kali-docker-essential-tools

🛠️ CLI tool to display and install essential Kali Linux packages — perfect for Docker or Debian-based environments, minimal installs, or custom setups.

📦 What is this?

essential-kali-tools is a CLI utility that:

• 📋 Shows a table of essential pentesting/networking tools
• 🔧 Installs tools via apt-get, either all or specific ones
• 💻 Perfect for Docker images, minimal Kali/Ubuntu setups, or automation

🚀 Features

• List commonly-used pentesting tools
• Install all or selected packages
• Clear terminal UI with progress messages
• Lightweight and scriptable

📚 Package List

Networking Tools

• openssh-server: SSH server to allow secure remote login
• iputils-ping: Provides the ping command to test network connectivity
• net-tools: Legacy networking tools (e.g., ifconfig)
• iproute2: Modern networking tools (e.g., ip command)
• nmap: Network scanner for discovering hosts and services
• tcpdump: Packet capture tool for network analysis
• netcat-openbsd: Network connections (nc) for troubleshooting and data transfer
• curl: Command-line tool for transferring data with URLs
• wget: Non-interactive network downloader

Exploit Database Tools

• exploitdb: CLI tool to search Exploit-DB

Password Cracking Tools

• wordlists: Installs common cracking wordlists (e.g., rockyou.txt)
• hash-identifier: Identifies hash types (e.g., MD5, SHA1) based on length and format
• john: Fast password cracking tool
• hydra: Network logon cracker supporting many protocols
• hashcat: GPU/CPU password cracker for many hash types
• fcrackzip: Fast ZIP password cracker using brute-force or wordlists

Web Application Security Tools

• ffuf: Web fuzzer for directories, subdomains, and parameters
• dirbuster: Brute-forces hidden web files and directories using wordlists
• metasploit-framework: Powerful pentesting framework for exploits, payloads, and scanning

Other Useful Tools

• git: Version control system for code management
• dnsutils: DNS lookup tools (dig, nslookup)
• binutils: Binary inspection tools for disassembling and analyzing executables
• vim: Advanced text editor for code and configuration files
• python3: Python 3 interpreter for scripting
• ruby: Ruby interpreter for scripting
• openssl: SSL/TLS tools for encryption and certificate management
• screen: Terminal multiplexer for managing multiple sessions
• aircrack-ng: Wireless auditing tools for cracking WiFi passwords and analyzing networks

🧑‍💻 Requirements

• Node.js 18+
• npm (comes bundled with Node.js)

📥 Install Node.js (Kali Linux / Debian / Ubuntu)

sudo apt update
sudo apt install nodejs npm -y

📦 USAGE

2. Install the CLI tool globally

🐧 For Kali Linux, Docker, or Debian-based environments

On most Unix-like systems, you might need to use sudo to install globally due to permission restrictions:

 npm install -g kali-docker-essential-tools

3. Run scans

1. 🔎 Show Available Packages

kalitools show

2. 📦 Install All Packages

kalitools install

3. 🛠️ Install Selected Packages

kalitools install -n <package-name> <package-name> ...
# or
kalitools install --name <package-name> <package-name> ...

4. 🆘 Show Help

kalitools -h