# vanhauser-thc/thc-ipv6

IPv6 attack toolkit

Repository: https://github.com/vanhauser-thc/thc-ipv6
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/thc-ipv6
Language: C
License: AGPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: penetration-testing, ipv6, denial-of-service, man-in-the-middle, man-in-the-middle-attack, attacklab, attacks, ipv6-research, thc
Last push: 2026-04-21T10:02:13+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 58/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 78, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4192, "days_push": 134, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1196, forks 228 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:56.984882+00:00)

## What it is
A comprehensive IPv6 attack toolkit written in C, providing dozens of tools for spoofing, man-in-the-middle, denial-of-service, scanning, and fuzzing of IPv6 networks. It includes its own IPv6 library and tools like parasite6, alive6, fake_router6, and flood_router6.

## Use cases
- test ipv6 network security
- perform ipv6 man in the middle attacks
- scan for live ipv6 hosts
- flood router advertisements to test dos resilience
- fuzz ipv6 protocol implementations
- bruteforce ipv6 dns names
- detect new ipv6 devices joining a network

## When to choose
- you need a mature, comprehensive toolkit for ipv6 penetration testing on linux
- you want to audit ipv6 neighbor discovery, router advertisement, or MLD behavior
- you are doing ipv6 security research or lab exercises

## When to avoid
- you need to run on non-Linux platforms or non-Ethernet links
- you want a passive monitoring or defensive-only tool
- you need a GUI-driven scanner rather than command-line tools

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: penetration-testing, security, networking, fuzzing
- domain: security, penetration-testing, networking
- platform: cli
- tags: ipv6, attack-toolkit, denial-of-service, man-in-the-middle, icmpv6, c, linux

## Member repositories
- vanhauser-thc/thc-ipv6 (main) score 58

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:56.984882+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 2026-08-30T06:22:04.609894+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/vanhauser-thc/thc-ipv6 (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:56.984882+00:00, sha 745a9aca56e1)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.