BruceDevices/firmware

Predatory ESP32 Firmware

SecurityC++#bruce#cardputer#esp32-s3#hardware#m5stack

1.7 Steady Magnitude out of 10. Star growth looks organic. Data as of September 18, 2026.

About the project

ESP32 firmware for devices like M5Stack Cardputer, StickC and T-Deck, bundling offensive-security tools: Wi-Fi, BLE, Sub-GHz, RFID, IR, NRF24 and BadUSB. Aimed at Red Team and portable pentesting.

Useful for

Audit a Wi-Fi network with host scanning, deauth and Evil Portal
Copy and replay a Sub-GHz signal using a CC1101 module
Run a BadUSB script from a Cardputer or T-Deck over USB/BLE

README summarized by DeepSeek V4.1 Flash. Details may be inaccurate.

Why it’s trending

9 stars so far today, about 11 expected by the end of the day.
About 6 forks a day — people are taking the code.

Stars per day

Bars are daily stars, the line is the usual pace. Red marks spike days.

Numbers

Total stars: 6,768
Stars in a day: 11
Forks: 2,260
Issues and pull requests: 2,708
Watchers: 135
Language: C++
License: AGPL-3.0
Latest release: 1.16.1 · August 11, 2026
Created: May 2, 2024
Last push: September 17, 2026

Star trust

Growth looks organic: forks and discussion are in line with active projects, and stars arrive unevenly, the way people give them.

These are heuristics, not a verdict: we judge by the repository’s behavior, not by a list of stargazers.

Spotted in

September 15, 2026GitHub Trending C++ today: #10, +10 stars
September 14, 2026GitHub Trending C++ today: #10, +9 stars

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