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Return to Most Popular, Kubernetes

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DO A PENTESTING FOR EACH OF THE OPERATORS!!!

What are the 25 most popular Kubernetes Operators. Don't number the list, instead put an asterisk and 1 space before each item in a list. Give an appropriate URL link to the GitHub repository and to the official vendor documentation URL. Make URLs as raw URLs with no formatting. Don't repeat yourself

• Prometheus Operator: Manages Prometheus monitoring instances in Kubernetes.

   GitHub: https://github.com/prometheus-operator/prometheus-operator  
   Documentation: https://prometheus-operator.dev/docs/

• MongoDB Community Kubernetes Operator: Manages MongoDB instances within Kubernetes.

   GitHub: https://github.com/mongodb/mongodb-kubernetes-operator  
   Documentation: https://docs.mongodb.com/kubernetes-operator/

• Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes (ECK): Official Kubernetes operator for ElasticSearch and Kibana.

   GitHub: https://github.com/elastic/cloud-on-k8s  
   Documentation: https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/cloud-on-k8s/current/index.html

• MySQL Operator: Automates the management of MySQL clusters in Kubernetes.

   GitHub: https://github.com/oracle/mysql-operator  
   Documentation: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql-operator/en/

• PostgreSQL Operator (CrunchyData): Automates PostgreSQL cluster management.

   GitHub: https://github.com/CrunchyData/postgres-operator  
   Documentation: https://access.crunchydata.com/documentation/postgres-operator/

• Redis Operator: Manages Redis clusters inside Kubernetes.

   GitHub: https://github.com/spotahome/redis-operator  
   Documentation: https://github.com/spotahome/redis-operator#redis-operator

• Nginx Ingress Controller: Manages Nginx instances that serve as Kubernetes Ingress controllers.

   GitHub: https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx  
   Documentation: https://kubernetes.github.io/ingress-nginx/

• Strimzi Kafka Operator: Manages Apache Kafka on Kubernetes.

   GitHub: https://github.com/strimzi/strimzi-kafka-operator  
   Documentation: https://strimzi.io/docs/

• Cassandra Operator: Kubernetes operator for managing Apache Cassandra clusters.

   GitHub: https://github.com/datastax/cass-operator  
   Documentation: https://k8ssandra.io/docs/

• Jenkins Operator: Manages Jenkins instances on Kubernetes.

   GitHub: https://github.com/jenkinsci/kubernetes-operator  
   Documentation: https://jenkinsci.github.io/kubernetes-operator/

• RabbitMQ Cluster Kubernetes Operator: Manages RabbitMQ clusters on Kubernetes.

   GitHub: https://github.com/rabbitmq/cluster-operator  
   Documentation: https://www.rabbitmq.com/kubernetes/operator/operator-overview.html

• Cert-Manager: Automates the management and issuance of TLS certificates.

   GitHub: https://github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager  
   Documentation: https://cert-manager.io/docs/

• Couchbase Autonomous Operator: Automates the management of Couchbase clusters.

   GitHub: https://github.com/couchbase/couchbase-operator  
   Documentation: https://docs.couchbase.com/operator/current/overview.html

• Etcd Operator: Simplifies etcd cluster management.

   GitHub: https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd-operator  
   Documentation: https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd-operator

• Kong Kubernetes Ingress Controller: Manages Kong API gateway as an ingress controller.

   GitHub: https://github.com/Kong/kubernetes-ingress-controller  
   Documentation: https://docs.konghq.com/kubernetes-ingress-controller/

• Rook: Manages storage in Kubernetes, supporting Ceph and other storage backends.

   GitHub: https://github.com/rook/rook  
   Documentation: https://rook.io/docs/

• Vault Kubernetes Operator: Manages HashiCorp Vault instances within Kubernetes.

   GitHub: https://github.com/hashicorp/vault-k8s  
   Documentation: https://www.vaultproject.io/docs/platform/k8s

• Zookeeper Operator: Manages Apache Zookeeper clusters in Kubernetes.

   GitHub: https://github.com/pravega/zookeeper-operator  
   Documentation: https://github.com/pravega/zookeeper-operator#zookeeper-operator

• Velero: Manages backup and recovery of Kubernetes clusters.

   GitHub: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero  
   Documentation: https://velero.io/docs/

• KubeDB: Kubernetes operator for managing databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MongoDB.

   GitHub: https://github.com/kubedb/operator  
   Documentation: https://kubedb.com/docs/

• Prometheus Adapter: Enables Prometheus metrics as custom metrics in Kubernetes.

   GitHub: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/prometheus-adapter  
   Documentation: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/prometheus-adapter

• Thanos Operator: Manages Thanos instances on Kubernetes.

   GitHub: https://github.com/banzaicloud/thanos-operator  
   Documentation: https://github.com/banzaicloud/thanos-operator

• Istio Operator: Simplifies the installation and management of Istio.

   GitHub: https://github.com/istio/istio  
   Documentation: https://istio.io/latest/docs/setup/install/operator/

• Elasticsearch Operator (Elastic ECK): Manages Elasticsearch and Kibana clusters.

