HackingTool: AI-guided, all-in-one toolkit for authorized security testing (80k stars)
What it does
All text below is quoted directly from the project README.
>215 curated tools across 21 categories — recon, OSINT, web, wireless, phishing, forensics, post-exploitation and more — with an AI layer that turns plain English into the right tool and the exact command.
>Built for penetration testers · red teamers · blue-team/SOC and DFIR analysts · OSINT researchers · bug-bounty hunters · CTF players · security researchers and students — all working legally, on systems they own or are authorised to test.
Why hackingtool:
- 🧠 AI-guided workflow — describe what you want ("find subdomains of example.com") and it maps your intent to the right tools, hands you the exact documented command, plans an objective step by step, then summarizes findings and drafts an engagement report. Bring your own key or run a local model — nothing auto-executes and nothing is fabricated.
- 🗂 215 curated tools, one console — install and run across 21 categories without hunting down Git repos; a fixed tag taxonomy (63 tags in use) makes every tool discoverable.
- 🔎 It knows what it doesn't have — /find searches your catalog first, then the GitHub API, and shows real maintained projects with the reason each was ranked.
- 🛡 Safe by default — standard installs, no curl | bash, downloads pinned + SHA-256 verified, list-form subprocess, no forced sudo, and signed releases with an SBOM.
- 🎯 For the whole spectrum — red team, blue team, OSINT, bug bounty, CTF/THM, forensics/IR — all on authorized targets only.
>Requires Python 3.10+ on Linux or macOS (Kali, Parrot, Debian/Ubuntu, Arch, …). Windows is not supported — the app tells you so and exits.
Repository
Z4nzu/hackingtool
Repository stats
|Metric|Value|
|:-|:-|
|Stars|80,098|
|Forks|9,087|
|Last release|None|
|Languages|Python 99.4%, Dockerfile 0.3%, Shell 0.2%|
|Contributors|36|
|AI contributor accounts (Claude / Codex / Cursor / Copilot)|None|
|AI co-authored commits|None|
Main contributor
|Field|Value|
|:-|:-|
|Name|Christian Clauss|
|GitHub|@cclauss|
|Commits to this repo|80 (top contributor)|
|Bio|Working hard to find and fix bugs in software and to ensure that Python code is properly ported to Python 3. Building related tools and automated systems.|
|Company|Christian Clauss|
|Location|Switzerland|
|Followers|5,460|
|Public repos|4,682|
|On GitHub since|2013-02-26|
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Mentions
HackingTool: AI-guided, all-in-one toolkit for authorized security testing (80k stars) What it does All text below is quoted directly from the project README. >215 curated tools across 21 categories — recon, OSINT, web, wireless, phishing, forensics, post-exploitation and more — with an AI layer that turns plain English into the right tool and the exact command. >Built for penetration testers · red teamers · blue-team/SOC and DFIR analysts · OSINT researchers · bug-bounty hunters · CTF players · security researchers and students — all working legally, on systems they own or are authorised to test. Why hackingtool: - 🧠 AI-guided workflow — describe what you want ("find subdomains of example.com") and it maps your intent to the right tools, hands you the exact documented command, plans an objective step by step, then summarizes findings and drafts an engagement report. Bring your own key or run a local model — nothing auto-executes and nothing is fabricated. - 🗂 215 curated tools, one console — install and run across 21 categories without hunting down Git repos; a fixed tag taxonomy (63 tags in use) makes every tool discoverable. - 🔎 It knows what it doesn't have — /find searches your catalog first, then the GitHub API, and shows real maintained projects with the reason each was ranked. - 🛡 Safe by default — standard installs, no curl | bash, downloads pinned + SHA-256 verified, list-form subprocess, no forced sudo, and signed releases with an SBOM. - 🎯 For the whole spectrum — red team, blue team, OSINT, bug bounty, CTF/THM, forensics/IR — all on authorized targets only. >Requires Python 3.10+ on Linux or macOS (Kali, Parrot, Debian/Ubuntu, Arch, …). Windows is not supported — the app tells you so and exits. Repository Z4nzu/hackingtool Repository stats |Metric|Value| |:-|:-| |Stars|80,098| |Forks|9,087| |Last release|None| |Languages|Python 99.4%, Dockerfile 0.3%, Shell 0.2%| |Contributors|36| |AI contributor accounts (Claude / Codex / Cursor / Copilot)|None| |AI co-authored commits|None| Main contributor |Field|Value| |:-|:-| |Name|Christian Clauss| |GitHub|@cclauss| |Commits to this repo|80 (top contributor)| |Bio|Working hard to find and fix bugs in software and to ensure that Python code is properly ported to Python 3. Building related tools and automated systems.| |Company|Christian Clauss| |Location|Switzerland| |Followers|5,460| |Public repos|4,682| |On GitHub since|2013-02-26|