# Tools Overview

Curated, high-quality collection of security, networking, sysadmin, DevOps, forensics, and related open-source tools, utilities, and one-liners.  
All tool/resource tables strictly follow the schema defined in [TOOL-TABLE-SCHEMA.md](../TOOL-TABLE-SCHEMA.md).

## Main Categories

| Category              | Primary Focus Areas                              | # Files/Subfolders | Link                                                                 |
|-----------------------|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Network Engineering   | Diagnostics, DNS, IPAM, routing, packet analysis | 1 folder + files   | [network-engineering/INDEX.md](./network-engineering/INDEX.md)       |
| Security              | Recon, enumeration, vuln scanning, crypto, exploit dev | 1 folder + files   | [security/INDEX.md](./security/INDEX.md)                             |
| SysAdmin / DevOps     | Remote access, monitoring, automation, shell, containers | 1 folder + files   | [sysadmin-devops/INDEX.md](./sysadmin-devops/INDEX.md)               |
| System Services       | Service management, daemons, init systems, logging | 1 file             | [system-services.md](./system-services.md)                           |

## Personal / Experimental

| Section               | Description                                      | Link                                    |
|-----------------------|--------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| My Contributions      | Tools, scripts, wrappers, and resources I've personally added, heavily customized, or actively maintain | [my-contributions.md](./my-contributions.md) |

## Quick Navigation

- [↑ Back to Root README](../../README.md)
- [TOOL-TABLE-SCHEMA](../TOOL-TABLE-SCHEMA.md) — mandatory format for every tool table
- [SOP: Navigation & Layout](../SOP-Navigation-and-Layout.md) — repo structure & consistency rules

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<summary>Repository Tools Structure (click to expand)</summary>

- **tools/**
  - [INDEX.md](./INDEX.md) ← you are here
  - [my-contributions.md](./my-contributions.md)
  - [system-services.md](./system-services.md)
  - **network-engineering/**
    - [INDEX.md](./network-engineering/INDEX.md)
    - (tool list .md files)
  - **security/**
    - [INDEX.md](./security/INDEX.md)
    - (tool list .md files)
  - **sysadmin-devops/**
    - [INDEX.md](./sysadmin-devops/INDEX.md)
    - (tool list .md files)

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Last updated: March 2026