# Spooks4576/Ghost_ESP

Ghost ESP is a ESP32 Firmware that Revolutionizes the way we use ESP32 devices in a Pen Testing aspect

Repository: https://github.com/Spooks4576/Ghost_ESP
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/ghost_esp
Homepage: https://ghostesp.net/
Language: C
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: esp32, esp32-c3, esp32-c6, esp32-wroom, esp32s2, flipperzero, wifi-dev-board
Archived: true
Last push: 2025-04-22T01:54:18+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 17, release rhythm 40, longevity 64
- inputs: {"age_days": 901, "days_push": 499, "days_rel": 520, "gap_med": 5, "n_releases_24m": 16}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1175, forks 228 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:52.365677+00:00)

## What it is
Ghost ESP is open-source ESP32 firmware (written in C on ESP-IDF) that turns 45+ ESP32 boards into a wireless security testing platform covering Wi-Fi, Bluetooth LE, NFC/IR, SubGHz, and BadUSB attacks. It is controlled via an on-device LVGL UI, a web interface, a serial CLI, a Flipper Zero app, and companion apps, and supports PCAP capture, evil portals, Karma attacks, BLE spoofing, and wardriving.

## Use cases
- pentest wifi networks with an esp32
- capture wpa handshakes and export hc22000 for cracking
- run an evil portal or karma attack
- scan and spoof ble devices and airtags
- read and emulate nfc cards with esp32
- wardrive and export to wigle
- flash esp32 firmware from the browser

## When to choose
- you want a broad wireless pentest toolkit on cheap ESP32 hardware with 45+ supported boards
- you need Wi-Fi, BLE, NFC, IR, and BadUSB features in one firmware
- you want ESP-IDF-native firmware with LVGL UI, WebUI, CLI, and Flipper Zero integration

## When to avoid
- you need a maintained project - the original GitHub repo is archived and declared dead by its author
- you only need simple Wi-Fi scanning without security testing features
- you require guaranteed legal compliance - many features (deauth, beacon spam, karma) are illegal to use on networks you don't own

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: security, networking, http-server, cli, gui, logging
- domain: security, penetration-testing, hardware, embedded-systems, networking, iot
- platform: embedded, iot, cross-platform, browser
- tags: esp32-firmware, wifi-pentesting, bluetooth-le, nfc, flipper-zero, evil-portal, packet-capture, wardriving, esp-idf, wireless-security, android

## Member repositories
- Spooks4576/Ghost_ESP (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:52.365677+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 2026-08-30T06:27:03.030687+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Spooks4576/Ghost_ESP (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:52.365677+00:00, sha 6eddf0f7db38)
  - homepage: https://ghostesp.net/ (fetched 2026-08-29T12:33:15.186341+00:00, sha 273929399e82)
  - site_page: https://docs.ghostesp.net (fetched 2026-08-29T12:33:15.195715+00:00, sha 1864e0004774)
  - site_page: https://docs.ghostesp.net/latest/getting-started/installation-guide (fetched 2026-08-29T12:33:15.199619+00:00, sha 1c7100d6f90b)
  - site_page: https://docs.ghostesp.net/latest/getting-started (fetched 2026-08-29T12:33:15.201270+00:00, sha 4eb66d98e97c)
  - site_page: https://docs.ghostesp.net/latest/getting-started/supported-hardware (fetched 2026-08-29T12:33:15.202998+00:00, sha e962620c05d2)
  - site_page: https://docs.ghostesp.net/latest/getting-started/webui-guide (fetched 2026-08-29T12:33:15.205146+00:00, sha 9892a3c1f379)
  - site_page: https://docs.ghostesp.net/latest/getting-started/command-line-reference (fetched 2026-08-29T12:33:15.207229+00:00, sha 6b14879e3df4)
  - site_page: https://docs.ghostesp.net/latest/getting-started/dual-communication (fetched 2026-08-29T12:33:15.210227+00:00, sha 3b8447a275d9)
  - site_page: https://ghostesp.net/compare (fetched 2026-08-29T12:33:15.197779+00:00, sha 7ba38cc82cb9)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.