kali-vnc

A Dockerize Kali Linux environment with XFCE desktop accessible via VNC — offering a lightweight (compared to VirtualBox), powerful, and isolated setup for penetration testing.

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Features

• Kali Linux (rolling)
• XFCE4 desktop environment
• VNC server on port 5901
• Pre-configured user: kali / password: kali
• Root password: root
• Easy setup and start/stop aliases

Prerequisites

• Docker should be installed on your system

Installation

git clone https://github.com/hexadivine/kali-vnc.git
cd kali-vnc
./install.sh

Access Kali GUI

startkali

startkali is an alias to sudo docker start kali-vnc. Execute command startkali to start the VNC Server on port 5901. Use this command if GUI access is necessary.

Access Kali CLI

runkali

runkali is an alias to sudo docker exec -it kali-vnc /bin/zsh. This provides CLI to execute kali-tools from host terminal.

Note: Use tmux inside Kali CLI for multitasking.

Stop Server

stopkali

stopkali is an alias to sudo docker stop kali-vnc. Use this command to stop the container.

Uninstall kali-vnc

git clone https://github.com/hexadivine/kali-vnc.git
cd kali-vnc
./uninstall.sh