# dreddsa5dies/goHackTools

Hacker tools on Go (Golang)

Repository: https://github.com/dreddsa5dies/goHackTools
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/gohacktools
Homepage: https://dreddsa5dies.github.io/goHackTools/
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: go, golang, hack, tools, bruteforce, scanner, forensics, beginner, security, hackers, pentesters
Last push: 2026-07-22T14:14:03+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 74/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 93, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3369, "days_push": 42, "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 2187, forks 373 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:23.767299+00:00)

## What it is
A collection of small Go example programs implementing classic hacker and pentester tools such as port scanners, password bruteforcers, DNS lookups, ciphers, and forensics utilities. It is a learning resource inspired by books like 'Black Hat Go' and 'Violent Python', organized as many standalone projects.

## Use cases
- learn to write security tools in Go
- example of a TCP port scanner in golang
- brute force SSH or zip passwords
- extract PDF metadata and image geotags for forensics
- implement classical ciphers like Caesar and Vigenere in Go
- scan a network for devices
- find subdomains of a domain

## When to choose
- you are a beginner learning Go through security-oriented examples
- you want reference implementations of classic pentest tooling in Go
- you need small copyable snippets for scanning, bruteforce, or forensics tasks

## When to avoid
- you need a production-ready, maintained pentesting framework
- you want a single polished tool rather than many small examples
- you require guaranteed correctness or security auditing of the code

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: security, networking, cryptography, web-scraping, parser, developer-tools
- domain: security, penetration-testing, developer-tools, tutorials, networking
- platform: go, cross-platform, cli
- tags: hacking-tools, pentesting, educational-examples, forensics, bruteforce, port-scanner, steganography, beginner-friendly

## Member repositories
- dreddsa5dies/goHackTools (main) score 74

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:23.767299+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 2026-08-30T02:47:52.909972+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/dreddsa5dies/goHackTools (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:23.767299+00:00, sha a8df958c29e5)
  - homepage: https://dreddsa5dies.github.io/goHackTools/ (fetched 2026-08-29T10:28:04.041280+00:00, sha 14cddddef98f)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.