samyk/skyjack
A drone engineered to autonomously seek out, hack, and wirelessly take full control over any other Parrot or 3DR drones within wireless or flying distance, creating an army of zombie drones under your control. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
32/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 4656
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 3207
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1831 stars · 425 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
SkyJack is a drone hacking tool that autonomously seeks out, disconnects the owner of, and takes wireless control of nearby Parrot AR.Drones and 3D Robotics drones, turning them into remotely controlled 'zombie drones'. It runs on Linux/Raspberry Pi using aircrack-ng for WiFi monitor mode and deauth attacks, node.js for drone control, and a TI CC1111 sub-GHz RF transceiver for the 3DR attack.
Use cases
- take over control of nearby parrot ar drones over wifi
- hijack 3dr drones via sub-ghz rf frequency hopping prediction
- demonstrate drone hijacking vulnerabilities in security research
- run drone takeover attack from a laptop without owning a drone
- deauth a drone owner and impersonate them to control the drone
- build an army of zombie drones under one controller
When to choose
- you are a security researcher demonstrating wireless drone takeover vulnerabilities
- you need a proof-of-concept for WiFi deauth and RF hijacking attacks against Parrot or 3DR drones
- you want to study legacy drone security flaws on Linux with aircrack-ng
When to avoid
- you need a maintained tool or support for modern drones - the project is unmaintained since 2017
- you want to control your own drone legitimately rather than attack others
- you need a tool that works on non-Linux platforms or without monitor-mode-capable WiFi hardware
- unauthorized use - hijacking drones you do not own is illegal in most jurisdictions
Facets
application · maturity abandoned
security penetration-testing networking workflow-automation security robotics penetration-testing iot python iot drone-hacking wireless-attack wifi-deauth zombie-drones parrot-ardrone rf-hijacking security-research aircrack-ng linux nodejs
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/samyk/skyjack · fetched 2026-08-28 · acd0cfd69943
- homepage: https://samy.pl/skyjack/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 52c928ed55d1
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| samyk/skyjack | main | 32 |
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