Specifications
| Format | Labs, Challenges |
|---|---|
| Level | Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced |
| Price | Paid tier exists |
| Access | Registration required |
| Activity | Active |
| Language | EN |
| Category | Web, Systems, Networks, Cryptography, Pwn, Forensics |
Short rooms on networks, Linux, web and crypto, each with hints and a walkthrough behind them. The site advertises over 1,000 labs and learning paths, and a free account is enough to work through the early material. No ranked season, no team rating.
Pros & cons
Pros
- Low entry barrier: rooms run minutes, not evenings
- Academy paths lay the prerequisites out in order
- Every room has hints and a walkthrough, so a stuck task is not a dead end
Cons
- The good rooms sit behind a subscription, the free set covers the first steps only
- Guidance can be over-generous: easy rooms often hand you the tool to use
- English only, and the walkthroughs spoil any room you planned to revisit
Who it fits
Good for a beginner who needs a step-by-step route in, and for anyone who would rather sit for half an hour than boot a VM. Weak once you want a ranked result.
Getting started
- Do the academy pre-section on networking and Linux before opening any room
- Take a first beginner room, open the hints early and leave the walkthrough till last
- Write every command you run into a notebook, the rooms keep repeating these patterns
History
Started in 2018 as UK teaching material and turned into a service with rooms, paths and a subscription tier. Content ships most weeks. The thousand-plus figure comes from the marketing line on the landing page rather than a counter, and it mixes labs with paths.
