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The Book Of Secret Knowledge
A collection of inspiring lists, manuals, cheatsheets, blogs, hacks, one-liners, cli/web tools and more.
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tmux/tmux
tmux source code
AI dev
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- 2026-10-10
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- 5 list mentions
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- 2007-07-09
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- ISC
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- 36 open
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wg/wrk
Modern HTTP benchmarking tool
Stack
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- 2023-12-30
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- 1 list mention
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- 2012-03-18
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- NOASSERTION
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- Disabled
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- 80 commits
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openssl/openssl
General purpose TLS and crypto library
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- 2026-10-11
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- 1 list mention
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- 1998-12-21
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- Apache-2.0
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cfenollosa/os-tutorial
How to create an OS from scratch
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- 2026-02-04
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- 1 list mention
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- 2014-09-29
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- BSD-3-Clause
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- 149 commits
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robertdavidgraham/masscan
TCP port scanner, spews SYN packets asynchronously, scanning entire Internet in under 5 minutes.
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- 2026-10-05
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- 2 list mentions
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- 2013-07-28
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- AGPL-3.0
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- 414 open
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- 894 commits
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radareorg/radare2
UNIX-like reverse engineering framework and command-line toolset
AI dev
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- 2026-10-11
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- 2 list mentions
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- 2009-02-05
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- NOASSERTION
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jarun/nnn
n³ The unorthodox terminal file manager
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- 2026-10-07
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- 4 list mentions
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- 2014-10-07
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- BSD-2-Clause
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- 1 open
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- 4,688 commits
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gentilkiwi/mimikatz
A little tool to play with Windows security
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- 2026-04-17
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- 2014-04-06
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- Unknown
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alibaba/tengine
A high-performance web server and reverse proxy, 100% compatible with nginx.
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- 2026-09-07
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- 2011-11-28
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- BSD-2-Clause
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VirusTotal/yara
The pattern matching swiss knife
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- 2026-09-23
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- 1 list mention
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- 2008-09-26
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- BSD-3-Clause
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- 3,279 commits
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AFLplusplus/AFLplusplus
AFL++ is a state-of-the-art fuzzer, and #1 in benchmarks. It was originally based on AFL. Today it comes with qemu 5.1, collision-free coverage, enhanced laf-intel & redqueen, AFLfast++ power schedules, MOpt mutators, unicorn_mode, and a lot more!
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- 2026-10-07
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- 2019-05-28
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- AGPL-3.0
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- 22 open
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zmap/zmap
ZMap is a fast single packet network scanner designed for Internet-wide network surveys.
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- 1 list mention
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- 2013-08-16
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- Apache-2.0
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- 11 open
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hishamhm/htop
htop is an interactive text-mode process viewer for Unix systems. It aims to be a better 'top'.
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- 2020-11-17
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- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2006-03-04
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- GPL-2.0
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- 1,079 commits
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3proxy/3proxy
3proxy - tiny free proxy server
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- 2026-10-11
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- 1 list mention
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- 2014-04-08
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- NOASSERTION
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- 28 open
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giltene/wrk2
A constant throughput, correct latency recording variant of wrk
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- 2024-03-03
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- 1 list mention
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- 2012-03-18
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- Apache-2.0
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- 105 open
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- 116 commits
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google/AFL
american fuzzy lop - a security-oriented fuzzer
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- 2021-07-05
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- 1 list mention
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- 2019-07-25
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- Apache-2.0
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blechschmidt/massdns
A high-performance DNS stub resolver for bulk lookups and reconnaissance (subdomain enumeration)
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- 2026-09-27
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- 1 list mention
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- 2016-06-23
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- GPL-3.0
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- 14 open
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- 318 commits
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traviscross/mtr
Official repository for mtr, a network diagnostic tool
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- 2013-02-01
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- GPL-2.0
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rewardone/OSCPRepo
A list of commands, scripts, resources, and more that I have gathered and attempted to consolidate for use as OSCP (and more) study material. Commands in 'Usefulcommands' Keepnote. Bookmarks and reading material in 'BookmarkList' CherryTree. Reconscan Py2 and Py3. Custom ISO building.
Stack
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- 2020-06-22
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- 1 list mention
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- 2017-11-12
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- MIT
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- 1 open
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- 387 commits
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strace/strace
strace is a diagnostic, debugging and instructional userspace utility for Linux
AI dev
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- 1999-02-19
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- NOASSERTION
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- 502
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- 11,168 commits
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rbsec/sslscan
sslscan tests SSL/TLS enabled services to discover supported cipher suites
Stack
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- 2026-09-27
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- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2010-08-11
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- GPL-3.0
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- 66 open
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- 419
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- 777 commits
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P403n1x87/austin
Python frame stack sampler for CPython
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- 2026-10-09
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- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2018-09-23
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- GPL-3.0
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- 10 open
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- Forks
- 66
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- 408 commits
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- 0 0.0%
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vergoh/vnstat
vnStat - a network traffic monitor for Linux and BSD
Stack
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- 2026-10-03
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- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2014-02-24
- License
- GPL-2.0
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- 8 open
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- Forks
- 142
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- 1,250 commits
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tgraf/bmon
bandwidth monitor and rate estimator
Stack
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- 2023-09-19
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- 2 list mentions
- First commit
- 2013-07-05
- License
- NOASSERTION
- Issues
- 55 open
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stars
- Forks
- 110
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- 151 commits
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jpr5/ngrep
ngrep is like GNU grep applied to the network layer. It's a PCAP-based tool that allows you to specify an extended regular or hexadecimal expression to match against data payloads of packets. It understands many kinds of protocols, including IPv4/6, TCP, UDP, ICMPv4/6, IGMP and Raw, across a wide variety of interface types, and understands BPF filter logic in the same fashion as more common packet sniffing tools, such as tcpdump and snoop.
- Updated
- 2026-02-08
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2000-09-04
- License
- NOASSERTION
- Issues
- 1 open
1,023
stars
- Forks
- 106
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- 549 commits
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libnet/nemesis
A command-line network packet crafting and injection utility
Stack
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2023-09-29
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2003-10-31
- License
- BSD-3-Clause
- Issues
- 4 open
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stars
- Forks
- 75
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- 331 commits
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- 0 0.0%
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DNS-OARC/dnsperf
Moved to https://codeberg.org/DNS-OARC/dnsperf
Archived
Stack
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2026-02-04
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2016-08-22
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Issues
- Disabled
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stars
- Forks
- 73
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- 394 commits
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jwbensley/Etherate
Linux CLI Ethernet and MPLS Testing Tool
Stack
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2026-06-05
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2013-11-14
- License
- MIT
- Issues
- 17 open
191
stars
- Forks
- 19
- Commits
- 130 commits
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- No 7-day history
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gvb84/pbscan
Faster and more efficient stateless SYN scanner and banner grabber due to userland TCP/IP stack usage.
Stack
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2018-02-20
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2015-07-18
- License
- MIT
- Issues
- Disabled
172
stars
- Forks
- 36
- Commits
- 10 commits
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- 0 0.0%
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brainsmoke/ptrace-burrito
a friendly wrapper around ptrace
Stack
GitHub topics
- Updated
- 2022-03-18
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2012-01-04
- License
- NOASSERTION
- Issues
- 0 open
- Forks
- 7
- Commits
- 89 commits
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dnsdb/dnsdbq
DNSDB API Client, C Version
Stack
- Updated
- 2026-09-10
- Lists
- 1 list mention
- First commit
- 2014-02-19
- License
- Unknown
- Issues
- 2 open
115
stars
- Forks
- 24
- Commits
- 396 commits
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- No 7-day history
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