Spin up vulnerable targets from your terminal 🎯

Caution

This project is in active development. Expect breaking changes with releases. Review the release changelog before updating. vt creates intentionally vulnerable environments - always run in isolated networks (VMs/sandboxes) and never expose to the internet.

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Table of Contents

• Features
• Installation
• Quick Start
• Usage
• Templates
• Playbooks
• What can you do with vt?
• Documentation
• Star History
• Contributors
• Community
• License

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Features

	Feature	Description
🐳	Docker Compose	Container orchestration for vulnerable environments
📦	Templates	Community-curated vulnerable targets from vt-templates
📓	Playbooks	Group multiple templates into training scenarios and run them together
📊	State Tracking	Track and manage running deployments
🔍	Inspect	View detailed info (CVE, CVSS, CWE, PoC, remediation) for any template or playbook
🔄	Auto-Update	Sync templates from remote repository

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Installation

Prerequisites

• Go 1.25.6+
• Docker & Docker Compose

Install with Go

go install github.com/happyhackingspace/vt/cmd/vt@latest

Build from Source

git clone https://github.com/HappyHackingSpace/vt.git
cd vt
go build -o vt cmd/vt/main.go
mv vt /usr/local/bin/ # Optional: add to PATH

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Quick Start

# 1. Browse available templates
vt template --list
# 2. Start a vulnerable environment
vt start --id vt-dvwa
# 3. Access the target at http://localhost:80

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Usage

Command Reference

Templates

Command	Description
vt template --list	List all available templates
vt template --list --filter <tag>	Filter templates by tag
vt template --update	Update templates from remote repository

Environments

Command	Description
vt start --id <template-id>	Start a vulnerable environment
vt stop --id <template-id>	Stop an environment
vt ps	List all running environments
vt inspect --id <template-id>	Show full details for a template

Playbooks

Command	Description
vt playbook list	List all available playbooks
vt playbook run --id <playbook-id>	Start all templates in a playbook
vt playbook stop --id <playbook-id>	Stop all templates in a playbook

Global Flags

Flag	Values	Description
-v, --verbosity	debuginfowarnerrorfatalpanic	Set log verbosity (default: info)

Examples

# List templates with SQL injection vulnerabilities
vt template --list --filter sqli
# Start DVWA (Damn Vulnerable Web App)
vt start --id vt-dvwa
# Inspect a template — see CVE, CVSS, CWE, PoC, and remediation steps
vt inspect --id vt-dvwa
# Check running environments
vt ps
# Stop a specific environment
vt stop --id vt-dvwa
# Run an entire playbook (multiple targets at once)
vt playbook run --id vt-pb-1
# List all available playbooks
vt playbook list
# Stop all targets in a playbook
vt playbook stop --id vt-pb-1

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Templates

Templates are automatically cloned to ~/vt-templates on first run.

Template	Type	Description
vt-dvwa	Lab	Damn Vulnerable Web Application
vt-juice-shop	Lab	OWASP Juice Shop
vt-webgoat	Lab	OWASP WebGoat
vt-bwapp	Lab	Buggy Web Application
vt-mutillidae-ii	Lab	OWASP Mutillidae II

Want more? Check out the vt-templates repository for all available templates and contribution guidelines.

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Playbooks

Playbooks let you start multiple vulnerable targets in one command — useful for structured training sessions or red-team labs that require several services running simultaneously.

# See what playbooks are available
vt playbook list
# Launch every target in a playbook
vt playbook run --id vt-pb-1
# Tear down the whole playbook when done
vt playbook stop --id vt-pb-1

Playbooks are defined as YAML files in the playbooks/ directory of the templates repository. Each playbook specifies an ordered list of template IDs. If one template fails to start, vt skips it, continues with the rest, and reports a summary of failures at the end.

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What can you do with vt?

Use Case	Template
Practice SQL Injection	vt-dvwa
Learn XSS Exploitation	vt-dvwa
Test OWASP Top 10	vt-juice-shop
Exploit Real CVEs	vt-2025-29927
API Security Testing	vt-webgoat
Train Security Teams	vt-mutillidae-ii

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Documentation

	Resource	Description
📦	Templates	Browse all available templates
🤝	Contributing	Contribution guidelines
🐛	Issues	Report bugs or request features

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Star History

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Contributors

Recep Gunes	Dogan Can Bakir	Omar Kurt	Ahsen	Atilla	mirackayikci
numan

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Community

• 💬 Discord: Join our community
• 🐛 Issues: Report bugs
• 🤝 Contributing: Check out CONTRIBUTING.md

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License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE.md file for details.

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Happy Hacking! 🎯