The best PentAGI alternatives
6 tools that do a similar job to PentAGI, 6 of them open source. Each entry says what it does and who it suits, so you can pick the one that fits instead of the most famous.
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PentAGISelf-hosted AI agent system that runs penetration testing tasks in an isolated Docker sandbox.
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Nebula
Open source · MIT · ★ 18.5k
Open-source tool that links computers across the internet into one private, encrypted network.
Best for: Teams connecting servers across several clouds or data centers; People who want a private network between their own machines without a fixed address plan
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PentestGPT
Open source · MIT · ★ 16.2k
AI agent that runs penetration tests and CTF challenges in stages, with human-in-the-loop legacy mode.
Best for: Security students working through CTF challenges; Security professionals who want an AI-assisted pentest workflow on authorized targets
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HexStrike AI
Open source · MIT · ★ 13.3k
Lets AI agents drive about 150 security testing tools through an MCP server, for authorized pentesting.
Best for: Security professionals who want to script or speed up recon with an AI assistant; Students practicing on CTF challenges or lab machines they own
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invisible_dots
Open source · MIT · ★ 32.4k
Self-hosted AI agent that runs on its own virtual computer and browser, with permission controls.
Best for: Developers who want a self-hosted agent and are comfortable with a command-line setup; People who want an agent to do recurring browser-based tasks on their own machine
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Edict
Open source · MIT · ★ 17k
Multi-agent AI system modeled on China's Tang-era governance, with a live task dashboard, requires OpenClaw.
Best for: Developers already running OpenClaw who want a multi-agent workflow with visible task history; People who want a review step before agent output is executed, as the README describes
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Hermes Agent
Open source · MIT · ★ 260k
A self-improving AI agent that runs in your terminal and chat apps and learns from past work.
Best for: Developers who want a personal agent they can host on their own server or machine; People who want to reach one assistant from several chat platforms
How we pick: tools in the same category that solve the same problem, projects that name each other as alternatives, and open-source projects that describe themselves as an alternative to PentAGI. We don't take payment for placement.