Hacker screens: fake hacking simulators for pranks and videos
A hacker screen is a web page that looks like a break-in in progress: code filling a terminal, ports being scanned, a network map lighting up. The screens below differ mainly in who does the work. Some wait for your keyboard, some run by themselves, and one lets you click through the hack stage by stage. All of it is invented, down to the IP addresses.
All 7 hacker screens
Hacker Typer
FLAGSHIPNexus Blacksite
FLAGSHIPHacker Terminal
PRANKRetro CRT Terminal
FOCUSEDDecryption Lab
STANDARDHacking Simulator
INTERACTIVECyber Attack Simulator
STANDARDWhich hacker screen should I use?
| Screen | What happens | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| Hacker Typer | Each key you press puts a few more characters of ready-made source code on a green terminal. Enter flashes ACCESS GRANTED. | Looking busy on camera, or handing a friend the keyboard. |
| Nexus Blacksite | The same typing trick inside a full operations screen: a network graph, IP traces and dossier panels move around the terminal, and keys 1–9 fire alerts such as SYSTEM BREACH. | A wide shot that should look like mission control. |
| Hacker Terminal | Types a command, prints its output and starts the next one, on a loop, without you touching anything. It comes in three looks: CMD, Bash and Zsh. | A background that has to keep going while you do something else. |
| Retro CRT Terminal | A 1980s mainframe console in green or amber phosphor, with scanlines and slow boot text. It takes typed commands. | Retro and period videos. |
| Decryption Lab | A cipher slowly resolves, hex scrolls past and blacked-out document lines become readable while a progress figure creeps upwards. DECRYPTION COMPLETE takes it to 100%. | The quiet scene in which the code gets broken. |
| Hacking Simulator | A break-in in six stages, from the chosen target to full control, that you advance with a click per stage. Progress bars, a map of compromised nodes and a log follow along. | Playing the hacker yourself, or letting a friend do it. |
| Cyber Attack Simulator | The defending side: a security dashboard goes to red alert, works through containment and ends on all-clear. With Auto on it plays the whole incident and starts over. | Scenes about being attacked, and security talks that need a labelled fake. |
How to use a hacker screen
- 1Pick a screen from the list above and open it. It starts in the browser, with nothing to download and no account.
- 2Open Customize to set it up. Each screen has its own options, such as the programming language in the Hacker Typer or the shell in the Hacker Terminal. The Actions button lists the alerts and effects a screen can fire on cue.
- 3Press Fullscreen to hide the toolbar, then type, click or let it run. Esc brings the toolbar back.
Guides for hacker screens
Add a hacker screen to OBS
Put one of these screens behind your webcam or on a “be right back” card as an OBS browser source.
Hacker screens for green-screen videos
Record a screen as a clean plate and composite it into your shot.
Hacker screens FAQ
Do these hacker screens hack anything?
No. They are animations and pre-written text. Nothing is scanned, sent or run, the targets are made up, and every IP address comes from the ranges reserved for documentation (RFC 5737).
Which hacker screen runs without typing?
The Hacker Terminal: it types and runs its commands by itself from the moment it opens. The other screens have an Auto button in the toolbar. With Auto on, the Hacking Simulator walks through its stages and the Cyber Attack Simulator plays its incident on a loop. The Hacker Typer is built for the opposite and shows code as fast as you press keys.
Can I use a hacker screen in a video or on a stream?
Yes, at no cost. Record the browser in fullscreen, or add the screen to OBS as a browser source: Customize has a Copy OBS URL button that gives you a link without the toolbar.