# redhuntlabs/RedHunt-OS

Virtual Machine for Adversary Emulation and Threat Hunting

Repository: https://github.com/redhuntlabs/RedHunt-OS
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/redhunt-os
License: BSD-3-Clause
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2025-01-22T10:50:09+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 33/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 2, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3094, "days_push": 588, "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 1318, forks 200 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:21.163375+00:00)

## What it is
RedHunt OS is a pre-configured Linux virtual machine (OVA) bundling adversary emulation and threat hunting tools such as Caldera, Atomic Red Team, Metasploit, ELK, and OSINT utilities. It provides a ready-to-import environment for security teams to emulate attackers and hunt for threats.

## Use cases
- set up a ready-made VM for adversary emulation
- threat hunting lab environment with ELK and Fleet
- run red team tools like Caldera and Atomic Red Team
- OSINT reconnaissance toolkit VM
- security testing distribution for VirtualBox

## When to choose
- you want a pre-built VM with attack and defense tooling already installed
- you need a lab for adversary emulation and threat hunting exercises
- you want bundled OSINT and threat intelligence tools without manual setup

## When to avoid
- you need a minimal or customizable environment rather than a bundled distribution
- you require a modern base OS (it is based on Lubuntu 18.04)
- you only need a single tool rather than a full toolkit

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: penetration-testing, security, osint, monitoring
- domain: security, penetration-testing, osint, developer-tools
- platform: self-hosted
- tags: adversary-emulation, threat-hunting, security-distribution, virtual-machine, red-team, blue-team, ova-image, linux, virtualbox

## Member repositories
- redhuntlabs/RedHunt-OS (main) score 33

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:21.163375+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 2026-08-30T04:48:10.056150+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/redhuntlabs/RedHunt-OS (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:21.163375+00:00, sha ef22ee34ebff)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.