⚡ Pentool — AI-Powered Web Pentesting, Right in Your Terminal

Fast, easy, lightweight. An AI assistant drives your pentest in the terminal — picks the right checks, bypasses WAF, finds hidden endpoints. No heavy IDE, no lag.

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Pentool is a terminal-based (TUI) security tool for penetration testers and security researchers.
It combines HTTP interception, vulnerability scanning, automated attacks, AI assistance, and data analysis — all inside your terminal.
Fast, transparent, and built for real-world testing.

Your AI in the loop: point it at a URL once and Pentool spins up the proxy, generates + imports a trusted CA cert into a headless browser, sends the first request, and fills the project — so you can start auditing immediately. No lag, no heavy setup.

⚠️ Use a modern terminal emulator. Pentool's TUI relies on mouse support, true color, and modern rendering (built on the Textual framework). Legacy terminals (e.g. Windows cmd.exe) will render incorrectly. Recommended: Windows Terminal, iTerm2 (macOS), GNOME Terminal / Kitty / Alacritty / WezTerm (Linux). On Windows, running inside WSL gives the best experience.

🎬 Overview

✨ Features

• 🌐 Proxy
  Intercept and modify HTTP/HTTPS traffic in real time. Manage scope, apply Match & Replace rules, capture WebSocket messages.

• 🔄 Repeater
  Replay requests with any modifications. Save tabs between sessions and switch between scenarios instantly.

• 💥 Intruder
  Run automated payload attacks with four strategies: Sniper, Battering Ram, Pitchfork, Cluster Bomb.
  Turbo Mode (PRO) delivers 10× speed via Keep-Alive and connection pooling.

• 🔍 Scanner
  Active and passive vulnerability analysis: SQLi, XSS, SSTI, LFI, RCE, SSRF, XXE, CORS, JWT flaws, and more.
  Smart context-aware payloads, WAF bypass, time-based and boolean-blind techniques.

• 🕷 Spider
  Crawl targets automatically — collect pages, forms, API endpoints, and JS files.
  JavaScript rendering supported (Lightpanda — fast & lightweight, built-in).

• 🎯 Target / Site Map
  Build a site map from proxy traffic, manage testing scope, and filter hosts directly from the UI.

• 🔐 Decoder · Comparer · Sequencer

  • Decoder — 19 encode/decode/hash operations with chaining support
  • Comparer — side-by-side diff with change highlighting
  • Sequencer — entropy analysis of tokens (sessions, CSRF, JWT) with FIPS tests

• 🧩 Plugin System
  Extend functionality without touching the core. PRO plugins add advanced scanners, smart payloads, and report generators.

• ⚡ Async Core
  Fully async engine handles thousands of concurrent connections and hundreds of requests per second.

• 📦 One-line Install
  uv tool install pentool — no complex setup, works on Linux, macOS, and Windows (WSL).

• 🆓 Open Source + PRO Extensions
  The base version is free and open. PRO extensions unlock exclusive features and support the project.

🚀 Quick Start

# Install (recommended — isolated, single command)
uv tool install pentool

# Launch the TUI with a new project for the target (host pre-seeded)
pentool --url https://example.com

# Same, but actually load the target in a headless browser THROUGH the proxy,
# so real traffic lands in HTTP History + Target (requires Lightpanda)
pentool --url https://example.com --real

# Headless scan — perfect for CI/CD (GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Jenkins)
pentool --url https://example.com --headless --output result.json

# Start proxy on custom port
pentool proxy start --port 8080

# Active scan (CLI)
pentool scan active --url https://example.com

# Check for updates
pentool update --check

🤖 CI/CD — Headless Security Scanning

Pentool runs fully headless for CI/CD pipelines. See the full CI/CD Guide.

# Minimal
pentool --url https://example.com --headless --output result.json

# Full pipeline
pentool --url https://example.com --headless \\
    --check xss,sqli,info_leak \\
    --threads 20 --delay 0.2 \\
    --use-ai \\
    --crawl --depth 3 --max-pages 100 \\
    --format html --output report.html

CLI Flags for CI/CD

Full examples and a ready-to-copy GitHub Actions / GitLab CI template — see the CI/CD Guide.

📚 Documentation

• 🚀 First Run: Certificate & First Intercept — start here
• Quick Start Guide
• User Guide
• CI/CD Guide (headless)
• Installation
• Plugin Development
• Plugin API Reference

Full docs: pentool.pro

🧪 Beta / Testing Mode

Pentool is currently in public beta.
All free modules are fully functional. PRO features are actively being built — a 14-day trial is available so you can evaluate everything upfront.

🎙 For Bloggers & Content Creators

Running a security blog, YouTube channel, or Telegram channel?
Write an honest review and recommend Pentool to your audience — we'll give you a permanent PRO license, completely free.

No minimum follower count. We value quality over reach.
→ Reach out: @sudores on Telegram

💰 Support the Project

Pentool is built and maintained by a solo developer in spare time.
If it saves you hours on a pentest — consider giving back. Every contribution directly funds new features, fixes, and faster releases.

• ⭐ Star on GitHub — free, takes 2 seconds, helps visibility enormously
• 💸 Sponsor the project — $5 (individual) or $50 (company, includes logo placement)
• 🔑 PRO license — $29 beta price — early access + lifetime loyalty discount
• 💬 Share — tell a colleague, post a review, or mention Pentool in your writeups

Building tools is lonely work. A star or a kind word genuinely matters. Thank you. 🙏

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome!
Please read CONTRIBUTING.md before opening a PR.

🙏 Acknowledgments

Special thanks to:

• codeby.net — For community support and feedback

📄 License

Distributed under the AGPL-3.0 license. See LICENSE for details.
PRO extensions are available under a commercial license.

📬 Contact

• Website: pentool.pro
• Telegram channel: t.me/pentool_pro
• Telegram: @sudores
• Email: support@pentool.pro
• Author: Anatoly Kashtanov (DoctorX)

⭐ If Pentool saves you time, a GitHub star helps the project grow — thanks!