   GitHub: https://github.com/elastic/cloud-on-k8s  
   Documentation: https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/cloud-on-k8s/current/k8s-overview.html

• Operator SDK: A framework for building Kubernetes operators.

   GitHub: https://github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk  
   Documentation: https://sdk.operatorframework.io/docs/

• Knative Serving Operator: Automates the installation and management of Knative Serving.

   GitHub: https://github.com/knative/operator  
   Documentation: https://knative.dev/docs/

• Tekton Operator: Manages Tekton pipelines and components.

   GitHub: https://github.com/tektoncd/operator  
   Documentation: https://github.com/tektoncd/operator/blob/main/docs/README.md

• Postgres-Operator (Zalando): Manages Postgres clusters on Kubernetes.

   GitHub: https://github.com/zalando/postgres-operator  
   Documentation: https://postgres-operator.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

• Calico Operator: Manages Calico network policies and configurations.

   GitHub: https://github.com/projectcalico/operator  
   Documentation: https://docs.projectcalico.org/getting-started/kubernetes/installation/operator

• Argo CD Operator: Manages Argo CD instances on Kubernetes for GitOps.

   GitHub: https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd  
   Documentation: https://argo-cd.readthedocs.io/en/stable/

These Kubernetes operators are essential for automating the management of complex applications, databases, and infrastructure within Kubernetes environments.

DO A PENTESTING FOR EACH OF THE LIBRARIES!!!

What are the 50 most popular open source Kubernetes libraries. Don't number the list, instead put an asterisk and 1 space before each item in a list. Give an appropriate URL link to the GitHub repository and to the official vendor documentation URL. Make URLs as raw URLs with no formatting. Don't repeat yourself

• Helm: A package manager for Kubernetes that helps in defining, installing, and upgrading applications.

   GitHub: https://github.com/helm/helm  
   Documentation: https://helm.sh/docs/

• Kubectl: The Kubernetes command-line tool used to manage Kubernetes clusters.

   GitHub: https://github.com/kubernetes/kubectl  
   Documentation: https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/kubectl/

• Prometheus: An open-source monitoring and alerting toolkit that integrates with Kubernetes.

   GitHub: https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus  
   Documentation: https://prometheus.io/docs/introduction/overview/

• Kustomize: A configuration management tool for Kubernetes that provides a way to customize application configuration.

   GitHub: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kustomize  
   Documentation: https://kustomize.io/

• Istio: An open platform to connect, manage, and secure microservices.

   GitHub: https://github.com/istio/istio  
   Documentation: https://istio.io/latest/docs/

• Argo: A set of tools for running and managing jobs on Kubernetes.

   GitHub: https://github.com/argoproj/argo  
   Documentation: https://argoproj.github.io/argo-workflows/

• Flux: A set of continuous and progressive delivery solutions for Kubernetes.

   GitHub: https://github.com/fluxcd/flux  
   Documentation: https://fluxcd.io/docs/

• KubeVirt: A Kubernetes virtualization API and runtime for managing traditional VM workloads alongside container workloads.

   GitHub: https://github.com/kubevirt/kubevirt  
   Documentation: https://kubevirt.io/user-guide/

• Metallb: A load-balancer implementation for bare metal Kubernetes clusters.

   GitHub: https://github.com/metallb/metallb  
   Documentation: https://metallb.universe.tf/

• K9s: A terminal UI to manage your Kubernetes clusters.

   GitHub: https://github.com/derailed/k9s  
   Documentation: https://k9scli.io/

• Velero: Backup and migrate Kubernetes applications and their persistent volumes.

   GitHub: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero  
   Documentation: https://velero.io/docs/

• Linkerd: A service mesh that provides runtime debugging, observability, reliability, and security for microservices.

   GitHub: https://github.com/linkerd/linkerd2  
   Documentation: https://linkerd.io/2.11/getting-started/

• KEDA: Kubernetes-based Event Driven Autoscaling.

   GitHub: https://github.com/kedacore/keda  
   Documentation: https://keda.sh/docs/

• Jaeger: A distributed tracing platform, particularly useful for Kubernetes microservices.

   GitHub: https://github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger  
   Documentation: https://www.jaegertracing.io/docs/

• Rook: Storage Orchestration for Kubernetes.

   GitHub: https://github.com/rook/rook  
   Documentation: https://rook.io/docs/rook/v1.8/

• Contour: An ingress controller for Kubernetes that provides high availability, scalability, and speed.

   GitHub: https://github.com/projectcontour/contour  
   Documentation: https://projectcontour.io/docs/

• Calico: A networking and network security solution for containers.

   GitHub: https://github.com/projectcalico/calico  
   Documentation: https://docs.projectcalico.org/

• Kong for Kubernetes: An open-source ingress controller for Kubernetes.

   GitHub: https://github.com/Kong/kubernetes-ingress-controller  
   Documentation: https://docs.konghq.com/kubernetes-ingress-controller/

• Knative: A Kubernetes-based platform to build, deploy, and manage modern serverless workloads.

