Shell · BSD-3-Clause
BlackArch/blackarch
An ArchLinux based distribution for penetration testers and security researchers.
★ 3.6k
Stars
689 forks · 47 open issues
+1.6/day
Growth · measured
Stars counted between two of our own snapshots roughly a week apart. The repository page gives the exact span.
39.8
Momentum / 100
see the breakdown below
14y ago
Created
last push 5d ago
Star history
How this score was built
| Component | Weight | Earned | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| Velocity | 55 | 7.9 | +1.6/day, log-scaled against a 750/day ceiling |
| Acceleration | 15 | 6.9 | last week ran 1.46× the monthly pace |
| Freshness | 15 | 14.8 | last push 5d ago; decays to zero at 180 days |
| Scale | 15 | 10.3 | 3.6k stars, log-scaled against 150k — stops a 3-star repo topping the board |
| Momentum | 100 | 39.8 | sum of the above |
Detail
| Topics | cyber-securitycybersecuritydistributionhackerhackingit-securitylinuxpentestpentestingred-teamred-teamingsecuritysecurity-toolstoolstools-and-automation |
| Matched on | Security (cybersecurity, pentesting, security-tools) |
| Short window | +11 stars over 7 days = 1.6/day |
| Long window | +28 stars over 26 days = 1.1/day |
| Lifetime average | 0.68 stars/day over 5,194 days |
| First seen here | 2026-10-11 |
| Last read | 2d ago |