Open source cybersecurity projects

Every project in the registry tagged cybersecurity, ranked by real GitHub adoption.

projects 40 combined stars ★ 363K refresh nightly
01 strix ★ 73K

Open-source AI penetration testing tool to find and fix your app’s vulnerabilities.

last push3 days ago languagePython licenseApache-2.0
02 shannon ★ 51K

Shannon is an AI pentester for web applications and APIs. It analyzes your source code, identifies attack vectors, and executes real exploits to prove vulnerabi

last push6 days ago languageTypeScript licenseAGPL-3.0
03 maigret ★ 40K

🕵️‍♂️ Collect a dossier on a person by username from 3000+ sites

last push2 days ago languagePython licenseMIT
04 Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills ★ 35K

817 structured cybersecurity skills for AI agents · Mapped to 6 frameworks: MITRE ATT&CK, NIST CSF 2.0, MITRE ATLAS, D3FEND, NIST AI RMF & MITRE F3 (Fight Fraud

last push2 months ago languagePython licenseApache-2.0
05 SafeLine ★ 23K

SafeLine is a self-hosted WAF(Web Application Firewall) / reverse proxy to protect your web apps from attacks and exploits.

last push12 days ago languageGo licenseGPL-3.0
06 SWE-agent ★ 21K

AI agents that autonomously fix code and resolve GitHub issues

last push7 days ago languagePython licenseMIT
07 crowdsec ★ 15K

Open-source IDS/IPS, WAF and bot detection for Linux, Windows, Docker and Kubernetes, with a crowdsourced blocklist of malicious IPs.

last push3 days ago languageGo licenseMIT
08 vuls ★ 12K

Agent-less vulnerability scanner for Linux, FreeBSD, Container, WordPress, Programming language libraries, Network devices

last push23 hours ago languageGo licenseGPL-3.0
09 codex-security ★ 11K

OpenAI's Codex Security CLI and TypeScript SDK for finding, validating, and fixing security vulnerabilities. npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@openai/codex-se

last push14 hours ago languageTypeScript licenseApache-2.0
10 bunkerweb ★ 11K

🛡️ Open-source and cloud-native Web Application Firewall (WAF)

last push3 days ago languagePython licenseAGPL-3.0
11 faraday ★ 6.8K

Open Source Vulnerability Management Platform

last push4 days ago languagePython licenseGPL-3.0
12 suricata ★ 6.8K

Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine developed by the OISF and the Suricata comm

last push22 hours ago languageC licenseGPL-2.0
13 PhoneSploit-Pro ★ 6.4K

An all-in-one hacking tool to remotely take over Android devices.

last push14 days ago languagePython licenseGPL-3.0
14 AiSOC ★ 6.3K

Open-source AI-powered Security Operations Center — alert fusion, purple-team drills, agent-assisted triage, MITRE ATT&CK investigation. MIT-licensed, self-host

last push13 hours ago languagePython licenseMIT
15 VulnClaw ★ 3.9K

基于 AI Agent + MCP 工具链 + 渗透 Skill 编排, 配合大语言模型, 自然语言输入 → 自动完成「信息收集 → 漏洞发现 → 漏洞利用 → 报告生成」全流程。

last push4 days ago languagePython licenseMIT
16 CyberStrike ★ 3.3K

Open-source AI-powered offensive security harness for automated penetration testing.

last push24 hours ago languageTypeScript licenseAGPL-3.0
17 redamon ★ 3.3K

Open-source, self-hosted AI penetration testing framework: maps your attack surface into a graph, autonomously exploits it from a Kali sandbox with human approv

last push25 hours ago languagePython licenseMIT
18 Pentest-Swarm-AI ★ 3.1K

Autonomous penetration testing using a swarm of AI agents. Orchestrates recon, classification, exploitation, and reporting specialists with ReAct reasoning — su

last push25 hours ago languageGo licenseAGPL-3.0
19 brutespray ★ 2.6K

Fast, multi-protocol credential brute-forcer. Parses Nmap, Nessus, and Nexpose output to automatically test default and custom credentials across 30+ protocols.

last push31 hours ago languageGo licenseMIT
20 artex-global ★ 2.5K

ARTEX 한국어판 · AI 자율 침투 테스트 프레임워크(upstream: Autumn-27/ARTEX, AGPL-3.0)

last push19 days ago languageGo licenseAGPL-3.0
21 pentest-ai-agents ★ 2.4K

Turn Claude Code into your offensive security research assistant. Specialized AI subagents for authorized penetration testing plan engagements, analyze recon, r

last push27 days ago languageShell licenseMIT
22 beelzebub ★ 2.2K

A secure low code deception runtime framework, leveraging AI for System Virtualization.

last push5 days ago languageGo licenseGPL-3.0
23 fixinventory ★ 2.1K

Fix Inventory helps you identify and remove the most critical risks in AWS, GCP, Azure and Kubernetes.

