# HackTricks-wiki/hacktricks

Welcome to the page where you will find each trick/technique/whatever I have learnt in CTFs, real life apps, and reading researches and news.

Repository: https://github.com/HackTricks-wiki/hacktricks
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/hacktricks
Homepage: http://book.hacktricks.xyz/
Language: CSS
License Family: other
Topics: hacktricks, pentesting, hacking, peass
Last push: 2026-08-26T20:04:11+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 82/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 50, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2240, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 336, "gap_med": 0.0, "n_releases_24m": 17}
- 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 12174, forks 3171 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:51.924746+00:00)

## What it is
HackTricks is a community-maintained wiki/book of hacking tricks, techniques, and notes gathered from CTFs, real-world pentests, and research, served as an mdBook site with many translations. It can be browsed online or self-hosted locally via Docker.

## Use cases
- look up privilege escalation techniques for linux and windows
- study pentesting tricks before a CTF
- find web exploitation and cloud hacking references
- self-host an offline copy of the hacking handbook
- learn about active directory and network attacks
- reference payloads and cheat sheets during a red team engagement

## When to choose
- you need a free, comprehensive, community-curated pentesting reference
- you want offline access to hacking notes via Docker
- you're preparing for CTFs or security certifications

## When to avoid
- you need an automated scanning or exploitation tool rather than documentation
- you require formally reviewed or guaranteed-accurate material
- you need a license-clear resource for commercial redistribution (no license file)

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: documentation, security, penetration-testing
- domain: security, penetration-testing, tutorials, developer-tools
- platform: self-hosted, cross-platform
- tags: pentesting, hacking, ctf, wiki, mdbook, educational-resource, red-team, privilege-escalation, web-server, docker

## Member repositories
- HackTricks-wiki/hacktricks (main) score 82

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:51.924746+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 2026-08-29T17:14:52.634724+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/HackTricks-wiki/hacktricks (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:51.924746+00:00, sha e1d5879ce3e2)
  - homepage: http://book.hacktricks.xyz/ (fetched 2026-08-29T08:12:00.503034+00:00, sha 25ec4200038f)
  - site_page: https://hacktricks.wiki/en/welcome/hacktricks-values-and-faq.html (fetched 2026-08-29T08:12:00.506025+00:00, sha 45107c00922c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.