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khazix-skills vs LockKnife
khazix-skills has 21,109 GitHub stars, 2,237 forks, 49 open issues and last shipped 2 days ago. LockKnife has 542 stars, 120 forks, 3 open issues and last shipped 23 days ago. khazix-skills leads on adoption by 3,795% (21,109 vs 542 stars). khazix-skills is written in Python under MIT; LockKnife is written in Python under GPL-3.0. khazix-skills has attracted 11% as many forks as stars, LockKnife 22%. khazix-skills was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 3 topic tags (ai-agents, claude, developer-tools), so they are genuine substitutes rather than adjacent tools.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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| khazix-skills | LockKnife | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 21K | ★ 542 |
| License | MIT | GPL-3.0 |
| Written in | Python | Python |
| Last push | 2026-10-01 | 2026-09-10 |
| Forks | ⑂ 2.2K | ⑂ 120 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick khazix-skills if
- You weight community size — 21K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Python
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick LockKnife if
- You want the LockKnife feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the GPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Python
- You evaluated both and LockKnife fits your workflow better
About khazix-skills
Khazix Skills is an MIT licensed collection of six open source AI Skills published by the Chinese AI creator 数字生命卡兹克, aimed at developers and vibe coders who want Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and other Agent Skills compatible agents to handle everyday jobs such as defining long running goals, clearing disk space, researching a product and drafting long articles.
read the full khazix-skills overview →
About LockKnife
LockKnife is a unified Android security research toolkit that gives forensic investigators, penetration testers, and reverse engineers a case driven TUI workspace and a headless CLI for extraction, credential recovery, APK analysis, runtime inspection, and reporting from one framework.
read the full LockKnife overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is khazix-skills or LockKnife more popular?
khazix-skills has 21,109 GitHub stars and LockKnife has 542. khazix-skills has the larger community by that measure.
Are khazix-skills and LockKnife free?
Both are open source. khazix-skills is licensed under MIT and LockKnife under GPL-3.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between khazix-skills and LockKnife?
khazix-skills is written in Python and LockKnife in Python. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, khazix-skills or LockKnife?
Choose khazix-skills if you want the larger community (21,109 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose LockKnife if its feature set, stack or GPL-3.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.