   GitHub: https://github.com/knative/serving  
   Documentation: https://knative.dev/docs/

• OpenFaaS: A framework for building serverless functions on Kubernetes.

   GitHub: https://github.com/openfaas/faas  
   Documentation: https://docs.openfaas.com/

• Cert-Manager: Automatically provision and manage TLS certificates in Kubernetes.

   GitHub: https://github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager  
   Documentation: https://cert-manager.io/docs/

• External-DNS: A Kubernetes addon that configures external DNS servers (e.g., AWS Route53) with information about exposed Kubernetes services.

   GitHub: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/external-dns  
   Documentation: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/external-dns/blob/master/docs/tutorials/aws.md

• Minikube: A tool that runs a single-node Kubernetes cluster inside a VM on your local machine.

   GitHub: https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube  
   Documentation: https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io/docs/

• Kubeflow: A machine learning toolkit for Kubernetes.

   GitHub: https://github.com/kubeflow/kubeflow  
   Documentation: https://www.kubeflow.org/docs/

• Prometheus Operator: Provides easy monitoring definitions for Kubernetes services and deployment and management of Prometheus instances.

   GitHub: https://github.com/prometheus-operator/prometheus-operator  
   Documentation: https://prometheus-operator.dev/docs/

• Thanos: Highly available Prometheus setup with long-term storage capabilities.

   GitHub: https://github.com/thanos-io/thanos  
   Documentation: https://thanos.io/tip/thanos/getting-started.md/

• Kubebuilder: A framework for building Kubernetes APIs using CRDs.

   GitHub: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kubebuilder  
   Documentation: https://book.kubebuilder.io/

• Cilium: A networking, observability, and security layer for Kubernetes.

   GitHub: https://github.com/cilium/cilium  
   Documentation: https://docs.cilium.io/en/v1.10/

• Krew: A package manager for kubectl plugins.

   GitHub: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/krew  
   Documentation: https://krew.sigs.k8s.io/docs/

• Kube-state-metrics: A service that listens to the Kubernetes API server and generates metrics about the state of the objects.

   GitHub: https://github.com/kubernetes/kube-state-metrics  
   Documentation: https://github.com/kubernetes/kube-state-metrics#documentation

• Skupper: A service interconnect to enable multi-cloud/multi-cluster communication in Kubernetes.

   GitHub: https://github.com/skupperproject/skupper  
   Documentation: https://skupper.io/docs/

• Kiali: Observability for the Istio service mesh.

   GitHub: https://github.com/kiali/kiali  
   Documentation: https://kiali.io/documentation/

• Kube-prometheus: A collection of Kubernetes manifests, Grafana dashboards, and Prometheus rules.

   GitHub: https://github.com/prometheus-operator/kube-prometheus  
   Documentation: https://github.com/prometheus-operator/kube-prometheus#kube-prometheus

• Telepresence: A tool to run a single service locally while connecting that service to a remote Kubernetes cluster.

   GitHub: https://github.com/telepresenceio/telepresence  
   Documentation: https://www.telepresence.io/docs/latest/

• Harbor: An open-source container image registry that secures images with role-based access control, scans images for vulnerabilities, and signs images as trusted.

   GitHub: https://github.com/goharbor/harbor  
   Documentation: https://goharbor.io/docs/

• Vitess: A database clustering system for horizontal scaling of MySQL.

   GitHub: https://github.com/vitessio/vitess  
   Documentation: https://vitess.io/docs/

• Kubefed: Kubernetes Cluster Federation.

   GitHub: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kubefed  
   Documentation: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kubefed/blob/master/docs/README.md

• Kuma: A platform-agnostic service mesh for microservices.

   GitHub: https://github.com/kumahq/kuma  
   Documentation: https://kuma.io/docs/

• Gatekeeper: Policy management for Kubernetes.

   GitHub: https://github.com/open-policy-agent/gatekeeper  
   Documentation: https://open-policy-agent.github.io/gatekeeper/

• Pulumi: A modern infrastructure as code tool.

   GitHub: https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi  
   Documentation: https://www.pulumi.com/docs/

• Carvel: A suite of tools for managing resources on Kubernetes.

   GitHub: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/carvel  
   Documentation: https://carvel.dev/

• Terraform: Infrastructure as code tool that integrates with Kubernetes.

   GitHub: https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform  
   Documentation: https://www.terraform.io/docs/providers/kubernetes/index.html

• Kubeless: A Kubernetes-native serverless framework.

   GitHub: https://github.com/kubeless/kub

• Kubeless: A Kubernetes-native serverless framework.

   GitHub: https://github.com/kubeless/kubeless  
   Documentation: https://kubeless.io/docs/

• Kong Ingress Controller: An open-source API gateway and ingress controller for Kubernetes.

   GitHub: https://github.com/Kong/kubernetes-ingress-controller  
   Documentation: https://docs.konghq.com/kubernetes-ingress-controller/

• Karpenter: An open-source Kubernetes cluster autoscaler.

