h4cker
A large curated collection of cybersecurity links, scripts, labs and training notes.
- Stars
- 30k
- Forks
- 5.4k
- Licence
- MIT
- Language
- Jupyter Notebook
- Last update
- 14 days ago
- Type
- Curated list
What it is
This is a large GitHub repository of cybersecurity references, scripts, tools, labs and training material maintained by Omar Santos. It is organized into folders for topics such as offensive and defensive security, cloud and container security, AI security, and certification study resources. It is described as supplemental material for Santos's books, video courses and live training.
- Browse the domain landing pages to find tools and references for a specific security area
- Find certification roadmaps and exam topic notes in the certifications folder
- Explore AI security and LLM engineering resources in the ai folder
- Find lab-building and cyber range resources in the build-your-own-lab folder
Great for
- Students looking for a structured starting point in cybersecurity
- Security learners who want to find resources by topic
- Certification candidates looking for study references
- Instructors who want curated material to point students to
Not ideal for
- People who need a single installable tool, since this is a collection rather than software (the README describes it as references, scripts, and labs)
- Readers wanting vetted, up-to-date guidance on every linked item, since the README does not describe a verification process for each resource
How to get it
- 1
Clone and build from source
Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/The-Art-of-Hacking/h4cker - 2
Run it
- Clone the repository to your machine
- Open the README and read the Directory Overview section
- Pick the folder that matches your goal, such as cybersecurity-domains or certifications
- Follow the links inside that folder to tools and references
- 3
Get the most out of it
- Start from the domain landing page that matches your goal, as the README suggests
- Use certifications/ separately if you are preparing for an exam
- Check the training-reference folder for cheat sheets and tool indexes
- Read CONTRIBUTING.md if you want to add or correct entries
Downloads
Strengths
- Broad coverage across many security domains in one place
- Organized into folders with a clear directory overview in the README
- Licensed under MIT, so it is free to use and reuse under those terms
Trade-offs
- Its size can make it hard to know where to start without guidance
- The README is truncated here, so specific contents and currency of each item could not be verified
- Being a link collection, it provides no installed functionality of its own
How it compares
| Project | Stars | Type | Level | Updated | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| h4cker (this) | 30k | Curated list | beginner | 14 days ago | Students looking for a structured starting point in cybersecurity |
| awesome-security | 15.1k | Curated list | beginner | 10 months ago | Security learners looking for well-known tools in a given area |
| awesome-hacking | 17.4k | Curated list | beginner | 2.4 years ago | Students looking for a starting map of security topics |
| SecLists | 74.5k | Learning resource | beginner | 4 days ago | Penetration testers who need standard lists for password or directory guessing |
| PayloadsAllTheThings | 82.3k | Curated list | beginner | 7 days ago | Penetration testers who want a quick reference of payload variations for a known vulnerability class |
| hacker-roadmap | 15.7k | Curated list | beginner | 3.1 years ago | Beginners who want an overview of penetration testing concepts and vocabulary |
Stats synced from GitHub. The assessment above was drafted with AI from the project's README on 2026-10-29 and may miss recent changes — check the README before relying on a command. MIT licence: free to use, modify and distribute, including commercially, as long as you keep the copyright notice.