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Find security issues, verify vulnerability mitigations & manage security assessments with Metasploit.

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Introduction

The Metasploit Framework is an open-source tool released under a BSD-style license. For detailed licensing information, refer to the COPYING file.

Features

These items are quoted from public documentation fetched on 25 Oct 2026. Taken from repository README headings.

  1. Latest Version: Access the latest version of Metasploit from the Nightly Installers page.
  2. Documentation: Comprehensive documentation, including usage guides, is available at Metasploit Docs.
  3. API Documentation: For information on writing modules, refer to the API Documentation.
  4. Using Metasploit: 1. Start msfconsole: This is the primary interface for interacting with Metasploit. 2. Explore Resources: - Visit the Using Metasploit section of the documentation.

Pros

Points stated in the public sources fetched on 25 Oct 2026:

  1. Repository topics: The repository’s GitHub topics include hacktoberfest.

Cons

The pages fetched on 25 Oct 2026 do not publish a limitations list. That absence is not evidence that the tool has no drawbacks. Current issues are tracked at https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/issues.

The fetched README did not include a fenced code example. Use the official documentation linked below.

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Pricing

The fetched text says:

The Metasploit Framework is an open-source tool released under a BSD-style license.

No separate price list was found on 25 Oct 2026.

This directory entry is tagged as paid. The fetched text also describes a free or open-source offering. Tags on the entry were not changed.

The fetched pages do not name a target audience. Decide fit from the official description and the feature list above.

Conclusion

Metasploit is summarized by its public description as: “Find security issues, verify vulnerability mitigations & manage security assessments with Metasploit.”.

No GitHub release was available when this page was rebuilt.

This page was rebuilt on 25 Oct 2026 from www.metasploit.com, github.com. It keeps only what those pages stated. Confirm the current product, license, and price on the official site before you adopt it.