   GitHub: https://github.com/aws/karpenter  
   Documentation: https://karpenter.sh/docs/

• Kubeadm: A tool built to provide best-practice “fast paths” for creating Kubernetes clusters.

   GitHub: https://github.com/kubernetes/kubeadm  
   Documentation: https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/setup-tools/kubeadm/

• Kops: Kubernetes Operations (kops) helps you create, destroy, upgrade, and maintain production-grade, highly available Kubernetes clusters.

   GitHub: https://github.com/kubernetes/kops  
   Documentation: https://kops.sigs.k8s.io/

• Crossplane: A framework for building cloud-native control planes.

   GitHub: https://github.com/crossplane/crossplane  
   Documentation: https://crossplane.io/docs/

• Kubebench: A benchmarking framework for Kubernetes.

   GitHub: https://github.com/kubeflow/kubebench  
   Documentation: https://kubeflow.org/docs/components/kubebench/

• K3s: A lightweight Kubernetes distribution, perfect for IoT and edge computing.

   GitHub: https://github.com/k3s-io/k3s  
   Documentation: https://rancher.com/docs/k3s/latest/en/

• Octant: A tool for developers to understand how applications run on a Kubernetes cluster.

   GitHub: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/octant  
   Documentation: https://octant.dev/

• Kraken: A stress testing tool for containerized workloads on Kubernetes.

   GitHub: https://github.com/openshift-scale/kraken  
   Documentation: https://github.com/openshift-scale/kraken#kraken

• OpenTelemetry: A set of APIs, libraries, agents, and instrumentation that provide observability across your system.

   GitHub: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation  
   Documentation: https://opentelemetry.io/docs/

These libraries are widely used in the Kubernetes ecosystem to extend, manage, and secure Kubernetes deployments across different environments.

DO A PENTESTING FOR EACH OF THE LIBRARIES!!!

What are the 50 most popular CNCF Projects. Don't number the list, instead put an asterisk and 1 space before each item in a list. Give an appropriate URL link to the GitHub repository and to the official vendor documentation URL. Make URLs as raw URLs with no formatting. Don't repeat yourself

• Kubernetes: An open-source system for automating the deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications.

   GitHub: https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes  
   Documentation: https://kubernetes.io/docs/

• Prometheus: An open-source monitoring and alerting toolkit.

   GitHub: https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus  
   Documentation: https://prometheus.io/docs/introduction/overview/

• Envoy: An open-source edge and service proxy, designed for cloud-native applications.

   GitHub: https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy  
   Documentation: https://www.envoyproxy.io/docs/envoy/latest/

• Helm: A package manager for Kubernetes, helping to define, install, and upgrade applications.

   GitHub: https://github.com/helm/helm  
   Documentation: https://helm.sh/docs/

• Fluentd: An open-source data collector for unified logging layer.

   GitHub: https://github.com/fluent/fluentd  
   Documentation: https://docs.fluentd.org/

• Linkerd: A lightweight service mesh for Kubernetes.

   GitHub: https://github.com/linkerd/linkerd2  
   Documentation: https://linkerd.io/2.11/getting-started/

• etcd: A distributed key-value store that provides a reliable way to store data across a cluster of machines.

   GitHub: https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd  
   Documentation: https://etcd.io/docs/

• Argo: A suite of Kubernetes-native tools for running and managing jobs and workflows.

   GitHub: https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows  
   Documentation: https://argoproj.github.io/argo-workflows/

• CNI: Container Network Interface, a specification and libraries for writing plugins to configure network interfaces in Linux containers.

   GitHub: https://github.com/containernetworking/cni  
   Documentation: https://github.com/containernetworking/cni/blob/main/SPEC.md

• CoreDNS: A DNS server that chains plugins, focusing on service discovery in cloud-native environments.

   GitHub: https://github.com/coredns/coredns  
   Documentation: https://coredns.io/manual/toc/

• OpenTracing: A set of standards for distributed tracing and instrumentation for microservices.

   GitHub: https://github.com/opentracing/opentracing-java  
   Documentation: https://opentracing.io/docs/overview/what-is-tracing/

• Harbor: An open-source container image registry that secures images with role-based access control, scans images for vulnerabilities, and signs images as trusted.

   GitHub: https://github.com/goharbor/harbor  
   Documentation: https://goharbor.io/docs/

• Jaeger: An open-source, end-to-end distributed tracing system.

   GitHub: https://github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger  
   Documentation: https://www.jaegertracing.io/docs/

• gRPC: A high-performance, open-source universal RPC framework.

   GitHub: https://github.com/grpc/grpc  
   Documentation: https://grpc.io/docs/

• Thanos: A highly available Prometheus setup with long-term storage capabilities.

   GitHub: https://github.com/thanos-io/thanos  
   Documentation: https://thanos.io/tip/thanos/getting-started.md/

• Vitess: A database clustering system for horizontal scaling of MySQL.

