radare2 VS Metasploit

Compare radare2 vs Metasploit and see what are their differences.

radare2

UNIX-like reverse engineering framework and command-line toolset [Moved to: https://github.com/radareorg/radare2] (by radare)
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radare2 Metasploit
1 117
15,238 32,790
- 1.3%
9.9 10.0
over 2 years ago 1 day ago
C Ruby
GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only GNU General Public License v3.0 or later
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radare2

Posts with mentions or reviews of radare2. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-11-13.

Metasploit

Posts with mentions or reviews of Metasploit. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-02-01.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing radare2 and Metasploit you can also consider the following projects:

gef - GEF (GDB Enhanced Features) - a modern experience for GDB with advanced debugging capabilities for exploit devs & reverse engineers on Linux

BeEF - The Browser Exploitation Framework Project

pwndbg - Exploit Development and Reverse Engineering with GDB Made Easy

Covenant - Covenant is a collaborative .NET C2 framework for red teamers.

volatility - An advanced memory forensics framework

routersploit - Exploitation Framework for Embedded Devices [Moved to: https://github.com/threat9/routersploit]

pwntools - CTF framework and exploit development library

SQLMap - Automatic SQL injection and database takeover tool

radare2-book - Radare2 official book

bettercap - The Swiss Army knife for 802.11, BLE, IPv4 and IPv6 networks reconnaissance and MITM attacks.

mal_unpack - Dynamic unpacker based on PE-sieve

Brakeman - A static analysis security vulnerability scanner for Ruby on Rails applications