# qwqdanchun/DcRat

A simple remote tool in C#.

Repository: https://github.com/qwqdanchun/DcRat
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/dcrat
Language: C#
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: rat, remote, dcrat, red-team, backdoor, windows, c-sharp, security, remote-control, dotnet, remote-desktop, control, infosec
Archived: true
Last push: 2022-02-07T05:37:09+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2000, "days_push": 1668, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1011, forks 336 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:13.203408+00:00)

## What it is
DcRat is an open-source remote administration tool (RAT) written in C# for Windows, providing remote desktop, file management, and remote control features. The author discontinued development in 2022 due to widespread malicious abuse of the tool, and no further updates are planned.

## Use cases
- remote administration of windows machines
- red team remote access tooling
- study how RATs work for malware analysis
- remote desktop control over a LAN in authorized tests
- learn C# networking and remote-control architecture

## When to choose
- you need a well-known open-source RAT sample for security research or malware analysis
- you are doing authorized red-team work and want a reference implementation
- you want to study C# remote-control tooling internals

## When to avoid
- you want a maintained or supported tool - development stopped in 2022
- you need legitimate remote desktop administration - use RDP, VNC, or TeamViewer instead
- any use on systems you do not own or lack explicit authorization to control - this is illegal
- you need a safe project - this tool is widely abused as malware and may be flagged by antivirus

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: security, reverse-engineering, gui
- domain: security, penetration-testing, windows, developer-tools
- platform: windows, dotnet
- tags: rat, remote-access-tool, red-team, backdoor, csharp, remote-desktop, infosec, discontinued, remote-control, desktop

## Member repositories
- qwqdanchun/DcRat (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:13.203408+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 2026-08-30T07:11:52.444270+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/qwqdanchun/DcRat (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:13.203408+00:00, sha df732a21e6d8)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.