# wtsxDev/Penetration-Testing

List of awesome penetration testing resources, tools and other shiny things

Repository: https://github.com/wtsxDev/Penetration-Testing
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/penetration-testing
License Family: other
Last push: 2023-10-18T18:27:08+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3517, "days_push": 1050, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2783, forks 713 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:21.819744+00:00)

## What it is
A curated awesome-list of penetration testing resources, including tools, distributions, books, courses, vulnerability databases, and security conferences. It serves as a reference index rather than software itself.

## Use cases
- find penetration testing tools
- learn ethical hacking from scratch
- curated list of security resources
- find books on malware analysis and reverse engineering
- discover CTF and OSINT tools
- prepare for a pentest engagement

## When to choose
- you want a broad, curated starting point for offensive security learning
- you need to discover tools across many pentest categories quickly
- you are building a security learning path or curriculum

## When to avoid
- you need an actual runnable tool rather than a list of links
- you need actively maintained or verified tool recommendations
- you want defensive security resources only

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: maintenance
- function: penetration-testing, vulnerability-scanning, osint, reverse-engineering, security
- domain: security, penetration-testing, awesome-lists, tutorials
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: awesome-list, curated-resources, hacking, ctf, exploit-development, social-engineering, security-books

## Member repositories
- wtsxDev/Penetration-Testing (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:21.819744+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 2026-08-30T08:16:04.273267+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/wtsxDev/Penetration-Testing (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:21.819744+00:00, sha a377dd9fb6f1)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.