WebGoat VS metasploitable3

Compare WebGoat vs metasploitable3 and see what are their differences.

WebGoat

WebGoat is a deliberately insecure application (by WebGoat)

metasploitable3

Metasploitable3 is a VM that is built from the ground up with a large amount of security vulnerabilities. (by rapid7)
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WebGoat metasploitable3
41 14
6,489 4,507
2.4% 1.2%
8.7 4.4
8 days ago 6 days ago
JavaScript HTML
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later GNU General Public License v3.0 or later
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WebGoat

Posts with mentions or reviews of WebGoat. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-04-15.

metasploitable3

Posts with mentions or reviews of metasploitable3. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-11-15.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing WebGoat and metasploitable3 you can also consider the following projects:

juice-shop - OWASP Juice Shop: Probably the most modern and sophisticated insecure web application

Metasploit - Metasploit Framework

DVWA - Damn Vulnerable Web Application (DVWA)

kubernetes-goat - Kubernetes Goat is a "Vulnerable by Design" cluster environment to learn and practice Kubernetes security using an interactive hands-on playground 🚀

nikto - Nikto web server scanner

Lightning-Network - List of Lightning Network technical issues, bugs, flaws, and exploits.

UTM - Virtual machines for iOS and macOS

wrongsecrets - Vulnerable app with examples showing how to not use secrets

HomeBrew - 🍺 The missing package manager for macOS (or Linux)

PomPom-Language - The cuteness implementation of a dependently typed language.

GitGoat - GitGoat is an open source tool that was built to enable DevOps and Engineering teams to design and implement a sustainable misconfiguration prevention strategy. It can be used to test products with access to GitHub repositories without a risk to your production environment.