HunterX Goes Open Source

Today I’m excited to announce that HunterX — the AI-assisted vulnerability scanner and Red Team framework — is now fully open source under the Apache License 2.0.

Why Apache 2.0?

Apache 2.0 is the industry standard for security tools. It’s used by OWASP ZAP, Kubernetes, TensorFlow, and thousands of other projects. The license offers:

• Permissive terms: Fork, modify, distribute freely
• Attribution required: Proper credit to the original work
• Patent protection: Grants patent rights from contributors
• No GPL-style copyleft: Can be used in proprietary environments

What Changed

• All 57 Python source files updated to SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
• All documentation files updated
• NOTICE file added with third-party attributions
• CONTRIBUTING.md updated with DCO requirement
• Docker Hub images rebuilt with Apache 2.0 labels

What This Means

• For users: You can now use HunterX without concerns about the prior Proprietary license
• For contributors: You retain copyright, grant a license to the project
• For the community: You can fork, modify, and redistribute

What’s Next

HunterX continues to evolve. The current release line is v7 (AI-assisted vulnerability discovery, validation & proof engine). See the What’s New in v7 page and the Changelog.

Thank you to everyone who has supported the project. This is just the beginning.