# maaaaz/thc-hydra-windows

The great THC-HYDRA tool compiled for Windows

Repository: https://github.com/maaaaz/thc-hydra-windows
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/thc-hydra-windows
Language: Shell
License Family: other
Topics: hydra, thc
Last push: 2023-02-06T09:01:23+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4399, "days_push": 1304, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- 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 1004, forks 298 (observed 2026-09-03T02:15:14.624217+00:00)

## What it is
A Windows-compiled distribution of THC-HYDRA, the popular network login brute-forcing tool, bundled with Cygwin DLLs and optional SSH, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and RDP modules. It is a repackaging of the upstream tool, not an original project.

## Use cases
- brute-force login credentials over ssh
- test password strength on rdp servers
- run hydra on windows without building from source
- audit mysql and postgresql authentication
- pentest network services from a windows machine

## When to choose
- you need hydra on Windows without compiling it yourself
- you want a quick portable binary with Cygwin bundled

## When to avoid
- you are on Linux or macOS where the upstream tool builds natively
- you need the latest hydra version or active support
- antivirus flags are unacceptable in your environment

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: penetration-testing, security, cli
- domain: security, penetration-testing
- platform: windows, cli
- tags: password-cracking, brute-force, hydra, cygwin, precompiled-binaries, command-line

## Member repositories
- maaaaz/thc-hydra-windows (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-09-03T02:15:14.624217+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 2026-08-30T07:13:45.947784+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/maaaaz/thc-hydra-windows (fetched 2026-09-03T02:15:14.624217+00:00, sha 826ada09c671)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.