samratashok/nishang

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10069 stars · 2543 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Nishang is a framework and collection of PowerShell scripts and payloads for offensive security, penetration testing, and red teaming. It covers all phases of a penetration test, including information gathering, reverse shells, and in-memory script execution.

Use cases

• run a reverse shell on a windows target during a pentest
• gather system and network information with powershell
• execute powershell scripts in memory to evade antivirus
• encode powershell payloads for use from non-powershell shells
• dump wlan keys and credentials during red team engagement
• perform active directory enumeration and post-exploitation

When to choose

• you are doing authorized penetration testing or red teaming on windows environments
• you need a broad toolkit of offensive powershell scripts usable in-memory
• you want to chain payloads from meterpreter, web shells, or remote shells

When to avoid

• you need defensive security tooling or malware detection
• you are working on non-windows targets without powershell
• you want a stealthy framework that is not flagged by antivirus out of the box

Facets

framework · maturity active

security penetration-testing cli developer-tools security penetration-testing windows windows cli red-team powershell offensive-security post-exploitation reverse-shell active-directory infosec

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