GOAD
The premium Open Source alternative to Hack The Box
🎯 Best for:Security professionals practicing Active Directory exploitation techniques
What is GOAD?
Replaces manual lab setup for Active Directory security research with a pre-configured, vulnerable environment. It uses Vagrant and Ansible to deploy complex Windows domains for exploit simulation.
Tech Stack
PowerShellSecurity & Passwords
Why GOAD?
- • Comprehensive attack scenarios
- • Automated lab deployment
- • Realistic enterprise architecture
Limitations
- • Extremely high RAM requirements
- • Complex virtualization setup
- • Long deployment times
3/5/2026
Last Update
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Forks
123
Issues
GPL-3.0
License
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Competitor Cost
-$1,440
/ year (est. based on Hack The Box)
Self-Hosted
$0
/ year
Team Size10 Users
150+
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