Security

Top 23 Security Open-Source Projects

  • the-book-of-secret-knowledge

    A collection of inspiring lists, manuals, cheatsheets, blogs, hacks, one-liners, cli/web tools and more.

    Project mention: Cyber Security iPhone Application Idea | /r/iOSDevelopment | 2023-07-03

    8. Security Knowledge Base: - Utilize resources like The-book-of-secret-knowledge (e.g., https://github.com/trimstray/the-book-of-secret-knowledge) and Awesome-Hacking (e.g., https://github.com/Hack-with-Github/Awesome-Hacking) to build a knowledge base. - Extract relevant security information and create a structured knowledge base within SecurIoT. - Implement functionality to query and retrieve security information from the knowledge base. - Thoroughly test the knowledge base integration, ensuring accurate retrieval of security knowledge.

  • Awesome-Hacking

    A collection of various awesome lists for hackers, pentesters and security researchers

    Project mention: Cyber Security iPhone Application Idea | /r/iOSDevelopment | 2023-07-03

    8. Security Knowledge Base: - Utilize resources like The-book-of-secret-knowledge (e.g., https://github.com/trimstray/the-book-of-secret-knowledge) and Awesome-Hacking (e.g., https://github.com/Hack-with-Github/Awesome-Hacking) to build a knowledge base. - Extract relevant security information and create a structured knowledge base within SecurIoT. - Implement functionality to query and retrieve security information from the knowledge base. - Thoroughly test the knowledge base integration, ensuring accurate retrieval of security knowledge.

  • InfluxDB

    Collect and Analyze Billions of Data Points in Real Time. Manage all types of time series data in a single, purpose-built database. Run at any scale in any environment in the cloud, on-premises, or at the edge.

  • cs-video-courses

    List of Computer Science courses with video lectures.

    Project mention: Need advice | /r/PAK | 2023-07-12

    course Computer science is very wast field the fundamental remains same, learn basic fundamentals, data structures, concepts of object oriented programming.

  • PayloadsAllTheThings

    A list of useful payloads and bypass for Web Application Security and Pentest/CTF

    Project mention: XXE-XML External Entities Attacks | dev.to | 2023-10-25

    An alternative display version is available at PayloadsAllTheThingsWeb.

  • Caddy

    Fast and extensible multi-platform HTTP/1-2-3 web server with automatic HTTPS

    Project mention: Empowering Caddy: User Friendliness with Case-Insensitive Caddyfiles | dev.to | 2023-11-25

    An interesting project that I recently contributed to is Caddy, a fast and extensible multi-platform HTTP/1-2-3 web server with automatic HTTPS, written in the language I'm currently exploring, Golang. My contribution and pull request address case-insensitive support to special prefixes in the Caddyfile, along with the ability to recognize files with a '.caddyfile' suffix, all inspired by a reported issue.

  • x64dbg

    An open-source user mode debugger for Windows. Optimized for reverse engineering and malware analysis.

    Project mention: Too Many Fonts in Windows 10 Can Cause Slow Application Starts | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-08-17

    I have never heard anyone say anything good about the Visual Studio debugger before. Now, I'm not a Windows person but I'm not gonna argue for gdb or lldb here. RemedyBG and x64dbg are the two debuggers I've heard good things about though I've never used them because, again, not a Windows person.

    [1] https://remedybg.handmade.network/

    [2] https://x64dbg.com/

  • mitmproxy

    An interactive TLS-capable intercepting HTTP proxy for penetration testers and software developers.

    Project mention: WORKING tutorial on how to enable iOS voice chat RIGHT NOW | /r/ChatGPT | 2023-10-03

    You'll need to install mitmproxy and set it up on your computer and iOS. I won't go into too much detail here on how to do this, but there are plenty of guides available. This is a pretty good one: https://nadav.ca/2021/02/26/inspecting-an-iphone-s-https-traffic/

  • Onboard AI

    Learn any GitHub repo in 59 seconds. Onboard AI learns any GitHub repo in minutes and lets you chat with it to locate functionality, understand different parts, and generate new code. Use it for free at www.getonboard.dev.

  • Metasploit

    Metasploit Framework

    Project mention: Effective Adversary Emulation | dev.to | 2023-11-27

    Metasploit: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework

  • SQLMap

    Automatic SQL injection and database takeover tool

    Project mention: Enhancing Code Quality and Security: Building a Rock-Solid CI Test Suite for Seamless Development | dev.to | 2023-07-03

    The DAST checks can be automated up to a certain point, where the code should be able to withstand certain scans and attacks. For eg. SQL Injections can be checked with sqlmap which tests with each and every type of sql injection payload and reports it back to the user.