last push7 months ago languagePython licenseApache-2.0
24 pentest-ai ★ 1.8K

Open-source AI pentester that proves every finding. Machine oracles re-run each exploit; verified bugs ship a proof capsule you can replay yourself.

last push24 days ago languagePython licenseMIT
25 MailAccess ★ 1.7K

Free email OSINT tool, 5000+ platforms, identity clustering, breach detection. No API keys required. pip install mailaccess

last push5 days ago languagePython licenseMIT
26 mutillidae ★ 1.5K

OWASP Mutillidae II is a free, open-source, deliberately vulnerable web application providing a target for web-security training. This is an easy-to-use web hac

last push1 months ago languagePHP licenseGPL-3.0
27 NeuroSploit ★ 1.5K

NeuroSploit is an advanced, AI-powered penetration testing framework designed to automate and augment various aspects of offensive security operations.

last push15 days ago languageRust licenseMIT
28 xalgorix ★ 1.3K

Autonomous AI pentesting agents — real-time reconnaissance, vulnerability detection, and exploitation orchestration. Go + TypeScript.

last push3 days ago languageGo licenseApache-2.0
29 ai-security-tool ★ 1.3K

🛡️ Free open-source AI-powered security terminal & vulnerability scanner (CVE, SBOM). Supports SSH, SFTP, RDP, VNC, Serial, and 12+ autonomous AI agents (DeepS

last push13 hours ago languageHTML licenseMIT
30 ARTEX ★ 1.3K

ARTEX · AI autonomous penetration testing system (multi-agent LLM, Go + Next.js) · AI 自主渗透测试系统 · 百度 agent+ 攻防挑战赛冠军

last push14 days ago languageGo licenseAGPL-3.0
31 stride-gpt ★ 1.1K

An AI-powered threat modeling tool that leverages OpenAI's GPT models to generate threat models for a given application based on the STRIDE methodology.

last push17 hours ago languagePython licenseMIT
32 h5i ★ 887

Fast, red-teaming browser built for AI agents, with direct HTTP traffic control, sandboxed execution, and auditable sessions. Pure Rust.

last pushyesterday languageRust licenseApache-2.0
33 Krawl ★ 825

Krawl is a customizable, lightweight, cloud-native web deception server and anti-crawler that creates fake web applications with low-hanging vulnerabilities usi

last push2 days ago languagePython licenseMIT
34 HydraSoft-DLL-Hijack-Scanner ★ 821

HydraSoft: dependency-free Windows DLL hijack scanner with centralized remote management — HydraAgent, PHP API, and a web console for endpoint security checks a

last push7 days ago languageHTML licenseMIT
35 cve-lite-cli ★ 781

Fast, developer-friendly JS/TS dependency vulnerability scanner with local lockfile scanning, OSV matching, direct vs transitive visibility, --fix, JSON output,

last push19 hours ago languageTypeScript licenseMIT
36 RedTiger-Tools ★ 763

RedTiger-Tools is a multifunction automation tool dedicated to pentesting and OSINT. The project is open source and designed to be fully configurable according

last push5 months ago languagePython licenseMIT
37 keyFinder ★ 730

Passive API key and secret discovery browser extension for Chrome and Firefox. 80+ detection patterns, zero config.

last push9 days ago languageJavaScript licenseMIT
38 Snitch ★ 685

Real-time network monitor + outbound firewall — see & block every connection. Privacy-first, local-first, Rust fleet agent, SIEM exports, 8 languages. / Moniteu

last push32 hours ago languagePython licenseAGPL-3.0
39 Zen-Ai-Pentest ★ 500

🛡⚔️AI-Powered Penetration Testing Framework with automated vulnerability scanning, multi-agent system, and compliance reporting🛡⚔️

last push3 days ago languagePython licenseMIT
40 openlane ★ 336

last push13 hours ago languageGo licenseApache-2.0

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Frequently asked questions

How many open source cybersecurity projects are there?

This registry tracks 40 projects tagged cybersecurity, with 362,833 GitHub stars between them. The most-adopted is strix at 73,259 stars.

Are these cybersecurity projects free to use?

Yes — 40 of the 40 carry an explicit open-source licence across 5 distinct licences, so there is no licence fee. Where a project also sells a hosted or enterprise version, the self-hosted path remains free.

Which cybersecurity project should I choose?

The list above is ranked by GitHub stars, but stars measure attention rather than fit. Check three things on each card: the licence (permissive versus copyleft), the language it is written in, and the last-push date — a high-star project that has not been pushed in a year is a liability.

Are these cybersecurity projects still maintained?

38 of the 40 were pushed in the last 90 days, and every card shows its exact last-push date so you can see the rest. Sort your shortlist by that date before committing to a migration.