PwnPi is an extremely mature penetration testing platform for the Raspberry Pi. At the time the first edition was written, many people in the community claimed that it was a more stable environment than Kali Linux, specifically on the Raspberry Pi. However, we believe there is a shift in supporting Kali Linux for the Raspberry Pi rather than PwnPi because of the existing popularity and namesake of Kali Linux. Some people might call us biased, but any serious penetration tester uses Kali on other platforms. That being said, we should certainly be aware of the other options.
The following screenshot is the PwnPi 3.0 introductory image when booting it up:
PwnPi brings some unique features, such as support for over two hundred tools. PwnPi is built on Debian optimized for the Raspberry Pi and has simple scripts to automatically configure reverse shell connections. You can learn more about PwnPi at http://pwnpi.sourceforge.net/.
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