  • algo

    Set up a personal VPN in the cloud

    Project mention: Show HN: WireHole New UI Makes Managing WireGuard Clients Easy | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-10-27
  • nginxconfig.io

    ⚙️ NGINX config generator on steroids 💉

  • CheatSheetSeries

    The OWASP Cheat Sheet Series was created to provide a concise collection of high value information on specific application security topics.

    Project mention: A guide to Auth & Access Control in web apps 🔐 | dev.to | 2023-11-07

    OWasp cheat sheet on how to do ACL in Web App.

  • hosts

    🔒 Consolidating and extending hosts files from several well-curated sources. Optionally pick extensions for porn, social media, and other categories.

    Project mention: Show HN: YouTube banned adblockers so I built an extension to skip their ads | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-11-18

    I use the Hosts file to block a ton of ads and that works really well. https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts Something worth considering if your ad blocker isn't working well.

  • openzeppelin-contracts

    OpenZeppelin Contracts is a library for secure smart contract development.

    Project mention: Blockchain transactions decoding: making wallet activity understandable | dev.to | 2023-10-27

    Lets look the events of Open Zeppelin’s ERC20 token contract:

  • setup-ipsec-vpn

    Scripts to build your own IPsec VPN server, with IPsec/L2TP, Cisco IPsec and IKEv2

    Project mention: Alternatives to VPNs in China? Is roaming a good idea? | /r/chinalife | 2023-04-18
  • API-Security-Checklist

    Checklist of the most important security countermeasures when designing, testing, and releasing your API

  • OSQuery

    SQL powered operating system instrumentation, monitoring, and analytics.

    Project mention: Alternative to Endpoint Protector? | /r/selfhosted | 2023-05-06

    From a self hosted standpoint OSQuery or Wazuh are your best bets for monitoring USB devices. Windows makes blocking really challenging and I’m not aware of any “free” solutions that attempt it.

  • macOS-Security-and-Privacy-Guide

    Guide to securing and improving privacy on macOS

    Project mention: Hardening macOS | /r/MacOS | 2023-07-03
  • trivy

    Find vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, secrets, SBOM in containers, Kubernetes, code repositories, clouds and more

    Project mention: Friends - needs help choosing solution for SBOM vulnerability | /r/devops | 2023-06-01
  • radare2

    UNIX-like reverse engineering framework and command-line toolset

    Project mention: I'm pretty sure this is possible, and would appreciate confirmation/direction. | /r/termux | 2022-12-13

    https://github.com/radareorg/radare2 (You can git clone it, then run the install script)

  • Matomo

    Liberating Web Analytics. Star us on Github? +1. Matomo is the leading open alternative to Google Analytics that gives you full control over your data. Matomo lets you easily collect data from websites & apps and visualise this data and extract insights. Privacy is built-in. We love Pull Requests!

    Project mention: 11 Ways to Optimize Your Website | dev.to | 2023-11-12

    There are many good, lightweight, and open-source alternatives to Google Analytics, such as Plausible, Matomo, Fathom, Simple Analytics, and so on. Many of these options are open-source, and can be self-hosted.

  • Keycloak

    Open Source Identity and Access Management For Modern Applications and Services

    Project mention: Ask HN: Any Comprehensive Courses on Auth? | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-11-19

    FastAPI's tutorial on how to implement a basic OAuth server helped me a lot in understanding the basic concepts.

    https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/tutorial/security/

    After getting familiar, I self hosted Keycloak and integrated it with my FastAPI server.

    https://www.keycloak.org/

  • authelia

    The Single Sign-On Multi-Factor portal for web apps

    Project mention: Why would anyone need AD/AAD when you can manage devices through Saltstack? | /r/sysadmin | 2023-08-05

    https://github.com/saltstack/salt https://github.com/chocolatey/choco https://github.com/nextcloud https://github.com/authelia/authelia https://github.com/grafana/grafana

  • SaaSHub

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NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020). The latest post mention was on 2023-11-27.

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Index

What are some of the best open-source Security projects? This list will help you:

Project Stars
1 the-book-of-secret-knowledge 113,333
2 Awesome-Hacking 71,506
3 cs-video-courses 61,879
4 PayloadsAllTheThings 52,851
5 Caddy 50,711
6 x64dbg 42,061
7 mitmproxy 32,853
8 Metasploit 31,685
9 SQLMap 28,909
10 algo 27,821
11 nginxconfig.io 26,418
12 CheatSheetSeries 25,197
13 hosts 24,207
14 openzeppelin-contracts 23,256
15 setup-ipsec-vpn 23,081
16 API-Security-Checklist 21,589
17 OSQuery 20,752
18 macOS-Security-and-Privacy-Guide 20,553
19 trivy 19,405
20 radare2 18,890
21 Matomo 18,420
22 Keycloak 18,083
23 authelia 17,937
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