   GitHub: https://github.com/vitessio/vitess  
   Documentation: https://vitess.io/docs/

• Cilium: An open-source software for providing and securing network connectivity between application services deployed using Linux container management platforms.

   GitHub: https://github.com/cilium/cilium  
   Documentation: https://docs.cilium.io/en/stable/

• Rook: An open-source storage orchestrator for Kubernetes, automating the deployment, bootstrapping, configuration, and scaling of storage services.

   GitHub: https://github.com/rook/rook  
   Documentation: https://rook.io/docs/rook/v1.8/

• Containerd: An industry-standard core container runtime that emphasizes simplicity, robustness, and portability.

   GitHub: https://github.com/containerd/containerd  
   Documentation: https://containerd.io/docs/

• Spinnaker: A multi-cloud continuous delivery platform for releasing software changes with high velocity and confidence.

   GitHub: https://github.com/spinnaker/spinnaker  
   Documentation: https://spinnaker.io/docs/

• OPA: Open Policy Agent is a general-purpose policy engine that unifies policy enforcement across the stack.

   GitHub: https://github.com/open-policy-agent/opa  
   Documentation: https://www.openpolicyagent.org/docs/latest/

• Notary: A framework for securing the Docker image distribution chain.

   GitHub: https://github.com/theupdateframework/notary  
   Documentation: https://docs.docker.com/notary/

• KubeVirt: Kubernetes Virtualization API and runtime for running virtualized workloads alongside container workloads.

   GitHub: https://github.com/kubevirt/kubevirt  
   Documentation: https://kubevirt.io/user-guide/

• NATS: A connective technology for modern distributed systems, native cloud environments, edge, and IoT.

   GitHub: https://github.com/nats-io/nats-server  
   Documentation: https://docs.nats.io/

• TUF: The Update Framework (TUF) is a framework for securing software update systems.

   GitHub: https://github.com/theupdateframework/tuf  
   Documentation: https://theupdateframework.io/

• Helm Operator: The Helm Operator is a Kubernetes operator, which makes Helm charts easier to manage.

   GitHub: https://github.com/fluxcd/helm-operator  
   Documentation: https://docs.fluxcd.io/projects/helm-operator/en/latest/

• OPA Gatekeeper: A customizable admission webhook for Kubernetes to enforce policies executed by the Open Policy Agent.

   GitHub: https://github.com/open-policy-agent/gatekeeper  
   Documentation: https://open-policy-agent.github.io/gatekeeper/

• TiKV: A distributed key-value database, designed to scale horizontally across many machines.

   GitHub: https://github.com/tikv/tikv  
   Documentation: https://tikv.org/docs/

• Falco: A behavioral activity monitor designed to detect anomalous activity in your applications.

   GitHub: https://github.com/falcosecurity/falco  
   Documentation: https://falco.org/docs/

• Longhorn: A distributed block storage system for Kubernetes.

   GitHub: https://github.com/longhorn/longhorn  
   Documentation: https://longhorn.io/docs/

• Flux: A set of continuous and progressive delivery solutions for Kubernetes.

   GitHub: https://github.com/fluxcd/flux  
   Documentation: https://fluxcd.io/docs/

• Contour: An open-source Kubernetes ingress controller providing the control plane for Envoy.

   GitHub: https://github.com/projectcontour/contour  
   Documentation: https://projectcontour.io/docs/

• Dapr: A portable, event-driven runtime that makes it easy for developers to build resilient, microservice applications.

   GitHub: https://github.com/dapr/dapr  
   Documentation: https://docs.dapr.io/

• OPA Gatekeeper: A customizable admission webhook for Kubernetes to enforce policies executed by the Open Policy Agent.

   GitHub: https://github.com/open-policy-agent/gatekeeper  
   Documentation: https://open-policy-agent.github.io/gatekeeper/

• Dragonfly: An open-source P2P-based file distribution and image acceleration system.

   GitHub: https://github.com/dragonflyoss/Dragonfly  
   Documentation: https://d7y.io/docs/

• Cortex: A horizontally scalable, highly available, multi-tenant, long term storage for Prometheus.

   GitHub: https://github.com/cortexproject/cortex  
   Documentation: https://cortexmetrics.io/docs/

• KubeEdge: An open-source platform for extending native containerized application orchestration capabilities to hosts at the edge.

   GitHub: https://github.com/kubeedge/kubeedge  
   Documentation: https://kubeedge.io/en/docs/

• Knative: A Kubernetes-based platform to build, deploy, and manage modern serverless workloads.

   GitHub: https://github.com/knative/serving  
   Documentation: https://knative.dev/docs/

• Rook: An open-source storage orchestrator for Kubernetes, automating the deployment, bootstrapping, configuration, and scaling of storage services.

   GitHub: https://github.com/rook/rook  
   Documentation: https://rook.io/docs/rook/v1.8/

• Tekton: An open-source framework for creating CI/CD systems.

   GitHub: https://github.com/tektoncd/pipeline  
   Documentation: https://tekton.dev/docs/

• Kube-bench: Checks whether Kubernetes is deployed securely by running the checks documented in the CIS Kubernetes Benchmark.

