Awesome Hacking Lists
A curated collection of GitHub repositories for security research, penetration testing, and hacking tools organized by programming language and security discipline.
Score Breakdown
⚙ Agent Friendliness
🔒 Security
Static list hosted on GitHub. No authentication needed, no secrets to handle, no API surface. High scores reflect absence of risk rather than presence of security controls.
⚡ Reliability
Best When
A security researcher needs to discover tools for a specific language or security domain.
Avoid When
You need a functional API, MCP server, or automated tool - this is a static reference list only.
Use Cases
- • Discovering security tools and resources by programming language
- • Finding open-source penetration testing tools for specific tasks
- • Research into existing security tool ecosystem
Not For
- • Actual API integration - this is a static list of links
- • Automated security testing pipelines
- • Real-time security intelligence
Interface
Authentication
No auth - static GitHub README.
Pricing
Agent Metadata
Known Gotchas
- ⚠ This is a static curated list, not an MCP server or API
- ⚠ No curation criteria or maintenance schedule documented
- ⚠ Link rot may cause many URLs to be dead
- ⚠ Quality of listed tools varies widely
Alternatives
Full Evaluation Report
Detailed scoring breakdown, competitive positioning, security analysis, and improvement recommendations for Awesome Hacking Lists.
Scores are editorial opinions as of 2026-03-06.