# 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.

Repository: https://github.com/NewEraCracker/LOIC
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/loic
Homepage: https://github.com/NewEraCracker/LOIC/
Language: C#
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: loic, praetox-loic, c-sharp
Archived: true
Last push: 2024-01-09T18:07:23+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5817, "days_push": 967, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2967, forks 696 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:32.604375+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: networking, security, penetration-testing
- domain: security, networking, penetration-testing
- platform: windows, dotnet
- tags: ddos, stress-testing, irc-botnet, csharp, deprecated, gui, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- NewEraCracker/LOIC (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:32.604375+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 2026-08-30T07:31:52.898329+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/NewEraCracker/LOIC (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:32.604375+00:00, sha 3d517c452c58)
  - homepage: https://github.com/NewEraCracker/LOIC/ (fetched 2026-08-29T09:47:05.502591+00:00, sha 6f28f8d6b547)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.