NewEraCracker/LOIC
Deprecated - Low Orbit Ion Cannon - An open source network stress tool, written in C#. Based on Praetox's LOIC project. USE ON YOUR OWN RISK. WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES. IF YOU GET V& IT IS YOUR FAULT. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
10/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
Flags: archived no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 5817
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 967
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
2967 stars · 696 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
LOIC (Low Orbit Ion Cannon) is an open-source network stress testing tool written in C#, based on Praetox's original LOIC. It supports TCP/UDP/HTTP flooding and a 'Hivemind' mode that lets an IRC server remotely control multiple clients.
Use cases
- stress test my own server against flood traffic
- simulate a DDoS attack in a lab environment
- learn how denial-of-service tools work
- test firewall and rate-limiting defenses
- control a stress test client remotely over IRC
When to choose
- you need a well-known educational tool to study DoS attack mechanics
- you want to test your own infrastructure's resilience to flooding
- you need a Windows GUI stress tool runnable via Mono on Linux/macOS
When to avoid
- you need a maintained or supported tool - the project is deprecated and archived
- you want legitimate load testing with realistic traffic patterns - use tools like k6 or Locust instead
- you cannot guarantee legal authorization - using this against third parties is illegal
- you need modern .NET support - it requires .NET Framework 3.5 SP1
Facets
application · maturity abandoned
networking security penetration-testing security networking penetration-testing windows dotnet ddos stress-testing irc-botnet csharp deprecated gui linux macos
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/NewEraCracker/LOIC · fetched 2026-08-28 · 3d517c452c58
- homepage: https://github.com/NewEraCracker/LOIC/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 6f28f8d6b547
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| NewEraCracker/LOIC | main | 10 |
For agents
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