Tool catalog

Curated for the workflow.

Nulx evaluates tools for usefulness, maintenance, licensing, distribution path, overlap, and security impact. This public catalog is a curated view—not a mirror of private development data.

43 curated entries shown

NetworkGUI / CLI

Wireshark

Network protocol analysis for traffic inspection and investigation.

Reviewed route
NetworkCLI

tcpdump

Command-line packet capture and focused traffic inspection.

Reviewed route
NetworkCLI

TShark

Console protocol analysis powered by Wireshark.

Reviewed route
ReconCLI

arp-scan

Local-network discovery and fingerprinting for authorized environments.

Reviewed route
ReconCLI

DNSRecon

DNS enumeration for owned or explicitly authorized domains.

Reviewed route
ReconCLI

MASSCAN

High-speed TCP discovery for tightly scoped authorized networks.

Reviewed route
WirelessCLI

Aircrack-ng

Wireless network assessment suite for owned or explicitly authorized environments.

Reviewed route
WebCLI

ffuf

Fast HTTP fuzzing for explicitly authorized web targets.

Reviewed route
WebCLI

Gobuster

Directory, DNS, and virtual-host discovery for authorized targets.

Reviewed route
WebCLI

sqlmap

SQL injection assessment for explicitly authorized applications.

Reviewed route
WebCLI

WhatWeb

Web technology identification for owned or explicitly authorized targets.

Reviewed route
Password auditCLI

Hashcat

Password-hash recovery and auditing on owned or authorized data.

Reviewed route
Password auditCLI

Hydra

Authentication auditing for services and accounts under explicit authorization.

Reviewed route
Password auditCLI

John the Ripper

Password-hash auditing for owned or authorized data.

Reviewed route
DefensiveCLI

Lynis

Local Unix security auditing and hardening assessment.

Reviewed route
DefensiveCLI

AIDE

File and directory integrity monitoring.

Reviewed route
DefensiveCLI

Audit

Linux audit framework utilities for accountable host event collection and review.

Reviewed route
DefensiveCLI

ClamAV

Open-source malware scanning engine and signature tooling.

Reviewed route
DefensiveCLI

Fail2ban

Log-driven service protection with configuration and activation kept explicitly opt-in.

Reviewed route
DefensiveCLI

Rootkit Hunter

On-demand host checks for known rootkit indicators and suspicious local state.

Reviewed route
DefensiveCLI

Suricata

On-demand network intrusion detection and PCAP analysis.

Reviewed route
DFIRCLI

YARA

Pattern matching for malware research and file triage.

Reviewed route
DFIRCLI

The Sleuth Kit

Filesystem and volume forensics command suite.

Reviewed route
DFIRCLI

EWF Tools

Expert Witness Format forensic image access and conversion.

Reviewed route
DFIRCLI

Foremost

File carving and recovery from disk images and captured media.

Reviewed route
DFIRCLI

TestDisk

Partition recovery and filesystem repair tooling for controlled recovery work.

Reviewed route
Reverse engineeringCLI

GDB

Native binary debugging and crash analysis.

Reviewed route
Reverse engineeringCLI

Binwalk

Firmware image identification and embedded-file analysis.

Reviewed route
Reverse engineeringCLI

Checksec

Binary hardening and executable security-property inspection.

Reviewed route
Reverse engineeringCLI

ltrace

Dynamic tracing of userspace library calls for debugging and analysis.

Reviewed route
ContainersCLI

Podman

Daemonless OCI container and pod management.

Reviewed route
ContainersCLI

Buildah

Daemonless OCI image construction.

Reviewed route
ContainersCLI

Skopeo

Inspect, copy, and verify OCI container images without a daemon.

Reviewed route
CloudCLI

Ansible Core

Repeatable configuration automation for controlled labs and infrastructure.

Reviewed route
DevelopmentCLI

Python 3

General-purpose development and security automation environment.

Reviewed route
DevelopmentCLI

Go

Compiler and development environment for modern security tooling.

Reviewed route
DevelopmentCLI

Rust Toolchain

Compiler, Cargo, analyzer, Clippy, and formatting tools.

Reviewed route
DevelopmentCLI

GitHub CLI

Command-line GitHub workflows without embedding accounts or credentials in Nulx.

Reviewed route
DevelopmentCLI

Git LFS

Versioned handling of large project assets through Git-compatible pointers.

Reviewed route
DevelopmentCLI

Neovim

Extensible terminal editor for code, configuration, and operational notes.

Reviewed route
DevelopmentCLI

Node.js

JavaScript runtime and development environment for modern automation tooling.

Reviewed route
DevelopmentCLI

pipx

Isolated installation and execution of Python command-line applications.

Reviewed route
DevelopmentCLI

ShellCheck

Static analysis for shell scripts and automation quality checks.

Reviewed route