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Hetty

An HTTP toolkit for security research.

From dstotijn·Updated June 15, 2026·View on GitHub·

**Hetty** is an HTTP toolkit for security research. It aims to become an open source alternative to commercial software like Burp Suite Pro, with powerful features tailored to the needs of the infosec and bug bounty community. The project is written primarily in Go, distributed under the MIT License license, first published in 2019. It has gained significant community traction with 11,263 stars and 703 forks on GitHub. Key topics include: bugbounty, http, infosec, mitm, pentesting.

Latest release: v0.7.0
March 29, 2022View Changelog →
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Hetty is an HTTP toolkit for security research. It aims to become an open
source alternative to commercial software like Burp Suite Pro, with powerful
features tailored to the needs of the infosec and bug bounty community.

<img src="https://hetty.xyz/img/hero.png" width="907" alt="Hetty proxy logs (screenshot)" />

Features

  • Machine-in-the-middle (MITM) HTTP proxy, with logs and advanced search
  • HTTP client for manually creating/editing requests, and replay proxied requests
  • Intercept requests and responses for manual review (edit, send/receive, cancel)
  • Scope support, to help keep work organized
  • Easy-to-use web based admin interface
  • Project based database storage, to help keep work organized

👷‍♂️ Hetty is under active development. Check the <a href="https://github.com/dstotijn/hetty/projects/1">backlog</a> for the current
status.

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Getting started

💡 The Getting started doc has more
detailed install and usage instructions.

Installation

The quickest way to install and update Hetty is via a package manager:

macOS

sh
brew install hettysoft/tap/hetty

Linux

sh
sudo snap install hetty

Windows

sh
scoop bucket add hettysoft https://github.com/hettysoft/scoop-bucket.git scoop install hettysoft/hetty

Other

Alternatively, you can download the latest release from
GitHub
for your OS and
architecture, and move the binary to a directory in your $PATH. If your OS is
not available for one of the package managers or not listed in the GitHub
releases, you can compile from source (link coming soon).

Docker

Docker images are distributed via GitHub's Container registry
and Docker Hub. To run Hetty via with a volume for database and certificate
storage, and port 8080 forwarded:

docker run -v $HOME/.hetty:/root/.hetty -p 8080:8080 \
  ghcr.io/dstotijn/hetty:latest

Usage

Once installed, start Hetty via:

sh
hetty

💡 Read the Getting started doc for
more details.

To list all available options, run: hetty --help:

$ hetty --help

Usage:
    hetty [flags] [subcommand] [flags]

Runs an HTTP server with (MITM) proxy, GraphQL service, and a web based admin interface.

Options:
    --cert         Path to root CA certificate. Creates file if it doesn't exist. (Default: "~/.hetty/hetty_cert.pem")
    --key          Path to root CA private key. Creates file if it doesn't exist. (Default: "~/.hetty/hetty_key.pem")
    --db           Database file path. Creates file if it doesn't exist. (Default: "~/.hetty/hetty.db")
    --addr         TCP address for HTTP server to listen on, in the form \"host:port\". (Default: ":8080")
    --chrome       Launch Chrome with proxy settings applied and certificate errors ignored. (Default: false)
    --verbose      Enable verbose logging.
    --json         Encode logs as JSON, instead of pretty/human readable output.
    --version, -v  Output version.
    --help, -h     Output this usage text.

Subcommands:
    - cert  Certificate management

Run `hetty <subcommand> --help` for subcommand specific usage instructions.

Visit https://hetty.xyz to learn more about Hetty.

Documentation

📖 Read the docs

Support

Use issues for bug reports and
feature requests, and
discussions for questions and
troubleshooting.

Community

💬 Join the Hetty Discord server

Contributing

Want to contribute? Great! Please check the Contribution
Guidelines
for details.

Acknowledgements

Sponsors

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License

MIT

© 2019–2025 Hetty Software

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