HACKING LABS
Hack better with real, practical CTFs.
Parrot CTFs offers a growing library of cybersecurity challenges in a wide range of categories and difficulty levels. Practice real-world techniques used in penetration testing, forensics, and ethical hacking.
It’s a Matter of Mindset
Not just commands — it’s critical thinking.
Parrot CTFs teaches you how to think like a hacker. From reverse engineering to web exploitation, you’ll get hands-on with up-to-date security problems inspired by real vulnerabilities.
Practice is Key
Every challenge on Parrot CTFs is 100% practical — nothing theoretical or simulated. Your progress depends on real tools, real analysis, and real exploitation.
Guided Support
While Parrot CTFs doesn’t feature built-in walkthroughs or a “guided mode” like some platforms, its community and forums often offer:
- Public write-ups
- Discord collaboration
- Helpful hints from other players
You learn by doing, failing, and trying again — with support from peers.
Labs List: Choose Your Challenge
Whether you’re a complete beginner or an advanced exploit developer, Parrot CTFs has challenges categorized by:
- Web
- LLM / AI
- Reverse Engineering
- Forensics
- Pwn/Binary Exploitation
- OSINT
- Miscellaneous
- Active Directory
- Red Teaming
- SOC / DFIR
- Phishing
Each challenge is labeled with a difficulty level ranging from Easy to Insane — so you can scale your training at your pace.
Ready-to-Hack
Parrot CTFs is platform-agnostic — you can hack from your browser using a AthenaOS VM, or use your own local Linux tools.
Vulnerable Labs That Teach
Every challenge emulates real-world misconfigurations, vulnerabilities, and security holes. They’re handcrafted to simulate actual pentesting or forensic scenarios — not random puzzles.
Free Content Weekly
Parrot CTFs regularly releases what we call “release arena labs” and we add new challenges weekly — making it one of the few platforms where you can:
- Hack freely
- Learn progressively
- Participate in community events
Free. Always. No premium tier.
Scalable Difficulty
Whether you’re a noob, script kiddie, or elite hacker, there’s a challenge waiting for you. Difficulty scales naturally, and challenges are often linked by topic — so you can build mastery one step at a time.
Capture Flags. Build Skills.
Challenges are “bite-sized” but pack real educational value. Expect to:
- Get shells
- Decode cryptic messages
- Analyze binary code
- Investigate network traffic
- Exploit web apps
- Trace malicious behavior in forensic dumps
Built by Hackers, for Hackers
Parrot CTFs is an independent platform created by cybersecurity professionals and enthusiasts.
What the Community Says
Great platform with up-to-date boxes.”
— Cheshire
“I’ve been using Parrot-CTF to sharpen my skills in offensive cybersecurity, and it’s been an incredibly rewarding experience.”
— d4rk5id3
“Parrot-CTFs was used in my path to successful penetration testing.”
— Armyspy_1
“After finishing almost all the free machines I can say that I really liked the enumeration part — it helped me understand why it’s the most important part of a pentest.”
— Madcore
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