PentestGPT

Agentic framework automating penetration-testing and CTF tasks with LLMs

What PentestGPT does

  • Agentic framework automating penetration-testing and CTF tasks with LLMs
  • Academic (USENIX Security) origins, MIT licensed
  • Bring your own model or API key

PentestGPT — straight answers

What is PentestGPT?

PentestGPT is listed under Security & IT Operations, in the Industry-Specific Tools category on Flocci AI Tools. Agentic framework automating penetration-testing and CTF tasks with LLMs. It is free, with no paid plan attached, and it lives at github.com.

Is PentestGPT free?

PentestGPT is listed as fully free — there is no paid tier attached to it in the catalog. That makes it one of the 399 entries on Flocci AI Tools with no upgrade path built in.

What can PentestGPT do?

PentestGPT does 3 things the catalog singles out: Agentic framework automating penetration-testing and ctf tasks with llms; academic (usenix security) origins, mit licensed; bring your own model or api key.

What is the best free alternative to PentestGPT?

garak (NVIDIA) is the closest free alternative: it sits in the same Security & IT Operations sub-category and is free. Magika (Google), Nuclei and Strix also start free. The full list is on the alternatives page.

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