Sliver
Open-source cross-platform adversary emulation framework
Sliver is an open-source command-and-control framework used for red team operations and remote system administration. It supports multiple transports and is self-hosted to manage remote implants securely.
Key features
- Multi-transport implants
- mTLS encrypted sessions
- Multiplayer support
- Self-hosted server
Strengths
- Released under the GPL-3.0 license
- Mature project with 11.9k GitHub stars
- Written in Go
- Lightweight — runs in 512 MB RAM
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