   GitHub: https://github.com/aquasecurity/kube-bench  
   Documentation: https://github.com/aquasecurity/kube-bench

• Kube-bench: Checks whether Kubernetes is deployed securely by running the checks documented in the CIS Kubernetes Benchmark.

   GitHub: https://github.com/aquasecurity/kube-bench  
   Documentation: https://github.com/aquasecurity/kube-bench

• OPA Gatekeeper: A customizable admission webhook for Kubernetes to enforce policies executed by the Open Policy Agent.

   GitHub: https://github.com/open-policy-agent/gatekeeper  
   Documentation: https://open-policy-agent.github.io/gatekeeper/

• OPA: Open Policy Agent is a general-purpose policy engine that unifies policy enforcement across the stack.

   GitHub: https://github.com/open-policy-agent/opa  
   Documentation: https://www.openpolicyagent.org/docs/latest/

• OpenTelemetry: Provides APIs, libraries, agents, and instrumentation for observability.

   GitHub: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java  
   Documentation: https://opentelemetry.io/docs/

• Thanos: Highly available Prometheus setup with long-term storage capabilities.

   GitHub: https://github.com/thanos-io/thanos  
   Documentation: https://thanos.io/tip/thanos/getting-started.md/

• TiKV: A distributed key-value database, designed to scale horizontally across many machines.

   GitHub: https://github.com/tikv/tikv  
   Documentation: https://tikv.org/docs/

• Vitess: A database clustering system for horizontal scaling of MySQL.

   GitHub: https://github.com/vitessio/vitess  
   Documentation: https://vitess.io/docs/

• Jaeger: An open-source, end-to-end distributed tracing system.

   GitHub: https://github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger  
   Documentation: https://www.jaegertracing.io/docs/

• TUF: The Update Framework (TUF) is a framework for securing software update systems.

   GitHub: https://github.com/theupdateframework/tuf  
   Documentation: https://theupdateframework.io/

• Open Policy Agent: Provides unified policy enforcement across your stack.

   GitHub: https://github.com/open-policy-agent/opa  
   Documentation: https://www.openpolicyagent.org/docs/latest/

• Notary: A framework for securing the Docker image distribution chain.

   GitHub: https://github.com/theupdateframework/notary  
   Documentation: https://docs.docker.com/notary/

• Harbor: An open-source container image registry that secures images with role-based access control, scans images for vulnerabilities, and signs images as trusted.

   GitHub: https://github.com/goharbor/harbor  
   Documentation: https://goharbor.io/docs/

• Cilium: A networking, observability, and security layer for Kubernetes.

   GitHub: https://github.com/cilium/cilium  
   Documentation: https://docs.cilium.io/en/stable/

• gRPC: A high-performance, open-source universal RPC framework.

   GitHub: https://github.com/grpc/grpc  
   Documentation: https://grpc.io/docs/

• Dragonfly: An open-source P2P-based file distribution and image acceleration system.

   GitHub: https://github.com/dragonflyoss/Dragonfly  
   Documentation: https://d7y.io/docs/

• Helm Operator: The Helm Operator is a Kubernetes operator, which makes Helm charts easier to manage.

   GitHub: https://github.com/fluxcd/helm-operator  
   Documentation: https://docs.fluxcd.io/projects/helm-operator/en/latest/

• Thanos: Highly available Prometheus setup with long-term storage capabilities.

   GitHub: https://github.com/thanos-io/thanos  
   Documentation: https://thanos.io/tip/thanos/getting-started.md/

• CoreDNS: A DNS server that chains plugins, focusing on service discovery in cloud-native environments.

   GitHub: https://github.com/coredns/coredns  
   Documentation: https://coredns.io/manual/toc/

• Argo: A suite of Kubernetes-native tools for running and managing jobs and workflows.

   GitHub: https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows  
   Documentation: https://argoproj.github.io/argo-workflows/

• Containerd: An industry-standard core container runtime that emphasizes simplicity, robustness, and portability.

   GitHub: https://github.com/containerd/containerd  
   Documentation: https://containerd.io/docs/

• Spinnaker: A multi-cloud continuous delivery platform for releasing software changes with high velocity and confidence.

   GitHub: https://github.com/spinnaker/spinnaker  
   Documentation: https://spinnaker.io/docs/

• KubeVirt: Kubernetes Virtualization API and runtime for running virtualized workloads alongside container workloads.

   GitHub: https://github.com/kubevirt/kubevirt  
   Documentation: https://kubevirt.io/user-guide/

• NATS: A connective technology for modern distributed systems, native cloud environments, edge, and IoT.

   GitHub: https://github.com/nats-io/nats-server  
   Documentation: https://docs.nats.io/

• OPA Gatekeeper: A customizable admission webhook for Kubernetes to enforce policies executed by the Open Policy Agent.

   GitHub: https://github.com/open-policy-agent/gatekeeper  
   Documentation: https://open-policy-agent.github.io/gatekeeper/

• Falco: A behavioral activity monitor designed to detect anomalous activity in your applications.

