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Hacker Sidekick - The Agentic Workbench for Cybersecurity

Now that we're posting again, I wanted to share the eighteen-month journey behind Hacker Sidekick. From a frustrated side project to the desktop application we just launched. hackersidekick.com/what-weve-be...

hackersidekick.comWhat We've Been BuildingThe journey over the past eighteen months - from a model without guardrails to the desktop IHE, and what comes next.

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Hacker Sidekick - The Agentic Workbench for Cybersecurity

@hackersidekick.com

27 Apr

Late 2024: every major LLM refused to help with legitimate security research. So I built one that would and shared it around Chicago's cybersecurity community. A close friend joined in early 2025, we rebuilt it on Open WebUI, and took it to DEF CON, Thotcon, Cyphercon, and SecretCon.

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Hacker Sidekick - The Agentic Workbench for Cybersecurity

@hackersidekick.com

27 Apr

The feedback that mattered most: people didn't want AI that talks about security. They wanted AI that executes. Run tools. Chain workflows. Work the way practitioners actually work. So we built the Integrated Hacking Environment: a desktop workspace purpose-built for cybersecurity.

Hacker Sidekick - The Agentic Workbench for Cybersecurity

@hackersidekick.com

27 Apr

Weeks of all-nighters. A sold-out full-day Cyphercon workshop. Real bugs found, real tools chained, real work done inside the environment. Now it's public. Weekly posts from here on out. hackersidekick.com #cybersecurity #infosec #pentesting #hackersidekick #DEFCON #Cyphercon #Thotcon

hackersidekick.comHacker Sidekick - desktop integrated hacking environmentIntroducing the new Hacker Sidekick: sovereign AI, local execution, and your toolchain in a desktop integrated hacking environment.