
Official website (https://www.metasploit.com/)
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The Metasploit Project is a computer security project that provides information about security vulnerabilities and aids in penetration testing and IDS signature development. It is owned by Rapid7, a Boston, Massachusetts-based security company.
Key facts
- Software.name
- Metasploit
- Software.logo
- Metasploit logo and wordmark.png
- Software.screenshot
- Metasploit-Community.png
- Software.screenshot size
- 300px
- Software.caption
- Metasploit Community showing three hosts, two of which were compromised by an exploit
- Software.author
- H. D. Moore
- Software.developer
- Rapid7, Inc.
- Software.latest release version
- 6.4.59
- Software.programming language
- Ruby
- Software.operating system
- Cross-platform
- Software.genre
- Security
- Software.license
- Framework: BSD, Community/Express/Pro: Proprietary
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Official website

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Source code
The Metasploit Framework is an open-source tool released under a BSD-style license. For detailed licensing information, refer to the COPYING file. Latest Version Access the latest version of Metasploit from the Nightly Installers page. Development Environment To set up a development environment, visit the Development Setup Guide. Bug and Feature Requests Submit bugs and feature requests via the GitHub Issues tracker. New submissions can be made through the MSF-BUGv1 form. API Documentation For information on writing modules, refer to the API Documentation. Support and Communication For questions and suggestions, you can: Join our GitHub Discussions for community support and general questions Join the Metasploit Slack for real-time chat Submit GitHub Issues for bug reports and feature requests Follow @metasploit on X or @[email protected] on Mastodon for updates Note: Some community members may still use IRC channels and the metasploit-hackers mailing list, though the primary support channels are now GitHub Discussions and Slack. We recommend installation with the official Metasploit installers on Linux or macOS. Metasploit is also pre-installed with Kali. 1. Start msfconsole : This is the primary interface for interacting with Metasploit. 2. Explore Resources: Visit the Using Metasploit section of the documentation.
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.metasploit.com
- Image
- Metasploit snapshot.png
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- social media followers
- 227505
- software version identifier
- 6.4.130
- Commons category
- Metasploit
- publication date
- 2011-08-00
- source code repository URL
- git://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework.git
- issue tracker URL
- github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/issues
- user manual URL
- docs.rapid7.com/metasploit
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
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Article
18 sectionsContents
- History
- Framework
- Interfaces
- Metasploit Framework (Open Source Edition)
- Pro
- Discontinued editions
- Community
- Express
- Armitage
- Cobalt Strike
- Exploits
- Payloads
- Auxiliary modules
- Contributors
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
The Metasploit Project is a computer security project that provides information about security vulnerabilities and aids in penetration testing and IDS signature development. It is owned by Rapid7, a Boston, Massachusetts-based security company.
Its best-known sub-project is the open-source Metasploit Framework, a tool for developing and executing exploit code against a remote target machine. Other important sub-projects include the Opcode Database, shellcode archive and related research.