# ThePorgs/Exegol

Fully featured and community-driven hacking environment

Repository: https://github.com/ThePorgs/Exegol
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/exegol
Homepage: https://exegol.com/
Language: Python
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: hacking, penetration-testing, ctf, linux, pentesting, docker, python
Last push: 2026-08-26T18:38:24+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 97/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 93, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2368, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 45, "gap_med": 26.0, "n_releases_24m": 19}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3072, forks 287 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:41.642498+00:00)

## What it is
Exegol is a container-based, community-driven hacking environment for offensive security professionals, managed through a Python CLI wrapper. It provides a modular, reliable toolkit of pentesting tools as an alternative to traditional security distributions.

## Use cases
- set up a ready-to-use penetration testing environment
- run hacking tools in isolated docker containers
- prepare a toolkit for CTF competitions
- replace Kali-style security distributions with a modular setup
- manage multiple pentest environments from a CLI
- keep offensive security tooling consistent across engagements

## When to choose
- you need a reproducible, containerized pentest toolkit
- you do CTFs or red-team work and want preconfigured tools
- you want community-maintained hacking environments without manual setup

## When to avoid
- you need a general-purpose Linux desktop distribution
- you require a permissive open-source license for commercial use
- you avoid Docker or container-based workflows

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: penetration-testing, security, cli, container-runtime, developer-tools
- domain: security, penetration-testing, developer-tools
- platform: windows, python, cli
- tags: hacking-environment, ctf, pentesting-distribution, docker-based, offensive-security, command-line, linux, macos, docker

## Member repositories
- ThePorgs/Exegol (main) score 97

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:41.642498+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 2026-08-30T07:27:57.928205+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ThePorgs/Exegol (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:41.642498+00:00, sha aff8ac8b4876)
  - homepage: https://exegol.com/ (fetched 2026-08-29T09:43:24.532085+00:00, sha afa2b2eb1931)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/exegol/json (fetched 2026-08-29T09:43:24.534626+00:00, sha fad9acaf78b5)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.