# Deadend CLI

6 Hacker News commenters recommended Deadend CLI and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Open-source, self-hosted pentest CLI that runs locally with no cloud dependency and is easy to set up and try against any target.

## Why people recommend it

- Easy to set up and test (2 comments): "it testable out of the box, on any target" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46977470)) "Very easy to setup and try locally" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46977591))
- Looks promising to testers (3 comments): "sounds nice! looking forward to test it against our webapp" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46977447)) "Looks good will test it out tomorrow" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46977682)) "This looks promising, well done!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46977390))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Burp Suite](https://hackerapproved.com/p/burp-suite.md): 9 recommend
- [Strix](https://hackerapproved.com/p/strix.md): 9 recommend
- [SmokedMeat](https://hackerapproved.com/p/smokedmeat.md): 6 recommend
- [ZAP (Zed Attack Proxy)](https://hackerapproved.com/p/zap.md): 5 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Deadend CLI", https://hackerapproved.com/p/deadend-cli/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).