GhostESP: Revival - ESP32 Wireless Security Testing Platform

An open-source wireless platform for ESP32 devices.

Firmware, web tools, and companion apps for 45+ ESP32 boards.

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Getting Started

1

Pick a Board

Browse tested ESP32 boards that work great with GhostESP

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2

Flash Your Device

Install GhostESP on your ESP32 using the web flasher

Open Flasher
3

Serial Console

Configure your device with console, file manager, and screen mirror

Open Console
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Capabilities

The largest update in the project's history turns an ESP32 into a full wireless research platform. Pick a band to see what it can do. A NEW tag marks what's new in v2.1.

WiFi Suite

2.4 & 5 GHz testing, capture, and monitoring.

  • Deauth, beacon spam & karma
  • Evil portal with custom HTML
  • WPA3 / SAE testing + compliance checker
  • PCAP, PMKID & hc22000 export · live Wireshark over USB
  • WiFi airspace monitor: deauth fingerprinting, evil twins & Karma v2.1
  • Packet Visualizer & channel congestion charts v2.1
  • Recon: ARP · mDNS · NetBIOS · SSH · SNMP · HTTP banner
  • SMB/NetBIOS enumeration & SNMP MIB walk v2.1
  • GPS wardriving & WiGLE export

GhostESP vs The Rest

45+ boards, full wireless suite, LVGL UI, and companion apps
Built on ESP-IDF, not Arduino or PlatformIO
GPL-licensed and fully auditable, firmware, tools, and this website

This comparison is based on GhostESP's feature set and publicly available source for the listed projects. It is not a complete feature list for every firmware. HaleHound and nyanBOX are compared against the latest public source available to us; if newer releases are closed source, this table cannot be independently updated or verified against those builds.

Feature GhostESP Bruce HaleHound nyanBOX
Architecture
Current source available for audit Limited / older public source Limited / older public source
Supported board targets 46 CI targets 42+ 4 1
Full LVGL graphical UI
WiFi
Live Wireshark USB streaming
WPA3 / SAE-specific testing
WiFi Airspace Monitor
GhostLink dual-ESP control
Platform & Apps
Native SD app/plugin system
Android companion app
See all 133 features

GhostESP does not ship active jamming features. Distribution, promotion, sale and use of jamming devices or firmware is illegal in many jurisdictions.

Documentation

Community Apps & Packs

Auditable by Design

GhostESP is GPL-licensed and built in public. You can inspect the firmware, tools, companion apps, docs, and even this website's source instead of trusting a black-box gadget.

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