Top Security repositories on GitHub
Offensive and defensive security tools and libraries.
Ranked by stars across 5,089 repositories tagged security. Refreshed daily.
- 1trimstray/the-book-of-secret-knowledge★ 229,426 · ⑂ 13,741
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★ 114,746 · ⑂ 10,439
A collection of various awesome lists for hackers, pentesters and security researchers
- hacking
- security
- bug-bounty
- awesome
- android
- fuzzing
- 3Developer-Y/cs-video-courses★ 81,877 · ⑂ 11,307
List of Computer Science courses with video lectures.
- computer-science
- algorithms
- systems
- databases
- machine-learning
- web-development
- 4swisskyrepo/PayloadsAllTheThings★ 78,559 · ⑂ 17,100
A list of useful payloads and bypass for Web Application Security and Pentest/CTF
- pentest
- payload
- bypass
- web-application
- hacking
- vulnerability
- 5caddyserver/caddy★ 73,453 · ⑂ 4,781
Fast and extensible multi-platform HTTP/1-2-3 web server with automatic HTTPS
- go
- web-server
- caddyfile
- http
- http-server
- reverse-proxy
- 6x64dbg/x64dbg★ 48,696 · ⑂ 2,753
An open-source user mode debugger for Windows. Optimized for reverse engineering and malware analysis.
- debugger
- windows
- x64
- disassembler
- reverse-engineering
- security
- 7mitmproxy/mitmproxy★ 43,995 · ⑂ 4,599
An interactive TLS-capable intercepting HTTP proxy for penetration testers and software developers.
- python
- security
- man-in-the-middle
- tls
- ssl
- http
- 8GyulyVGC/sniffnet★ 39,455 · ⑂ 1,680
Comfortably monitor your Internet traffic 🕵️♂️
- network-analysis
- networking
- packet-sniffer
- rust-crate
- linux
- macos
- 9QuivrHQ/quivr★ 39,163 · ⑂ 3,723
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
- 10aquasecurity/trivy★ 36,508 · ⑂ 482
Find vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, secrets, SBOM in containers, Kubernetes, code repositories, clouds and more
- security
- security-tools
- docker
- containers
- vulnerability-scanners
- vulnerability-detection
- 11lissy93/web-check★ 33,809 · ⑂ 2,767
🕵️♂️ All-in-one OSINT tool for analysing any website
- osint
- privacy
- security
- security-tools
- sysadmin
- 12OWASP/CheatSheetSeries★ 32,355 · ⑂ 4,506
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
- 13nginx/nginx★ 30,954 · ⑂ 8,013
The official NGINX Open Source repository.
- content-cache
- load-balancer
- reverse-proxy
- web-server
- http
- https
- 14StevenBlack/hosts★ 30,581 · ⑂ 2,419
🔒 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
- 15trailofbits/algo★ 30,288 · ⑂ 2,360
Set up a personal VPN in the cloud
- vpn-server
- strongswan
- ansible
- vpn
- ikev2
- security
- 16projectdiscovery/nuclei★ 29,288 · ⑂ 3,500
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
- 17community-scripts/ProxmoxVE★ 28,642 · ⑂ 2,748
Proxmox VE Helper-Scripts (Community Edition)
- home-assistant
- home-automation
- homelab
- homelab-setup
- lxc
- proxmox
- 18digitalocean/nginxconfig.io★ 28,289 · ⑂ 2,048
⚙️ NGINX config generator on steroids 💉
- nginx
- nginx-configuration
- php-fpm
- ssl
- letsencrypt
- cdn
- 19authelia/authelia★ 28,100 · ⑂ 1,420
The Single Sign-On Multi-Factor portal for web apps, now OpenID Certified™
- totp
- ldap
- sso-authentication
- yubikey
- two-factor-authentication
- docker
- 20hwdsl2/setup-ipsec-vpn★ 28,060 · ⑂ 6,517
Set up your own IPsec VPN server in just a few minutes, with IPsec/L2TP, Cisco IPsec and IKEv2. Supports Ubuntu, Debian, CentOS/RHEL, Amazon Linux, Alpine and Raspberry Pi. Includes client config and management scripts.
- vpn
- ipsec
- l2tp
- ikev2
- security
- vpn-server
- 21imthenachoman/How-To-Secure-A-Linux-Server★ 27,797 · ⑂ 1,836
An evolving how-to guide for securing a Linux server.
- linux
- hardening
- hardening-steps
- security
- security-hardening
- server
- 22gitleaks/gitleaks★ 27,792 · ⑂ 2,122
Find secrets with Gitleaks 🔑
- security
- security-tools
- git
- golang
- go
- secret
- 23keepassxreboot/keepassxc★ 27,714 · ⑂ 1,823
KeePassXC is a cross-platform community-driven port of the Windows application “KeePass Password Safe”.
- keepassxc
- keepass
- password-manager
- linux
- windows
- cross-platform
- 24Infisical/infisical★ 27,449 · ⑂ 1,999
Infisical is the open-source platform for secrets, certificates, and privileged access management.
- cli
- environment-variables
- secret-management
- secrets
- security
- open-source
- 25OpenZeppelin/openzeppelin-contracts★ 27,151 · ⑂ 12,388
OpenZeppelin Contracts is a library for secure smart contract development.
- ethereum
- solidity
- evm
- security
- smart-contracts
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