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swisskyrepo/PayloadsAllTheThings

Rank not captured·Top 100·All-time stars·◐Cached ranking snapshot·Updated Aug 15, 2026

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

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First read

Visible and active, but adoption proof is still thinner

swisskyrepo/PayloadsAllTheThings has enough public attention and recent movement to stay on the shortlist, but package usage is still partial, so the next step should be source and ecosystem validation rather than a quick yes.

Visible

80.1K public stars in the current GitStar snapshot.

Recognizable in the ecosystem

Active

Last commit Aug 9, 2026.

Fresh activity

Adopted

Treat stars as discovery context until a linked package appears.

No linked package mapping

Confidence

One or more key signals are partial, so GitStar keeps the interpretation conservative.

Partial snapshot

Snapshot facts

  • 80.1K stars
  • 17.3K forks
  • Last commit Aug 9, 2026
  • Package usage not mapped yet

Compare lens

usestrix/strix and Hack-with-Github/Awesome-Hacking are the closest comparison targets GitStar found. A side-by-side comparison usually tells you more than a single raw rank.

Signal trail

Trajectory

Read the recent motion first. This block is for deciding whether the repository still looks alive, compounding, or flattening before you trust stars alone.

Daily momentum
Recent momentum is not captured
Weekly momentum
Recent momentum is not captured
Monthly momentum
Recent momentum is not captured
Last commit
Aug 9, 2026

Package reality

No linked npm or PyPI package is mapped for this repository yet, so the page leans more heavily on GitHub-visible popularity and should be read more conservatively.

GitStar expects a package signal here, but no npm or PyPI package is linked to this repository yet.

Hype vs Reality
Insufficient Package Data
Package mapping
No linked package yet
Cross-links
Standalone repo read

Validation note

GitStar can summarize public signals for swisskyrepo/PayloadsAllTheThings, but the GitHub repository is still the primary place to confirm release cadence, issue activity, and maintainer intent.

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Why this rank

This repository stands out because it combines fresh update and stable visibility.

Fresh updateStable visibility
📈 Momentum & Adoption Signals
Approximate star trajectory

Reconstructed from current stars and cached daily/weekly/monthly deltas.

Now: 80.1K
30d ago7d ago1d agoNow
Daily momentum
No signal
Weekly momentum
No signal
Monthly momentum
No signal
Signal mix (log-scaled for readability)
Current stars80.1K
🧭 Hype vs Reality
Insufficient Package Data

GitStar can see repository momentum, but it does not have a reliable linked package signal yet.

Treat stars and recent movement as discovery context only until npm or PyPI usage is available.

Status
Insufficient Package Data
Package footprint
No linked npm or PyPI usage signal
Method note
This label appears when GitStar cannot find strong enough package telemetry to compare attention against adoption. Compare it against other Python repos before treating stars as a moat.
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Related alternative

usestrix/strix

Shares the security category footprint with swisskyrepo/PayloadsAllTheThings, so the comparison is closer to a same-problem decision than a same-language coincidence.

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Shares the security category footprint with swisskyrepo/PayloadsAllTheThings, so the comparison is closer to a same-problem decision than a same-language coincidence.

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aquasecurity/trivy

Shares the security category footprint with swisskyrepo/PayloadsAllTheThings, so the comparison is closer to a same-problem decision than a same-language coincidence.

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Shares the security category footprint with swisskyrepo/PayloadsAllTheThings, so the comparison is closer to a same-problem decision than a same-language coincidence.

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GitStar picked strix + Awesome-Hacking as the closest next comparison from the related repository set.

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This page provides a quick overview of swisskyrepo/PayloadsAllTheThings based on GitStar's cached data. The signal chart reconstructs approximate checkpoints from current stars plus cached daily, weekly, and monthly star deltas, so it is best read as directional context rather than as a precise historical audit log.

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