What is BlackArchLinux?

BlackArchLinux is a lightweight expansion to Arch Linux for penetration testers.

The toolset is distributed as an Arch Linux unofficial user repository so you can install BlackArchLinux on top of an existing Arch Linux installation. Packages may be installed individually or by category.

We currently have over 650 tools in our toolset and the repository is constantly expanding. All tools are thoroughly tested before being added to the codebase to maintain the quality of the repository.

Get Involved

You can get in touch with the blackarch team. Just check out the following:

Please, send us pull requests!

Web: http://www.blackarch.org/

Mail: team@blackarch.org

IRC: irc://irc.freenode.net/blackarch

Setup

Add this to /etc/pacman.conf:

[blackarch]
Server = http://www.blackarch.org/blackarch/$repo/os/$arch

To use the mirrorlist:

pacman -S blackarch-mirrorlist

And uncomment mirror that is closest to you.

Then add this to /etc/pacman.conf:

[blackarch]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist-blackarch

For package signing, pull in and sign the package signing keys:

 # pacman-key -r 4345771566D76038C7FEB43863EC0ADBEA87E4E3
 # pacman-key --lsign-key 4345771566D76038C7FEB43863EC0ADBEA87E4E3

Now run

# pacman -Syyu

Installing packages

You may now install tools from the blackarch repository. To list all of the available tools, run

# pacman -Sgg | grep blackarch

To install all of the tools, run

# pacman -S blackarch

To install a category of tools, run

# pacman -S blackarch-<category>

To see the blackarch categories, run

# pacman -Sg | grep blackarch