Nightcrawler - Autonomous AI pentesting agent on a smartphone

Show HN: Nightcrawler – A local AI pentesting agent running on a smartphone

Nightcrawler - Autonomous AI pentesting agent on a smartphone

Nightcrawler is an autonomous penetration testing agent that runs entirely on a smartphone, using a local AI model to discover hosts, map services, find vulnerabilities, and generate reports—all without cloud connectivity. Drop it on a network, and it stealthily performs reconnaissance, enumeration, and exploitation over hours, with a web dashboard for monitoring and control. It's designed for authorized security testing, with built-in scope enforcement and 27 exploit playbooks.

Drop the phone on a network, walk away, and it discovers hosts, maps services, finds vulnerabilities, and generates a pentest report — all without cloud connectivity.

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2026-08-03