[PR #1597] [MERGED] Add social-engineer-toolkit #3494

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GiteaMirror · 2026-04-15T09:28:50-05:00

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📋 Pull Request Information

Original PR: https://github.com/vinta/awesome-python/pull/1597
Author: @ihebu
Created: 8/21/2020
Status: ✅ Merged
Merged: 8/21/2020
Merged by: @vinta

Base: master ← Head: add-setoolkit

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2984ca0 Add social-engineer-toolkit

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📄 Description

What is this Python project?

The Social-Engineer Toolkit (SET) was created and written by Dave Kennedy, the founder of TrustedSec. It is an open-source Python-driven tool aimed at penetration testing around Social-Engineering.

What's the difference between this Python project and similar ones?

It has a number of custom attack vectors that allow you to make a believable attack quickly
It has over 2 million downloads
It has been featured in a number of books including the number one best seller in security books for 12 months since its release, “Metasploit: The Penetrations Tester’s Guide” written by TrustedSec’s founder as well as Devon Kearns, Jim O’Gorman, and Mati Aharoni.

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## 📋 Pull Request Information **Original PR:** https://github.com/vinta/awesome-python/pull/1597 **Author:** [@ihebu](https://github.com/ihebu) **Created:** 8/21/2020 **Status:** ✅ Merged **Merged:** 8/21/2020 **Merged by:** [@vinta](https://github.com/vinta) **Base:** `master` ← **Head:** `add-setoolkit` --- ### 📝 Commits (1) - [`2984ca0`](https://github.com/vinta/awesome-python/commit/2984ca0dcc449b3c9d1d38c093832b4e781d4f2a) Add social-engineer-toolkit ### 📊 Changes **1 file changed** (+1 additions, -0 deletions) <details> <summary>View changed files</summary> 📝 `README.md` (+1 -0) </details> ### 📄 Description ## What is this Python project? The Social-Engineer Toolkit (SET) was created and written by Dave Kennedy, the founder of TrustedSec. It is an open-source Python-driven tool aimed at penetration testing around Social-Engineering. ## What's the difference between this Python project and similar ones? - It has a number of custom attack vectors that allow you to make a believable attack quickly - It has over 2 million downloads - It has been featured in a number of books including the number one best seller in security books for 12 months since its release, “Metasploit: The Penetrations Tester’s Guide” written by TrustedSec’s founder as well as Devon Kearns, Jim O’Gorman, and Mati Aharoni. -- Anyone who agrees with this pull request could submit an *Approve* review to it. --- <sub>🔄 This issue represents a GitHub Pull Request. It cannot be merged through Gitea due to API limitations.</sub>

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Reference: github-starred/awesome-python#3494