--- title: GreyDGL/PentestGPT: A GPT-empowered penetration testing tool description: PentestGPT is an AI-powered penetration testing tool utilizing GPT models to automate and guide the testing process. Designed for both overall progress and... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/mbiywm9xy twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: GreyDGL/PentestGPT: A GPT-empowered penetration testing tool | daily.dev og:description: PentestGPT is an AI-powered penetration testing tool utilizing GPT models to automate and guide the testing process. Designed for both overall progress and... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/mbiywm9xy og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/mbiyWm9xY.png og:image:alt: Post cover image og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # GreyDGL/PentestGPT: A GPT-empowered penetration testing tool **[Daily Open Source Tools](https://daily.dev/sources/dailyopensourcetools)** · [@serdarbuyukdereli](https://daily.dev/serdarbuyukdereli) · 23 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary PentestGPT is an AI-powered penetration testing tool utilizing GPT models to automate and guide the testing process. Designed for both overall progress and specific operations, it supports local and online models with optimized prompts for GPT-4. The tool facilitates easy to medium testing scenarios, incorporating recent updates for improved functionality. Users can install PentestGPT using Python and set up their connection with OpenAI API for enhanced performance. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@byteslayer** · 1 upvotes > Interesting! --- Tags: [#ai](https://daily.dev/tags/ai), [#security](https://daily.dev/tags/security), [#python](https://daily.dev/tags/python), [#gpt](https://daily.dev/tags/gpt) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/mbiywm9xy) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https://daily.dev/posts/mbiywm9xy","headline":"GreyDGL/PentestGPT: A GPT-empowered penetration testing tool","text":"Shared: GreyDGL/PentestGPT: A GPT-empowered penetration testing tool","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/mbiywm9xy","datePublished":"2025-12-19T16:42:25.985Z","dateModified":"2025-12-19T16:42:25.989Z","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Serdarcan Buyukdereli","url":"https://daily.dev/serdarbuyukdereli","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--tTV8hAPq--/f_auto/v1778701721/avatars/avatar_Su5HqluAE4wLRb1naHjtv?_a=BAMAMiWQ0","description":"Senior Devops and Cloud Engineer\n","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"EndorseAction"},"userInteractionCount":21430}},"image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--VDukGCjf--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2002","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":23},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}],"sharedContent":{"@type":"WebPage","url":"https://api.daily.dev/r/jQ4OFvX0i"},"comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"Interesting!","datePublished":"2026-01-13T06:37:18.632Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/mbiyWm9xY#c-5sYkztIHL","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Some one","url":"https://daily.dev/byteslayer","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--O0TOmw4y--/f_auto/v1715772965/public/noProfile"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}}],"isPartOf":{"@type":"WebPage","url":"https://daily.dev/squads/dailyopensourcetools","name":"Daily Open Source Tools"}} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Daily Open Source Tools","item":"https://daily.dev/squads/dailyopensourcetools"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"GreyDGL/PentestGPT: A GPT-empowered penetration testing tool"}]} ```