HackTheBox CLI

Overview

HackTheBox is a platform that makes hacking competitive with vulnerable machines that test your offensive security skills. I had a few phases where I was very active on this platform, and I wrote a pretty beefy Python script to interact with the app through a CLI.

It implements things like booting up a certain machine to hack, getting its status/description, submitting flags, and more.

$ ./htb.py -m lame  

      Lame - Easy Linux - Retired - by ch4p
      https://app.hackthebox.com/machines/1
      Released March 14, 2017 (1975 days ago)
      User Difficulty Rating 26/100
      42127 User Owns, 44889 Root Owns

      Rating - 4.6/5 Stars - 137 Reviews
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      Difficulty Ratings:
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      4  #######------------------------------------------- 3585
      5  ###########################----------------------- 12951
      6  #------------------------------------------------- 648
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Repository

(FYI this is several years old and I’m not even sure it still works)

Last updated on December 28, 2025.