Top Security repositories on GitHub
Offensive and defensive security tools and libraries.
Ranked by stars across 5,336 repositories tagged security. Refreshed daily.
- 1trimstray/the-book-of-secret-knowledge★ 244,447 · ⑂ 14,347
A collection of inspiring lists, manuals, cheatsheets, blogs, hacks, one-liners, cli/web tools and more.
- awesome
- awesome-list
- lists
- manuals
- resources
- howtos
- 2Hack-with-Github/Awesome-Hacking★ 120,675 · ⑂ 10,758
A collection of various awesome lists for hackers, pentesters and security researchers
- hacking
- security
- bug-bounty
- awesome
- android
- fuzzing
- 3Developer-Y/cs-video-courses★ 83,530 · ⑂ 11,492
List of Computer Science courses with video lectures.
- computer-science
- algorithms
- systems
- databases
- machine-learning
- web-development
- 4swisskyrepo/PayloadsAllTheThings★ 80,950 · ⑂ 17,378
A list of useful payloads and bypass for Web Application Security and Pentest/CTF
- pentest
- payload
- bypass
- web-application
- hacking
- vulnerability
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- 5caddyserver/caddy★ 75,837 · ⑂ 4,968
Fast and extensible multi-platform HTTP/1-2-3 web server with automatic HTTPS
- go
- web-server
- caddyfile
- http
- http-server
- reverse-proxy
- 6usestrix/strix★ 63,419 · ⑂ 6,923
Open-source AI penetration testing tool to find and fix your app’s vulnerabilities.
- agents
- artificial-intelligence
- cybersecurity
- penetration-testing
- ai-penetration-testing
- ai-pentesting
- 7x64dbg/x64dbg★ 49,544 · ⑂ 2,842
An open-source user mode debugger for Windows. Optimized for reverse engineering and malware analysis.
- debugger
- windows
- x64
- disassembler
- reverse-engineering
- security
- 8KeygraphHQ/shannon★ 48,124 · ⑂ 5,518
Shannon is an AI pentester for web applications and APIs. It analyzes your source code, identifies attack vectors, and executes real exploits to prove vulnerabilities before they reach production.
- penetration-testing
- pentesting
- security-audit
- security-automation
- security-tools
- ai-penetration-testing
- 9mitmproxy/mitmproxy★ 45,083 · ⑂ 4,731
An interactive TLS-capable intercepting HTTP proxy for penetration testers and software developers.
- python
- security
- man-in-the-middle
- tls
- ssl
- http
- 10GyulyVGC/sniffnet★ 41,148 · ⑂ 1,959
Comfortably monitor your network traffic 🕵️♂️
- networking
- packet-sniffer
- rust-crate
- linux
- macos
- packet-capture
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- 11The-Vibe-Company/quivr★ 39,532 · ⑂ 3,731
Opiniated RAG for integrating GenAI in your apps 🧠 Focus on your product rather than the RAG. Easy integration in existing products with customisation! Any LLM: GPT4, Groq, Llama. Any Vectorstore: PGVector, Faiss. Any Files. Anyway you want.
- ai
- llm
- api
- chatbot
- chatgpt
- database
- 12aquasecurity/trivy★ 37,971 · ⑂ 693
Find vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, secrets, SBOM in containers, Kubernetes, code repositories, clouds and more
- security
- security-tools
- docker
- containers
- vulnerability-scanners
- vulnerability-detection
- 13lissy93/web-check★ 34,852 · ⑂ 2,859
🕵️♂️ All-in-one OSINT tool for analysing any website
- osint
- privacy
- security
- security-tools
- sysadmin
- 14OWASP/CheatSheetSeries★ 33,206 · ⑂ 4,625
The OWASP Cheat Sheet Series was created to provide a concise collection of high value information on specific application security topics.
- owasp
- code
- security
- cheatsheets
- best-practices
- appsec
- 15mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills★ 32,933 · ⑂ 3,983
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) · agentskills.io standard · Works with Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Codex CLI, Cursor, Gemini CLI & 20+ platforms · 29 security domains · Apache 2.0
- ai-agents
- claude-code
- cybersecurity
- incident-response
- mitre-attack
- penetration-testing
- 16nginx/nginx★ 31,673 · ⑂ 8,303
The official NGINX Open Source repository.
- content-cache
- load-balancer
- reverse-proxy
- web-server
- http
- https
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- 17imthenachoman/How-To-Secure-A-Linux-Server★ 31,440 · ⑂ 2,121
An evolving how-to guide for securing a Linux server.
- linux
- hardening
- hardening-steps
- security
- security-hardening
- server
- 18projectdiscovery/nuclei★ 31,281 · ⑂ 3,874
Nuclei is a fast, customizable vulnerability scanner powered by the global security community and built on a simple YAML-based DSL, enabling collaboration to tackle trending vulnerabilities on the internet. It helps you find vulnerabilities in your applications, APIs, networks, DNS, and cloud configurations.
- cve-scanner
- subdomain-takeover
- nuclei-engine
- vulnerability-detection
- vulnerability-assessment
- vulnerability-scanner
- 19StevenBlack/hosts★ 31,071 · ⑂ 2,442
🔒 Consolidating and extending hosts files from several well-curated sources. Optionally pick extensions for porn, social media, and other categories.
- python
- unified-hosts
- malware
- ad-blocker
- porn-filter
- social-media-filter
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