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    swisskyrepo/PayloadsAllTheThings

    A list of useful payloads and bypass for Web Application Security and Pentest/CTF

    82.4K stars
    17.6K forks
    82.4K GitHub watchers
    Updated Nov 4, 2026
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    Where it stands

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    No releases in the last 90 days; the most recent was 465 days ago, with 292 contributors on GitHub.

    Peaked at #34 in the weekly ranking the week of Oct 12, its best in the past year.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Provides a comprehensive list of payloads and bypass techniques for web application security testing and penetration testing.
    • Offers a well-organized, community-driven repository of practical payloads and exploitation methods that simplify vulnerability discovery and exploitation.
    • Use for preparing and executing web application penetration tests with ready-to-use payloads and bypasses for common vulnerabilities.
    • Use for learning and improving hacking skills by studying detailed vulnerability descriptions and exploitation techniques.
    • Use for contributing new payloads and techniques to a collaborative security resource to support bug bounty and red team engagements.

    Should you depend on it?

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    License

    MIT

    Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution.

    Community files

    • README: present
    • Contributing guide: present

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    From the README

    A list of useful payloads and bypasses for Web Application Security. Feel free to improve with your payloads and techniques !

    You can also contribute with a :beers: IRL, or using the sponsor button.

    An alternative display version is available at PayloadsAllTheThingsWeb.

    Every section contains the following files, you can use the _template_vuln folder to create a new chapter:

    You might also like the other projects from the AllTheThings family :

    You want more ? Check the Books and Youtube channel selections.

    Excerpt from the swisskyrepo/PayloadsAllTheThings README on GitHub (MIT license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

    Daily snapshots

    Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots

    Sep 7: +6

    +2,461 stars over 86 days across 8 snapshot days; best day +6 on Sep 7.

    Forks

    17.6K+285

    Open issues

    39+5

    Compared with peers in Security

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