# BloodHound vs Impacket

| Attribute | BloodHound | Impacket |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 24.3 (3% (low)) | 42.5 (27% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 21 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 1,016 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 16,038 |
| deployment.options | `{"self_hosted":true}` | `{"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | Identity attack path management platform that maps complex privilege relationships across Active Directory, cloud providers, and SaaS systems to reveal how attackers could compromise critical assets. Provides remediation guidance to eliminate the most critical attack paths in hybrid environments. | A Python library that enables developers to work with network protocols at a low level, supporting packet construction and parsing, with protocol implementations for SMB, MSRPC, LDAP, and other network communications. |
| integrations.count | 6 | 15 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Active Directory"},{"name":"Entra"},{"name":"AWS"},{"name":"Okta"},{"name":"GitHub"},{"name":"Jamf"}]` | `[{"name":"SMB1"},{"name":"SMB2"},{"name":"SMB3"},{"name":"MSRPC"},{"name":"LDAP"},{"name":"MSSQL/TDS"},{"name":"RDP"},{"name":"Kerberos"},{"name":"NTLM"},{"name":"WMI"},{"name":"IPv4"},{"name":"IPv6"},{"name":"TCP"},{"name":"UDP"},{"name":"Ethernet"}]` |
| language.primary | - | Python |
| market.availability | - | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"mac":true,"linux":true,"windows":true}` |
| pricing | - | `{"type":"open_source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://github.com/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-19T17:48:18.767Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | - | yes |
| pricing.model | commercial | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | - | free |
| release.cadence_days | - | 198 |
| release.history | - | `[{"url":"https://github.com/fortra/impacket/releases/tag/impacket_0_13_1","date":"2026-05-19T15:39:49Z","type":"stable","version":"impacket_0_13_1"},{"url":"https://github.com/fortra/impacket/releases/tag/impacket_0_13_0","date":"2025-10-22T15:53:06Z","type":"stable","version":"impacket_0_13_0"},{"url":"https://github.com/fortra/impacket/releases/tag/impacket_0_12_0","date":"2024-09-16T20:07:25Z","type":"stable","version":"impacket_0_12_0"},{"url":"https://github.com/fortra/impacket/releases/tag/impacket_0_11_0","date":"2023-08-03T17:36:40Z","type":"stable","version":"impacket_0_11_0"},{"url":"https://github.com/fortra/impacket/releases/tag/impacket_0_10_0","date":"2022-05-04T14:55:44Z","type":"stable","version":"impacket_0_10_0"},{"url":"https://github.com/fortra/impacket/releases/tag/impacket_0_9_24","date":"2021-10-27T15:29:39Z","type":"stable","version":"impacket_0_9_24"},{"url":"https://github.com/fortra/impacket/releases/tag/impacket_0_9_23","date":"2021-06-09T15:07:18Z","type":"stable","version":"impacket_0_9_23"},{"url":"https://github.com/fortra/impacket/releases/tag/impacket_0_9_22","date":"2020-11-23T14:43:18Z","type":"stable","version":"impacket_0_9_22"},{"url":"https://github.com/fortra/impacket/releases/tag/impacket_0_9_21","date":"2020-03-26T20:10:07Z","type":"stable","version":"impacket_0_9_21"},{"url":"https://github.com/fortra/impacket/releases/tag/impacket_0_9_20","date":"2019-09-25T17:47:38Z","type":"stable","version":"impacket_0_9_20"},{"url":"https://github.com/fortra/impacket/releases/tag/impacket_0_9_19","date":"2019-04-01T17:47:06Z","type":"stable","version":"impacket_0_9_19"},{"url":"https://github.com/fortra/impacket/releases/tag/impacket_0_9_18","date":"2018-12-05T19:08:19Z","type":"stable","version":"impacket_0_9_18"},{"url":"https://github.com/fortra/impacket/releases/tag/impacket_0_9_17","date":"2018-05-30T21:47:59Z","type":"stable","version":"impacket_0_9_17"},{"url":"https://github.com/fortra/impacket/releases/tag/impacket_0_9_15","date":"2016-06-28T17:48:51Z","type":"stable","version":"impacket_0_9_15"},{"url":"https://github.com/fortra/impacket/releases/tag/impacket_0_9_14","date":"2016-01-07T15:39:19Z","type":"stable","version":"impacket_0_9_14"},{"url":"https://github.com/fortra/impacket/releases/tag/impacket_0_9_13","date":"2015-05-04T17:42:49Z","type":"stable","version":"impacket_0_9_13"}]` |
| security.vulnerabilities | - | `{"count":1,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=impacket&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":"CRITICAL"}` |

## Capabilities (Penetration Testing)

| Capability | BloodHound | Impacket |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| Deployment model | - | - |
| Human led testing | - | - |
| Automated adversary simulation | - | - |
| Web application testing | - | - |
| API endpoint testing | - | - |
| Network infrastructure testing | - | - |
| Cloud aws gcp configuration testing | - | - |
| Compliance ready reporting | - | - |
| Remediation validation retesting | - | - |
| Jira issue tracker sync | - | - |
| SOC2 type ii | - | - |
| ISO 27001 | - | - |
| Pricing model | - | - |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T15:19:48.959Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*