   GitHub: https://github.com/falcosecurity/falco  
   Documentation: https://falco.org/docs/

• Linkerd: A lightweight service mesh for Kubernetes.

   GitHub: https://github.com/linkerd/linkerd2  
   Documentation: https://linkerd.io/2.11/getting-started/

• Vitess: A database clustering system for horizontal scaling of MySQL.

   GitHub: https://github.com/vitessio/vitess  
   Documentation: https://vitess.io/docs/

• Contour: An open-source Kubernetes ingress controller providing the control plane for Envoy.

   GitHub: https://github.com/projectcontour/contour  
   Documentation: https://projectcontour.io/docs/

• KubeEdge: An open-source platform for extending native containerized application orchestration capabilities to hosts at the edge.

   GitHub: https://github.com/kubeedge/kubeedge  
   Documentation: https://kubeedge.io/en/docs/

• Jaeger: An open-source, end-to-end distributed tracing system.

   GitHub: https://github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger  
   Documentation: https://www.jaegertracing.io/docs/

• Knative: A Kubernetes-based platform to build, deploy, and manage modern serverless workloads.

   GitHub: https://github.com/knative/serving  
   Documentation: https://knative.dev/docs/

• Rook: An open-source storage orchestrator for Kubernetes, automating the deployment, bootstrapping, configuration, and scaling of storage services.

   GitHub: https://github.com/rook/rook  
   Documentation: https://rook.io/docs/rook/v1.8/

• Tekton: An open-source framework for creating CI/CD systems.

   GitHub: https://github.com/tektoncd/pipeline  
   Documentation: https://tekton.dev/docs/

These projects are widely recognized and used across the cloud-native ecosystem, providing robust solutions for managing, monitoring, and scaling applications in distributed environments.

What are the 50 most popular pentesting tools available on Windows. Don't number the list, instead put an asterisk and 1 space before each item in a list. Give an appropriate URL link to the GitHub repository and to the official vendor documentation URL. Make URLs as raw URLs with no formatting. Don't repeat yourself

• Metasploit: A comprehensive penetration testing framework.

   GitHub: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework  
   Documentation: https://docs.metasploit.com

• Nmap: A network scanning tool to discover hosts, services, and vulnerabilities.

   GitHub: https://github.com/nmap/nmap  
   Documentation: https://nmap.org/book/man.html

• Wireshark: A network protocol analyzer for capturing and analyzing network traffic.

   GitHub: https://github.com/wireshark/wireshark  
   Documentation: https://www.wireshark.org/docs/wsug_html_chunked/

• Burp Suite: A web vulnerability scanner and proxy tool.

   GitHub: Not available  
   Documentation: https://portswigger.net/burp/documentation

• OWASP ZAP: An open-source web application security scanner.

   GitHub: https://github.com/zaproxy/zaproxy  
   Documentation: https://www.zaproxy.org/docs/

• Aircrack-ng: A suite of tools for auditing wireless networks.

   GitHub: https://github.com/aircrack-ng/aircrack-ng  
   Documentation: https://aircrack-ng.org/doku.php

• John the Ripper: A fast password cracker.

   GitHub: https://github.com/openwall/john  
   Documentation: https://www.openwall.com/john/doc/

• Hydra: A parallelized login cracker that supports numerous protocols.

   GitHub: https://github.com/vanhauser-thc/thc-hydra  
   Documentation: https://github.com/vanhauser-thc/thc-hydra

• SQLmap: An automatic SQL injection and database takeover tool.

   GitHub: https://github.com/sqlmapproject/sqlmap  
   Documentation: https://sqlmap.org/

• Nessus: A proprietary vulnerability scanner used to assess computers and networks.

   GitHub: Not available  
   Documentation: https://docs.tenable.com/nessus/

• Nikto: A web server scanner which performs comprehensive tests against web servers.

   GitHub: https://github.com/sullo/nikto  
   Documentation: https://cirt.net/nikto2

• Mimikatz: A tool to gather credentials from Windows systems.

   GitHub: https://github.com/gentilkiwi/mimikatz  
   Documentation: https://github.com/gentilkiwi/mimikatz/wiki

• Empire: A post-exploitation framework that includes a pure-PowerShell 2.0 Windows agent.

   GitHub: https://github.com/BC-SECURITY/Empire  
   Documentation: https://bc-security.gitbook.io/empire-wiki/

• BloodHound: A tool to analyze the security of Active Directory environments.

   GitHub: https://github.com/BloodHoundAD/BloodHound  
   Documentation: https://bloodhound.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

• Cobalt Strike: A threat emulation tool that helps in red teaming operations.

   GitHub: Not available  
   Documentation: https://www.cobaltstrike.com/help

• Social-Engineer Toolkit (SET): An open-source penetration testing framework designed for social engineering.

   GitHub: https://github.com/trustedsec/social-engineer-toolkit  
   Documentation: https://github.com/trustedsec/social-engineer-toolkit

• Hashcat: An advanced password recovery utility.

