# dstotijn/hetty

An HTTP toolkit for security research.

Repository: https://github.com/dstotijn/hetty
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/hetty
Homepage: https://hetty.xyz
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: mitm, proxy, http, pentesting, infosec, bugbounty
Last push: 2026-07-21T20:10:42+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 65/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 93, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2481, "days_push": 43, "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 12007, forks 779 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:50.657778+00:00)

## What it is
Hetty is an open source HTTP toolkit for security research, serving as an alternative to Burp Suite Pro. It provides a MITM HTTP proxy with logging and search, request interception, an HTTP client for replaying requests, and a web-based admin interface with project-based storage.

## Use cases
- intercept and inspect HTTP requests during penetration testing
- find an open source alternative to Burp Suite Pro
- replay and manually edit proxied HTTP requests
- log and search HTTP traffic during bug bounty hunting
- set up a MITM proxy with a trusted root CA for testing
- organize pentest work with scoped projects and stored traffic

## When to choose
- you need a free, open source Burp Suite alternative for web security testing
- you want a lightweight MITM proxy with a web admin UI and project-based storage
- you do bug bounty or infosec research and need request interception and replay

## When to avoid
- you need the full advanced feature set of Burp Suite Pro such as extensive extension ecosystems and automated scanners
- you need a non-HTTP protocol proxy or fully mature enterprise tooling

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: proxy, http-client, http-server, security, penetration-testing, developer-tools
- domain: security, penetration-testing, web-development, developer-tools
- platform: windows, go, cli
- tags: mitm-proxy, burp-suite-alternative, bug-bounty, http-interception, security-research, linux, macos, docker, web-server

## Member repositories
- dstotijn/hetty (main) score 65

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:50.657778+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 2026-08-29T17:15:00.508688+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/dstotijn/hetty (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:50.657778+00:00, sha 11c6bbfad6b6)
  - homepage: https://hetty.xyz (fetched 2026-08-29T08:12:42.647456+00:00, sha fcfe043f1300)
  - site_page: https://hetty.xyz/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T08:12:42.656708+00:00, sha 9bb5b9cd99b2)
  - site_page: https://hetty.xyz/docs/getting-started (fetched 2026-08-29T08:12:42.658659+00:00, sha 5e92a2ab554f)
  - site_page: https://hetty.xyz/docs/category/guides (fetched 2026-08-29T08:12:42.660586+00:00, sha 3321c2bed0b4)
  - site_page: https://hetty.xyz/docs/category/appendix (fetched 2026-08-29T08:12:42.662205+00:00, sha b5441896002d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.