# dloss/python-pentest-tools

Python tools for penetration testers

Repository: https://github.com/dloss/python-pentest-tools
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/python-pentest-tools
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-07-22T11:49:08+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 74/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 93, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4308, "days_push": 42, "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 2883, forks 786 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:28.079694+00:00)

## What it is
A curated list of Python tools, libraries, and bindings useful for penetration testers, vulnerability researchers, and reverse engineers. It intentionally excludes legally ambiguous aggressive tools and focuses on whitehat-friendly resources.

## Use cases
- find python libraries for packet crafting and sniffing
- discover tools for subdomain enumeration
- look up python bindings for libpcap
- find reconnaissance tools for pentesting
- research man-in-the-middle proxy tools
- find SMB enumeration utilities
- build a pentesting toolkit in python

## When to choose
- you are a pentester or security researcher looking for python-based tooling
- you want a curated starting point for offensive-security libraries
- you prefer whitehat-safe tools with clear legal standing

## When to avoid
- you need aggressive pentest frameworks or exploit tools, which are deliberately excluded
- you need actively maintained tooling with support guarantees, since this is a link list not software
- you need non-python tooling

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: penetration-testing, security, networking, web-scraping, reverse-engineering
- domain: security, penetration-testing, awesome-lists, networking, developer-tools
- platform: python, cross-platform
- tags: awesome-list, curated-list, pentesting, whitehat, offensive-security, python-tools

## Member repositories
- dloss/python-pentest-tools (main) score 74

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:28.079694+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 2026-08-30T07:35:25.659283+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/dloss/python-pentest-tools (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:28.079694+00:00, sha 0a6f902723db)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.