Rust Pentesting

Open-source Rust projects categorized as Pentesting

Top 10 Rust Pentesting Projects

  1. RustScan

    πŸ€– The Modern Port Scanner πŸ€–

  2. InfluxDB

    InfluxDB – Built for High-Performance Time Series Workloads. InfluxDB 3 OSS is now GA. Transform, enrich, and act on time series data directly in the database. Automate critical tasks and eliminate the need to move data externally. Download now.

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  3. black-hat-rust

    Applied offensive security with Rust - https://kerkour.com/black-hat-rust

  4. sn0int

    Semi-automatic OSINT framework and package manager

  5. RustHound

    Active Directory data ingestor for BloodHound Legacy written in Rust. πŸ¦€

  6. DataSurgeon

    Quickly Extracts IP's, Email Addresses, Hashes, Files, Credit Cards, Social Security Numbers and a lot More From Text

  7. rshijack

    TCP connection hijacker, Rust rewrite of shijack

    Project mention: A tale of several distros joining forces for a common goal: reproducible builds | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-02-08

    - https://github.com/kpcyrd/rshijack/releases/tag/v0.5.2

  8. cracken

    a fast password wordlist generator, Smartlist creation and password hybrid-mask analysis tool written in pure safe Rust

  9. Stream

    Stream - Scalable APIs for Chat, Feeds, Moderation, & Video. Stream helps developers build engaging apps that scale to millions with performant and flexible Chat, Feeds, Moderation, and Video APIs and SDKs powered by a global edge network and enterprise-grade infrastructure.

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  10. rustpad

    Multi-threaded Padding Oracle attacks against any service. Written in Rust. (by Kibouo)

  11. qscan

    Quick network scanner library. https://crates.io/crates/qscan

  12. sherlock-rs

    Hunt down social media accounts by username across social networks

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).

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Rust Pentesting related posts

  • Black Hat Rust

    2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 8 Dec 2024
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    1 project | dev.to | 20 Nov 2024
  • Cloudflare for Speed and Security

    2 projects | /r/CloudFlare | 20 Oct 2023
  • Show HN: I'm writing a book – Cloudflare for Speed and Security

    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 18 Oct 2023
  • RustScan – The Modern Port Scanner

    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 25 Aug 2023
  • Is Rustscan tool allowed in CEH Practical exam?

    1 project | /r/CEH | 28 May 2023
  • Black Hat Rust

    1 project | /r/savedForMS | 1 May 2023
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    www.influxdata.com | 23 Dec 2025
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Index

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

# Project Stars
1 RustScan 18,715
2 black-hat-rust 4,214
3 sn0int 2,354
4 RustHound 1,082
5 DataSurgeon 873
6 rshijack 524
7 cracken 367
8 rustpad 100
9 qscan 90
10 sherlock-rs 46

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