lukechilds/reverse-shell

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2055 stars · 249 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A hosted service (reverse-shell.sh) that generates reverse shell payloads on demand; piping its URL output into sh on a target spawns a shell back to the attacker's listener. It detects available software on the target and picks an appropriate payload, and the repo contains the Go implementation behind the service.

Use cases

• generate a reverse shell payload for pentesting
• demonstrate why coworkers should lock their screens
• test firewall egress with a reverse connection
• get a shell from a target without knowing which tools are installed
• run a quick authorized red-team exercise

When to choose

• you need a memorable one-liner reverse shell that adapts to the target's available tools
• you're doing authorized penetration testing or security awareness demos on Unix-like systems

When to avoid

• you need a full C2 framework with persistence, encryption, or multi-session management
• the target is Windows-only
• any use without explicit authorization from the target's owner

Facets

service · maturity active

security penetration-testing cli security penetration-testing developer-tools go reverse-shell pentesting red-team offensive-security microservice linux macos web-server

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