17.444472+00:00, sha 805a679b5a18)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.