Faraday AI Agent
by infobyteOpen-source and AI-powered cybersecurity tools for offensive security, vulnerability management, and autonomous pentesting. Built by hackers in Latin America, used worldwide.
Faraday is an open-source ai agent by infobyte, written mainly in Python, with 6,837 GitHub stars and the GPL-3.0 license. Its code was last updated Oct 29, 2026. The latest PyPI release is faraday-cli 2.3.0, published Oct 19, 2026, with 283 downloads last week.
Scan summary: scanned Nov 5, 2026 at commit d00e81c. Seen able to run shell commands. Scan policy
What Faraday can touch
- Seen in this scan, either in the code or while it ran.Run shell commandsFound in the code by our scan
- Our checks did not find this. The tool may still do it.Run dynamic codeNot seen in this scan
- Our checks did not find this. The tool may still do it.Read or write filesNot seen in this scan
- Our checks did not find this. The tool may still do it.Read environment and secretsNot seen in this scan
- Our checks did not find this. The tool may still do it.Control a web browserNot seen in this scan
- Our checks did not find this. The tool may still do it.Connect to databasesNot seen in this scan
- Our checks did not find this. The tool may still do it.Read or send messagesNot seen in this scan
- Our checks did not find this. The tool may still do it.Touch money or tradingNot seen in this scan
- Our checks did not find this. The tool may still do it.Connect to the internetNot run in this scan
"Not seen" means our checks did not find it, and the tool may still do it. Covers commit d00e81c, Nov 5, 2026. See the scan policy.
Before you install Faraday
AgenticMart scanned Faraday on Nov 5, 2026 with automated checks for hidden code, known-malicious packages, leaked secrets and vulnerable dependencies. The result covers one commit under our scan policy, so review what access you give it and check any advisories shown here.
What it can access
- An AI agent decides its own next steps and calls whatever tools you give it, so its risk depends on the access you grant.
Before you install
- Pin the version you reviewed instead of always installing the latest release.
- Read the tool list or scripts before the first run, and keep approval prompts on for actions that write, send or delete.
- Maintained by infobyte on GitHub, 6,837 stars and 1,088 forks. Popularity is not proof of safety.
- Last code change: Oct 29, 2026.
- Open-source license: GPL-3.0.
Faraday is an open-source ai agent by infobyte, written mainly in Python. Open-source and AI-powered cybersecurity tools for offensive security, vulnerability management, and autonomous pentesting. Built by hackers in Latin America, used worldwide.
At a glance
- Stars
- 6.8k
- Forks
- 1.1k
- Language
- Python
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Created
- Nov 2013
- Last update
- Oct 29, 2026
- Type
- AI Agent
- Price
- Free
Topics
Questions about Faraday
What is Faraday?
Open-source and AI-powered cybersecurity tools for offensive security, vulnerability management, and autonomous pentesting. Built by hackers in Latin America, used worldwide.
Who maintains Faraday?
Faraday is maintained by infobyte on GitHub (infobyte/faraday). AgenticMart lists it from public repository data.
Is Faraday safe to use?
AgenticMart scanned Faraday on Nov 5, 2026 with automated checks for hidden code, known-malicious packages, leaked secrets and vulnerable dependencies. The result covers one commit under our scan policy, so review what access you give it and check any advisories shown here.
What license does Faraday use?
It is published under the GPL-3.0 license.
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