{"adoption": {"forks": 376, "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:05:04.022724+00:00", "stars": 1562}, "canonical_url": "https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/xeno-rat", "card": {"archived": false, "artifact_type": "application", "description": "Xeno-RAT is an open-source remote access tool (RAT) developed in C#, providing a comprehensive set of features for remote system management. Has features such as HVNC, live microphone, reverse proxy, and much much more!", "domain": ["security", "penetration-testing", "windows", "developer-tools"], "enriched": true, "function": ["security", "penetration-testing", "gui", "networking", "proxy", "reverse-engineering"], "health_score": 25, "homepage": null, "language": "C#", "license": "MIT", "license_family": "permissive", "maturity": "active", "member_repos": ["moom825/xeno-rat"], "name": "moom825/xeno-rat", "platform": ["windows", "cross-platform", "cli"], "pushed_at": "2024-03-05T06:22:36+00:00", "repo": "moom825/xeno-rat", "stars": 1562, "tags": ["rat", "remote-access-tool", "hvnc", "csharp", "keylogger", "surveillance", "reverse-proxy", "uac-bypass", "red-team", "dual-use"], "topics": ["csharp", "gui", "hvnc", "hvnc-rat", "microphone", "plugin", "rat", "remote-access-tool", "remote-access-trojan", "screen-control", "windows", "reverse-proxy", "shell"], "urls": [], "use_cases": ["remotely administer windows machines over a network", "hidden virtual network computing sessions on a remote host", "capture live microphone audio from a remote computer", "tunnel traffic through a socks5 reverse proxy to bypass network restrictions", "monitor remote screen and control it in real time", "build a custom client executable with selected settings", "manage files, processes, and registry on a remote system", "study rat techniques for security research and defense"], "what_it_is": "Xeno-RAT is an open-source remote access tool (RAT) written in C# for remotely controlling Windows 10/11 machines. It includes features such as HVNC (Hidden Virtual Network Computing), live microphone capture, screen control, keylogging, a Socks5 reverse proxy, file/process/registry managers, and a client builder.", "when_to_avoid": ["you need a legitimate enterprise remote-desktop or MDM solution for production environments", "you cannot ensure legal authorization for controlling target machines", "you need cross-platform support beyond Windows 10/11", "you require audited, hardened security tooling rather than a hobbyist project"], "when_to_choose": ["you need a free, open-source RAT with HVNC for authorized red-team or security research on Windows", "you want a self-contained remote administration tool with surveillance, proxy, and system management features", "you are studying malware/RAT behavior to build detections"]}, "data_as_of": "2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00", "members": [{"path": "/products/xeno-rat", "repo": "moom825/xeno-rat", "role": "main", "score": 18}], "provenance": {"archived": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:05:04.022724+00:00", "source": "github"}, "artifact_type": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-30T04:00:18.437141+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "bbe071782935683de705cba29f37e3f2eb60b1a8c489f95a2752205e600af1ab", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:05:04.022724+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/moom825/xeno-rat"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}, "description": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:05:04.022724+00:00", "source": "github"}, "domain": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-30T04:00:18.437141+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "bbe071782935683de705cba29f37e3f2eb60b1a8c489f95a2752205e600af1ab", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:05:04.022724+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/moom825/xeno-rat"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}, "enriched": {"inputs": [], "kind": "computed", "method": "enrichment_status"}, "function": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-30T04:00:18.437141+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "bbe071782935683de705cba29f37e3f2eb60b1a8c489f95a2752205e600af1ab", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:05:04.022724+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/moom825/xeno-rat"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}, "health_score": {"inputs": ["days_since_push", "days_since_release", "archived"], "kind": "computed", "method": "health_v1"}, "homepage": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:05:04.022724+00:00", "source": "github"}, "language": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:05:04.022724+00:00", "source": "github"}, "license": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:05:04.022724+00:00", "source": "github"}, "license_family": {"inputs": ["license"], "kind": "computed", "method": "license_family"}, "maturity": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-30T04:00:18.437141+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "bbe071782935683de705cba29f37e3f2eb60b1a8c489f95a2752205e600af1ab", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:05:04.022724+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/moom825/xeno-rat"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}, "member_repos": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:05:04.022724+00:00", "source": "github"}, "name": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:05:04.022724+00:00", "source": "github"}, "platform": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-30T04:00:18.437141+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "bbe071782935683de705cba29f37e3f2eb60b1a8c489f95a2752205e600af1ab", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:05:04.022724+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/moom825/xeno-rat"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}, "pushed_at": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:05:04.022724+00:00", "source": "github"}, "repo": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:05:04.022724+00:00", "source": "github"}, "stars": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:05:04.022724+00:00", "source": "github"}, "tags": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-30T04:00:18.437141+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "bbe071782935683de705cba29f37e3f2eb60b1a8c489f95a2752205e600af1ab", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:05:04.022724+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/moom825/xeno-rat"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}, "topics": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:05:04.022724+00:00", "source": "github"}, "urls": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:05:04.022724+00:00", "source": "github"}, "use_cases": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-30T04:00:18.437141+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "bbe071782935683de705cba29f37e3f2eb60b1a8c489f95a2752205e600af1ab", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:05:04.022724+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/moom825/xeno-rat"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}, "what_it_is": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-30T04:00:18.437141+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "bbe071782935683de705cba29f37e3f2eb60b1a8c489f95a2752205e600af1ab", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:05:04.022724+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/moom825/xeno-rat"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}, "when_to_avoid": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-30T04:00:18.437141+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "bbe071782935683de705cba29f37e3f2eb60b1a8c489f95a2752205e600af1ab", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:05:04.022724+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/moom825/xeno-rat"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}, "when_to_choose": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-30T04:00:18.437141+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "bbe071782935683de705cba29f37e3f2eb60b1a8c489f95a2752205e600af1ab", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:05:04.022724+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/moom825/xeno-rat"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}}, "score": {"components": {"activity": 0, "longevity": 75, "rhythm": 8}, "computed_at": "2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00", "flags": [], "formula": "round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)", "inputs": {"age_days": 1051, "days_push": 911, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}, "score": 18, "version": 2}, "staleness": {"enrichment_outdated": false, "low_confidence": false, "scrape_days": 9, "stale_scrape": false}}