# brannondorsey/wifi-cracking

Crack WPA/WPA2 Wi-Fi Routers with Airodump-ng and Aircrack-ng/Hashcat

Repository: https://github.com/brannondorsey/wifi-cracking
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/wifi-cracking
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: wifi, wpa2-cracking, aircrack-ng, hashcat, hacking, tutorial, cracking, password-cracking
Last push: 2024-12-26T23:13:13+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3328, "days_push": 615, "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 12594, forks 1164 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:59.386131+00:00)

## What it is
A tutorial repository teaching how to crack WPA/WPA2 Wi-Fi passwords using Airodump-ng, Aircrack-ng, and Hashcat. It walks through monitor mode, capturing handshakes, and running passive or deauthentication attacks for educational security testing.

## Use cases
- crack wpa2 wifi password with aircrack-ng
- learn how to capture wpa handshakes
- test my own wifi network security
- put wireless card into monitor mode
- use hashcat to crack wifi passwords
- learn wifi hacking with kali linux

## When to choose
- you want a step-by-step walkthrough of WPA/WPA2 cracking with aircrack-ng and hashcat
- you are learning wireless security testing on Kali Linux
- you need a quick command reference for passive Wi-Fi attacks

## When to avoid
- you need a maintained cracking tool rather than a tutorial
- you want to crack WPA3 or enterprise (802.1X) networks
- you need something that works without a monitor-mode-capable wireless card

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: stable
- function: security, penetration-testing, developer-tools
- domain: security, penetration-testing, tutorials, networking
- platform: cli
- tags: wifi-cracking, wpa2, aircrack-ng, hashcat, airodump-ng, monitor-mode, ethical-hacking, tutorial, linux

## Member repositories
- brannondorsey/wifi-cracking (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:59.386131+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 2026-08-29T17:13:56.459296+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/brannondorsey/wifi-cracking (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:59.386131+00:00, sha e88e0592bb02)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.