HackingTool:
- Add _get_tool_dir() — finds the tool's local directory by checking:
1. Git clone target dir (from INSTALL_COMMANDS)
2. "cd foo && bar" pattern in RUN_COMMANDS
3. Binary location via shutil.which() → dirname
- Add open_folder() — opens the tool's directory in a new shell ($SHELL)
so the user can inspect files, run manual install steps, or debug
If dir not found: shows a helpful message with git clone command
- Added as option 4 in every tool menu (Install, Run, Update, Open Folder)
- Updated inline help to mention the tool menu options
OtherTools.TOOLS contains HackingToolsCollection instances (like
SocialMediaBruteforceTools) which don't have the is_installed property.
- Guard is_installed access with hasattr() in both the status column
and the not_installed count for Install All
- Sub-collections show blank status; individual tools show ✔/✘
Prompt style (all menus):
- Replace bare '>' with '╰─>' connected to the hint bar above
- Hint bar uses Claude CLI style: first letter highlighted in cyan,
rest dimmed (/search tags recommend ?help quit)
- Creates a visual dual-line input area similar to Claude Code CLI
Inline search:
- Typing /subdomain at the main prompt immediately searches and
shows results — no second "enter query" prompt needed
- / (bare slash) still opens the interactive search prompt
- s still works as a search alias
- search_tools() now accepts optional query parameter
core.py sub-menus:
- Same dual-line prompt style: hint bar + ╰─>
- Compact hint: ?help quit 99 back
HackingToolsCollection.show_options():
- Count not-installed tools using is_installed property
- Show option 97 'Install all (N not installed)' when N > 0
- On select: iterates all not-installed tools, calls tool.install()
with progress counter (1/N, 2/N, ...) and error handling per tool
- Hidden when all tools are already installed
- Updated inline help to mention option 97
core.py:
- Add TAGS field to HackingTool class (list[str], default empty)
- Allows manual tag override per tool
hackingtool.py:
- Add _get_all_tags() — builds tag index from 19 regex rules that
auto-derive tags from tool TITLE + DESCRIPTION (osint, scanner, c2,
web, cloud, mobile, wireless, forensics, reversing, etc.)
- Manual TAGS on a tool class take priority over auto-derived
- Add filter_by_tag() — shows all available tags with tool counts,
user picks a tag, results shown with installed status, select to
jump directly into tool.show_options()
- Wire t/tag/tags/filter commands into interact_menu()
- Search also matches against TAGS field
- Updated hint bar: / search · t tags · ? help · q quit
- Updated help overlay with tag filter entry
core.py:
- Add is_installed property to HackingTool class
Checks: (1) shutil.which() for binary from first RUN_COMMAND,
(2) os.path.isdir() for git clone target directory
Handles "cd foo && binary" and "sudo binary" patterns
- Add status column to HackingToolsCollection.show_options() table
✔ (green) = installed, ✘ (dim) = not installed
- Archived/back rows updated for extra column
hackingtool.py:
- Replace 6-line "HT" art with full 12-line "HACKING TOOL" block letters
- Right side gains 3 more info lines: python version, arch, status
- 12 art lines paired with 12 stat lines for consistent separator
- Layout optimized for wide terminals (100+ chars); gracefully
truncates on narrow ones
core.py — ? and q support in all sub-menus:
- Add _show_inline_help() function: compact navigation reference
(1-N select, 99 back, 98 project page, ? help, q quit)
- HackingTool.show_options(): parse ? → inline help, q → SystemExit
- HackingToolsCollection.show_options(): same ? and q handling
- Both menus now show hint bar: "Enter number · ? help · q quit"
- Prompt changed from "[?] Select" to ">" for consistency with main menu
- q/quit/exit raises SystemExit(0) to cleanly exit from any depth
HackingToolsCollection.show_options():
- Add Description column back (was dropped during restructure)
- Show first line of description; '—' for tools with no description
- Switch to box.SIMPLE_HEAD with show_lines=True for row separators
- Numbering changed from 0-based to 1-based (index 1..N)
- Input validation updated: 1 <= choice <= len(active) with active[choice-1]
install.py:
- sudo prefix now determined by euid (== 0 means root) not by OS name
- Previously used 'sudo ' for all Linux — breaks inside Docker where we
run as root but sudo is not installed
- Single priv variable computed once at top of install_system_packages()
Dockerfile:
- Add python3-venv back to apt installs
- Was removed as 'unused' but install.py uses 'python3 -m venv' to create
the virtualenv in APP_INSTALL_DIR; missing package caused venv failure
core.py (HackingTool.show_options + HackingToolsCollection.show_options):
- 99 always returns now instead of sys.exit() when parent is None
Previously: sub-menus with no parent called sys.exit() — since
interact_menu() never passes parent, pressing 99 in any category
exited the entire program instead of returning to the main menu
- Empty Enter (blank input) now continues the loop instead of
defaulting to "99" and triggering exit
Previously: Prompt default="99" meant pressing Enter without typing
anything was treated as choosing exit
- "Exit" label on 99 row changed to "Main Menu" since it now returns
Do not use bare `except:`, it also catches unexpected events like memory errors, interrupts, system exit, and so on. Prefer `except Exception:`. If you're sure what you're doing, be explicit and write `except BaseException:`.
List of changes
+ Handling information about a tool has been improved a lot by providing a `HackingTool` class, which takes care of showing the options, running the selected option, executing the required commands
+ This class is designed with flexibililty and simplicity in mind, so adding a new tool is a lot easier, mention TITLE, DESCRIPTION, list of INSTALL_COMMANDS, RUN_COMMANDS and PROJECT_URL and there you go...
+ grouping all the `HackingTool`s is also made super simpler by providing a `HackingToolsCollection` class which groups the tools into their respective categories. Just add the instances of `HackingTool` classes to the TOOLS property of the `HackingToolsCollection`.
+ Refactored all the tools into separate files based on their categories.
+ Added a READM_template.md and generate_readme.py script to automatically generate Table of contents and the list of tools available automatically.
+ Now each tool in the README.md points to its project url if provided. This makes it easier to visit the project from the readme.
