# RoganDawes/P4wnP1

P4wnP1 is a highly customizable USB attack platform, based on a low cost Raspberry Pi Zero or Raspberry Pi Zero W.

Repository: https://github.com/RoganDawes/P4wnP1
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/p4wnp1
Language: Python
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2024-08-12T05:02:48+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3479, "days_push": 751, "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 4383, forks 661 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:46.986798+00:00)

## What it is
P4wnP1 is a highly customizable USB attack platform built on a Raspberry Pi Zero or Zero W, providing features like a Windows LockPicker and HID covert channel backdoors/frontdoors. It emulates USB devices to deliver keystroke injection, remote shell access, and network-free covert communication against target hosts.

## Use cases
- build a cheap USB HID attack platform with a Raspberry Pi Zero
- unlock Windows machines with weak passwords automatically
- get a remote shell on air-gapped Windows targets via HID covert channel
- tunnel a python shell from a restricted Windows host through raw HID
- emulate custom USB devices for red team engagements
- run keystroke injection payloads from a WiFi hotspot

## When to choose
- you need a low-cost, customizable USB attack tool on Raspberry Pi Zero hardware
- you want HID-based covert channels without exposing network adapters to the target
- you need a ready-to-go pentest image for physical access attacks

## When to avoid
- you want active development - the successor P4wnP1 A.L.O.A. is the maintained project
- you need a purely software-based attack tool without physical hardware
- you require support for platforms other than Raspberry Pi Zero/Zero W

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: security, penetration-testing, networking, cli
- domain: security, penetration-testing, hardware, developer-tools
- platform: embedded, self-hosted
- tags: usb-attack-platform, raspberry-pi-zero, hid-injection, red-team, hardware-hacking, covert-channel, wifi-hotspot, linux

## Member repositories
- RoganDawes/P4wnP1 (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:46.986798+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 2026-08-29T18:21:16.856629+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/RoganDawes/P4wnP1 (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:46.986798+00:00, sha 7650e1c3d47c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.