# Exploit Library: Free Exploit Development & Writeup Resources

> 24 free resources on exploit development and binary exploitation. Links verified 2026-10-14. Metadata and short original summaries only; content lives with providers. Sister of Low Level Library (https://lowlevellibrary.com/).

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## Entries
- [pwn.college](https://pwn.college/): Arizona State University / pwn.college; Beginner; Interactive dojo + videos; topics: course, practice, linux, beginner
- [Nightmare (guyinatuxedo)](https://guyinatuxedo.github.io/): guyinatuxedo; Intermediate; Online course + writeups; topics: course, writeups, pwntools, linux
- [ir0nstone binary exploitation notes](https://ir0nstone.gitbook.io/notes): ir0nstone; Intermediate; GitBook notes; topics: notes, rop, heap, linux
- [Corelan Exploit Writing Tutorial Part 1](https://www.corelan.be/index.php/2009/07/19/exploit-writing-tutorial-part-1-stack-based-overflows/): Corelan Team; Beginner; Tutorial series; topics: windows, stack, tutorial, classic
- [Smashing The Stack For Fun And Profit](https://phrack.org/issues/49/14.html): Phrack / Aleph One; Intermediate; Article; topics: classic, stack, history
- [how2heap](https://github.com/shellphish/how2heap): shellphish; Advanced; Demo suite (GitHub); topics: heap, glibc, practice, linux
- [Heap Exploitation](https://heap-exploitation.dhavalkapil.com/): Dhaval Kapil; Advanced; Online book; topics: heap, book, linux
- [Exploit Education](https://exploit.education/): Exploit Education; Beginner; VM challenges; topics: practice, vms, beginner
- [OverTheWire Wargames](https://overthewire.org/wargames/): OverTheWire; Beginner; Online wargames; topics: practice, wargames, linux
- [picoCTF](https://picoctf.org/): Carnegie Mellon University; Beginner; CTF platform; topics: practice, ctf, beginner
- [ROP Emporium](https://ropemporium.com/): ROP Emporium; Intermediate; Challenge set; topics: rop, practice, linux, windows
- [pwntools documentation](https://docs.pwntools.com/en/stable/): Gallopsled; Intermediate; Library docs; topics: tools, python, automation
- [pwntools tutorial](https://github.com/Gallopsled/pwntools-tutorial): Gallopsled; Beginner; Tutorial (GitHub); topics: tools, tutorial, python
- [Modern Binary Exploitation (MBE)](https://github.com/RPISEC/MBE): RPISEC; Intermediate; Course materials (GitHub); topics: course, labs, linux
- [CWE Top 25 Most Dangerous Software Weaknesses](https://cwe.mitre.org/top25/): MITRE; Reference; Annual ranking; topics: reference, cwe, vulns
- [LiveOverflow](https://liveoverflow.com/): LiveOverflow; Beginner; Video + blog; topics: videos, writeups, beginner
- [CTF Wiki](https://ctf-wiki.org/en/): CTF Wiki contributors; Intermediate; Community wiki; topics: wiki, notes, pwn, reverse
- [FuzzySecurity tutorials](https://www.fuzzysecurity.com/tutorials.html): FuzzySecurity; Intermediate; Tutorial index; topics: windows, tutorial, exploit-dev
- [Google Project Zero blog](https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/): Google Project Zero; Advanced; Research blog; topics: research, writeups, 0day
- [ROPgadget](https://github.com/JonathanSalwan/ROPgadget): Jonathan Salwan; Intermediate; Open-source tool (GitHub); topics: tools, rop, gadgets
- [Writing ARM Shellcode](https://azeria-labs.com/writing-arm-shellcode/): Azeria Labs; Intermediate; Tutorial; topics: arm, shellcode, tutorial
- [ret2 research blog](https://blog.ret2.io/): ret2 systems; Advanced; Research blog; topics: research, writeups, browser, kernel
- [pwndbg](https://github.com/pwndbg/pwndbg): pwndbg project; Intermediate; Open-source tool (GitHub); topics: tools, gdb, debugging
- [GEF (GDB Enhanced Features)](https://github.com/hugsy/gef): hugsy; Intermediate; Open-source tool (GitHub); topics: tools, gdb, debugging