SmokedMeat
Shares rank 3 of 5 pentest tools by recommenders
Open-source tool, like Metasploit for CI/CD, that people recommend for surfacing hidden threats and teaching how to defend pipelines.
Open-source tool, like Metasploit for CI/CD, that people recommend for surfacing hidden threats and teaching how to defend pipelines.
6 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Helps defenders learn how to defend
“a killer project that's very needed to accelerate the learning of how to defend against”
Comment from 15 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: SmokedMeat, like Metasploit, but for CI/CD (open-source)” “great to see more tools to help defenders!”
Comment from 15 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: SmokedMeat, like Metasploit, but for CI/CD (open-source)” Demonstrates how easily pipelines get exploited
“This might drive the point home just how easy it is to exploit this stuff.”
Comment from 15 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: SmokedMeat, like Metasploit, but for CI/CD (open-source)” “That's exactly something the tool demonstrates very well.”
Comment from 17 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: SmokedMeat, like Metasploit, but for CI/CD (open-source)”
Other pentest tools people recommend
The four most recommended other pentest tools, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burp Suite | 9 | 1 | 90% | 6 | — | — |
| Strix | 9 | 6 | 60% | 4 | — | — |
| SmokedMeatThis page | 6 | 0 | 100% | 1 | — | — |
| Deadend CLI | 6 | 0 | 100% | 1 | — | — |
| ZAP (Zed Attack Proxy) | 5 | 1 | 83% | 5 | — | — |
What people said
6 of the 7 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“That's exactly something the tool demonstrates very well.”
“That's pretty useful to get a clear picture of lingering threats that aren't immediately visible from existing scanning tools.”
“This might drive the point home just how easy it is to exploit this stuff.”
“a killer project that's very needed to accelerate the learning of how to defend against”
“great to see more tools to help defenders!”
“I've been building SmokedMeat for the past 5 months to level the playing field.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.