# netwrix/pingcastle

PingCastle - Get Active Directory Security at 80% in 20% of the time

Repository: https://github.com/netwrix/pingcastle
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/pingcastle
Homepage: https://www.pingcastle.com
Language: C#
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: active-directory, ping-castle, pingcastle, security, mimikatz, ciso, reporting-tool, stig, nist, dod, hipaa, sox
Last push: 2026-08-11T17:36:31+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 98/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 97, release rhythm 97, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2924, "days_push": 22, "days_rel": 22, "gap_med": 20, "n_releases_24m": 14}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2937, forks 351 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:30.852451+00:00)

## What it is
PingCastle is a C# tool that assesses the security posture of Active Directory and Entra ID environments, producing risk scores, health check reports, and trust maps in minutes. It follows an '80% of the issues in 20% of the time' methodology and supports consolidation dashboards for multi-domain estates.

## Use cases
- audit active directory security risks
- score the security of my AD domain
- map domain trusts across the forest
- assess Entra ID security posture
- generate a compliance report for auditors
- find privileged account and delegation misconfigurations
- consolidate health check reports across multiple domains

## When to choose
- you need a fast, free AD security assessment without deploying agents
- you want maturity scoring and prioritized remediation guidance for management
- you manage many domains and need trust cartography and consolidated dashboards

## When to avoid
- you need continuous real-time AD monitoring rather than point-in-time assessment
- your environment is not Windows/Active Directory based
- you require an exhaustive, exhaustive-scope audit rather than a prioritized risk overview

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: security, vulnerability-scanning, monitoring
- domain: security, developer-tools
- platform: windows, dotnet, cli
- tags: active-directory, entra-id, risk-assessment, maturity-model, audit, compliance, penetration-testing, reporting-tool, reporting, devops

## Member repositories
- netwrix/pingcastle (main) score 98

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:30.852451+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 2026-08-30T07:33:06.544463+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/netwrix/pingcastle (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:30.852451+00:00, sha 857b3c91ff47)
  - homepage: https://www.pingcastle.com (fetched 2026-08-29T09:48:24.029378+00:00, sha 2f12214d5263)
  - site_page: https://www.pingcastle.com/documentation/overview (fetched 2026-08-29T09:48:24.043543+00:00, sha 11c0671f4247)
  - site_page: https://www.pingcastle.com/documentation (fetched 2026-08-29T09:48:24.038671+00:00, sha 0b8431749798)
  - site_page: https://www.pingcastle.com/documentation/healthcheck (fetched 2026-08-29T09:48:24.040476+00:00, sha 9376a5582851)
  - site_page: https://www.pingcastle.com/documentation/map (fetched 2026-08-29T09:48:24.042042+00:00, sha 32c4dba99cef)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.