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Evil-WinRM vs Impacket: catalog facts
Evil-WinRM	Impacket
Best for: WinRM shell for post-exploitation work on Windows with valid credentials	Best for: Python library and tool collection for working with network protocols
Free The software is free under its open-source licence. Hosting, hardware and external services are separate.	Free The software is free under its open-source licence. Hosting, hardware and external services are separate.
macOS, Linux, Command line	Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
It adds file upload and download, in-memory script loading and AMSI bypass helpers on top of a normal… Full strengths for Evil-WinRM It adds file upload and download, in-memory script loading and AMSI bypass helpers on top of a normal remote PowerShell session.	Its SMB, MSRPC and Kerberos implementations are the foundation most Windows network tooling is built on, with working… Full strengths for Impacket Its SMB, MSRPC and Kerberos implementations are the foundation most Windows network tooling is built on, with working example scripts included.
It is a post-exploitation tool that needs credentials you already hold, and it belongs only in authorised testing.	It is a library with example scripts rather than a finished product, and the example tools assume you… Full limitations for Impacket It is a library with example scripts rather than a finished product, and the example tools assume you understand the protocols.
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: LGPL-3.0	License: BSD-2-Clause
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Evil-WinRM github.com/Hackplayers/evil-winrm Catalog checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Impacket github.com/fortra/impacket Catalog checked September 22, 2026

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