# Haaukins

Haaukins is a Cyber Range Training product. It runs on-premises. Pricing is free.

Haaukins is an automated virtualization platform that provides hands-on cybersecurity education through capture the flag exercises in controlled vulnerable environments.

Checked November 2026.

## What is Haaukins?

Haaukins is a virtualization platform designed for cybersecurity education that utilizes capture the flag (CTF) concepts to provide hands-on learning experiences.

The platform integrates multiple technologies including Docker for containerization, VirtualBox for virtualization, and is developed using the Go programming language to enable efficient concurrency and parallelism operations.

The system creates virtualized environments containing operating systems specifically configured with vulnerabilities that learners can discover and exploit as part of their educational experience.

The platform aims to make cybersecurity education accessible to anyone interested in learning through practical, hands-on exercises rather than theoretical study alone.

Haaukins provides automated deployment and management capabilities, allowing educators to set up controlled environments where students can safely practice identifying and exploiting security vulnerabilities.

The tool includes comprehensive documentation covering installation procedures, system dependencies, testing methodologies, and deployment guidelines for educational institutions or individual learners.

Tags: CTF, Education, Virtualization, Vulnerability

## Where it fits in your security program (NIST CSF 2.0)

- [Protect](https://cybersectools.com/guides/building-protect-program-small-team): helps you prevent attacks and keep data safe.

## Quick facts

- Category: [Human Risk](https://cybersectools.com/categories/human-risk) · [Cyber Range Training](https://cybersectools.com/categories/cyber-range)
- Deployment: On-Premises
- Company size fit: Startup, SMB, Mid-Market, Enterprise
- Pricing model: Free
- GitHub stars: 195
- Website: github.com

## Haaukins FAQ

### What is Haaukins?

Haaukins is a product in the Cyber Range Training category. It covers CTF, Education and Virtualization.

### What is the pricing for Haaukins?

Haaukins is free. Download and setup instructions are at https://github.com/aau-network-security/haaukins/.

### What are alternatives to Haaukins?

Alternatives to Haaukins listed on CybersecTools:

1. [SudoCyber](https://cybersectools.com/tools/sudocyber) - Gamified cybersecurity training platform with hands-on labs and certifications (Commercial)
2. [GemForge Labs](https://cybersectools.com/tools/gemforge-labs) - Subscription-based cybersecurity lab platform with hands-on hackable instances. (Commercial)
3. [MetaCTF Cloud Labs / Cloud Ranges](https://cybersectools.com/tools/metactf-cloud-labs-cloud-ranges) - Cloud-based, team-based hands-on cybersecurity training labs simulating real networks (Commercial)
4. [CTFGuide](https://cybersectools.com/tools/ctfguide) - Social learning platform for CTF challenges, labs, and cybersecurity training. (Free)
5. [echoCTF.RED](https://cybersectools.com/tools/echoctfred) - CTF platform providing hands-on cybersecurity training and competition challenges (Free)

Compare all Haaukins alternatives at [https://cybersectools.com/alternatives/haaukins](https://cybersectools.com/alternatives/haaukins)

### What deployment and organization size does Haaukins fit?

Haaukins is available as on-premises software. It is listed for startups, small businesses, mid-market companies and enterprises. It is free.

## Compare Haaukins with similar solutions

- [Haaukins vs SudoCyber](https://cybersectools.com/compare/haaukins-vs-sudocyber)
- [Haaukins vs GemForge Labs](https://cybersectools.com/compare/gemforge-labs-vs-haaukins)
- [Haaukins vs MetaCTF Cloud Labs / Cloud Ranges](https://cybersectools.com/compare/haaukins-vs-metactf-cloud-labs-cloud-ranges)

All alternatives to Haaukins: [/alternatives/haaukins](https://cybersectools.com/alternatives/haaukins)

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