Apparatus — Open-source AI-augmented network security platform

An all-in-one cybersecurity testing and simulation lab. Test defenses, run red team operations, inject chaos, and monitor everything in real time.

Get Started View on GitHub

Defense & Deception

WAF rules, honeypot traps, tarpit defenses, moving target defense, and AI-powered deception engines.

Red Team & AI Autopilot

Autonomous AI red team agent, payload fuzzing, multi-target campaigns, and attack scenario automation.

Chaos Engineering

CPU and memory injection, network fault simulation, latency spikes, and resilience testing scenarios.

Multi-Protocol

HTTP/1.1, HTTP/2, gRPC, WebSocket, Redis, MQTT, SMTP, Syslog, ICAP — all in one platform.

Real-Time Monitoring

Web dashboard, terminal UI, SSE streaming, attacker fingerprinting, and incident tracking.

Security Testing

Integrated k6 load testing, Nuclei vulnerability scanning, egress canaries, and testing lab workflows.

Quick Start

npm

npm install -g @atlascrew/apparatus
apparatus

Docker

docker run -p 8090:8090 nickcrew/apparatus

From Source

git clone https://github.com/NickCrew/apparatus.git
cd apparatus && pnpm install && pnpm build
pnpm start

Explore

Architecture

System design, middleware pipeline, and component details

58+ Features

Complete feature catalog with descriptions and capabilities

Visual Diagrams

47 architectural and flow diagrams

Tutorials

Hands-on guides from beginner to advanced