# HackTricks-wiki/hacktricks

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## Links

- GitHub: https://github.com/HackTricks-wiki/hacktricks
- Homepage: http://book.hacktricks.xyz/
- awesome-repositories: https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/hacktricks-wiki-hacktricks.md

## Topics

`hacking` `hacktricks` `peass` `pentesting`

## Description

HackTricks is a comprehensive cybersecurity knowledge base and wiki designed to support ethical hacking, penetration testing, and infrastructure security auditing. It serves as a structured reference guide for security professionals, providing detailed documentation on common vulnerabilities, attack vectors, and remediation strategies across diverse software and network environments.

The project distinguishes itself by offering actionable methodologies for identifying and analyzing security flaws. It functions as a centralized repository for security research, enabling practitioners to study the mechanics of cyber threats and apply systematic techniques during authorized system assessments.

The content is maintained through a static site generation process that converts markdown files into an interlinked collection of HTML pages. This architecture utilizes a hierarchical file structure for navigation and includes a client-side search index to facilitate information retrieval without requiring server-side processing.

## Tags

### Security & Cryptography

- [Penetration Testing Resources](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/security-cryptography/security/utilities/security-tools/reference-collections-wordlists/penetration-testing-resources.md) — Documents standard procedures and advanced techniques for conducting authorized penetration testing assessments.
- [Security Vulnerabilities](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/security-cryptography/vulnerability-assessment-testing/security-testing-auditing/security-vulnerabilities.md) — Maintains a structured repository of common security vulnerabilities, attack vectors, and remediation strategies.
- [Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/security-cryptography/security/offensive-operations/penetration-testing-ethical-hacking.md) — Offers comprehensive educational resources and methodologies for ethical hacking and offensive security training.
- [Security Testing and Auditing](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/security-cryptography/vulnerability-assessment-testing/security-testing-auditing.md) — Provides systematic frameworks for auditing network and system configurations to ensure security.
- [Security Testing Methodologies](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/security-cryptography/vulnerability-assessment-testing/security-testing-auditing/security-testing-methodologies.md) — Provides structured procedural guides for identifying and analyzing security weaknesses in systems and networks. ([source](http://book.hacktricks.xyz/))
- [Vulnerability Research](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/security-cryptography/security/offensive-operations/vulnerability-research-analysis/vulnerability-research.md) — Provides a knowledge base for analyzing common security weaknesses and the mechanics of cyber threats.

### Education & Learning Resources

- [Reference Guides](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/education-learning-resources/reference-guides.md) — Serves as a comprehensive technical reference guide for identifying and analyzing security flaws.

### Content Management & Publishing

- [Markdown Documentation](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/content-management-publishing/content-management-systems/content-architecture-modeling/documentation-tooling/authoring-editing/markdown-documentation.md) — Uses plain text files with lightweight formatting to store and maintain technical documentation.
- [Static Site Generation](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/content-management-publishing/static-site-document-generators/static-site-generators/static-site-generation.md) — Generates a collection of static HTML pages from structured documentation files for high performance.