   GitHub: https://github.com/hashcat/hashcat  
   Documentation: https://hashcat.net/wiki/

• Impacket: A collection of Python classes for working with network protocols.

   GitHub: https://github.com/fortra/impacket  
   Documentation: https://fortra.github.io/impacket/

• Responder: A tool for analyzing network traffic and performing LLMNR, NBT-NS, and MDNS poisonings.

   GitHub: https://github.com/lgandx/Responder  
   Documentation: https://github.com/lgandx/Responder/blob/master/README.md

• PowerSploit: A collection of PowerShell scripts for penetration testing.

   GitHub: https://github.com/PowerShellMafia/PowerSploit  
   Documentation: https://powersploit.readthedocs.io/

• BeEF: The Browser Exploitation Framework for exploiting web browsers.

   GitHub: https://github.com/beefproject/beef  
   Documentation: https://github.com/beefproject/beef/wiki

• Netcat: A versatile networking tool for debugging and investigating the network.

   GitHub: https://github.com/diegocr/netcat  
   Documentation: http://nc110.sourceforge.net/

• Ettercap: A comprehensive suite for man-in-the-middle attacks on LAN.

   GitHub: https://github.com/Ettercap/ettercap  
   Documentation: https://www.ettercap-project.org/documentation/

• Recon-ng: A web reconnaissance framework.

   GitHub: https://github.com/lanmaster53/recon-ng  
   Documentation: https://recon-ng.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

• Maltego: An interactive data mining tool that renders directed graphs for link analysis.

   GitHub: Not available  
   Documentation: https://docs.maltego.com/

• OpenVAS: A full-featured vulnerability scanner.

   GitHub: https://github.com/greenbone/openvas  
   Documentation: https://www.openvas.org/

• Angry IP Scanner: A fast and friendly network scanner.

   GitHub: https://github.com/angryip/ipscan  
   Documentation: https://angryip.org/w/Documentation

• Rubeus: A toolset for abusing Kerberos in penetration tests.

   GitHub: https://github.com/GhostPack/Rubeus  
   Documentation: https://github.com/GhostPack/Rubeus

• Enum4linux: A Linux tool for enumerating information from Windows machines.

   GitHub: https://github.com/CiscoCXSecurity/enum4linux-ng  
   Documentation: https://github.com/CiscoCXSecurity/enum4linux-ng

• CrackMapExec: A post-exploitation tool for pentesting Windows/Active Directory environments.

   GitHub: https://github.com/byt3bl33d3r/CrackMapExec  
   Documentation: https://byt3bl33d3r.github.io/

• Fierce: A DNS reconnaissance tool for locating non-contiguous IP space.

   GitHub: https://github.com/mschwager/fierce  
   Documentation: https://github.com/mschwager/fierce

• Gophish: An open-source phishing framework.

   GitHub: https://github.com/gophish/gophish  
   Documentation: https://getgophish.com/documentation/

• Seclists: A collection of multiple types of lists used during security assessments.

   GitHub: https://github.com/danielmiessler/SecLists  
   Documentation: https://github.com/danielmiessler/SecLists

• Yersinia: A framework for performing layer 2 attacks.

   GitHub: https://github.com/tomac/yersinia  
   Documentation: http://yersinia.sourceforge.net/

• Skipfish: An active web application security reconnaissance tool.

   GitHub: https://github.com/spinkham/skipfish  
   Documentation: https://code.google.com/archive/p/skipfish/

• FOCA: A tool for analyzing metadata and hidden information in documents.

   GitHub: Not available  
   Documentation: https://www.elevenpaths.com/labstools/foca

• CeWL: A custom wordlist generator using spidering.

   GitHub: https://github.com/digininja/CeWL  
   Documentation: https://digi.ninja/projects/cewl.php

• Reaver: A tool for breaking WPS on WPA/WPA2 networks.

   GitHub: https://github.com/t6x/reaver-wps-fork-t6x  
   Documentation: https://code.google.com/archive/p/reaver-wps/

• Wifite: A tool for automating wireless auditing.

   GitHub: https://github.com/derv82/wifite  
   Documentation: https://github.com/derv82/wifite

• NetSparker: A web application security scanner.

   GitHub: Not available  
   Documentation: https://www.netsparker.com/support/

• SQLNinja: A tool targeting SQL injection vulnerabilities on web applications.

   GitHub: https://github.com/xxgrunge/sqlninja  
   Documentation: http://sqlninja.sourceforge.net/

• Powersploit: A collection of Microsoft PowerShell modules.

   GitHub: https://github.com/PowerShellMafia/PowerSploit  
   Documentation: https://powersploit.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

• Exploit Pack: A full-featured open-source exploit development framework.

   GitHub: https://github.com/juansacco/exploitpack  
   Documentation: https://exploitpack.com/documentation.html

• Nikto: A web server scanner which performs comprehensive tests.

   GitHub: https://github.com/sullo/nikto  
   Documentation: https://cirt.net

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