# wirasecure/pentest-notes

Repository: https://github.com/wirasecure/pentest-notes
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/pentest-notes
Language: Python
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2023-05-26T02:02:41+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": 3149, "days_push": 1196, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1618, forks 530 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:12.088215+00:00)

## What it is
A curated collection of penetration testing study notes, cheat sheets, and useful scripts gathered from across the internet. It covers topics like buffer overflows, enumeration, exploitation, and OSINT with accompanying tooling and proof-of-concept code.

## Use cases
- study for penetration testing certifications like OSCP
- find buffer overflow exploitation notes and scripts
- look up enumeration and reconnaissance techniques
- reference cheat sheets during a pentest engagement
- find ready-made scripts for privilege escalation and file transfers
- learn OSINT and information gathering workflows

## When to choose
- you are learning penetration testing and want structured study notes
- you need quick reference cheat sheets while practicing on labs like HackTheBox or OSCP
- you want a grab-bag of community pentest scripts and bookmarks in one place

## When to avoid
- you need a maintained, production-grade security scanning tool
- you want a polished framework like Metasploit rather than loose notes and scripts
- you require guaranteed up-to-date content, as the last release was in 2023

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: maintenance
- function: penetration-testing, security, developer-tools
- domain: security, penetration-testing, tutorials, awesome-lists
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: study-notes, cheatsheets, exploitation, osint, buffer-overflow, pentest-scripts, linux

## Member repositories
- wirasecure/pentest-notes (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:12.088215+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 2026-08-30T03:49:41.370825+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/wirasecure/pentest-notes (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:12.088215+00:00, sha 9e262ec0191a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.