# bitbrute/evillimiter

Tool that monitors, analyzes and limits the bandwidth of devices on the local network without administrative access

Repository: https://github.com/bitbrute/evillimiter
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/evillimiter
Language: Python
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: networking, python, pentesting, hacking, hacking-tool, security, security-tools, penetration-testing, pentest-tool, linux
Last push: 2026-03-24T21:09:52+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 56/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 73, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2716, "days_push": 162, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2007, forks 366 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:04.805470+00:00)

## What it is
A Python command-line tool that monitors, analyzes, and limits the bandwidth of devices on a local network using ARP spoofing and traffic shaping, without requiring administrative access to the target devices. It provides an interactive console with commands for scanning hosts and throttling their upload/download speeds.

## Use cases
- limit bandwidth of devices on my wifi network
- throttle download speed of a specific host on lan
- monitor devices connected to my local network
- arp spoofing tool for penetration testing
- cap upload bandwidth of a neighbor's device
- scan local subnet for online hosts

## When to choose
- you need to monitor or throttle bandwidth of devices on a Linux local network you control
- you want an interactive CLI for network host discovery and traffic shaping during authorized pentests

## When to avoid
- you need a Windows-native tool (use evillimiter-windows instead)
- you want passive network monitoring without ARP spoofing
- you lack authorization to test the target network - throttling others' traffic is illegal

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: networking, security, monitoring, cli
- domain: networking, security, penetration-testing
- platform: python, cli
- tags: arp-spoofing, traffic-shaping, bandwidth-limiting, pentest-tool, mitm, command-line, linux

## Member repositories
- bitbrute/evillimiter (main) score 56

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:04.805470+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 2026-08-30T03:01:24.606949+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/bitbrute/evillimiter (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:04.805470+00:00, sha 2b5ed447cd22)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/evillimiter/json (fetched 2026-08-29T10:41:18.068297+00:00, sha dcc1d9125970)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.