File: desktop.md | Updated: 11/18/2025
Welcome to the Zed Attack Proxy (ZAP) Desktop User Guide.
This is available both as context sensitive help within ZAP and online at https://www.zaproxy.org/docs/desktop/
ZAP is an easy to use integrated penetration testing tool for finding vulnerabilities in web applications.
It is designed to be used by people with a wide range of security experience and as such is ideal for developers and functional testers who are new to penetration testing.
ZAP provides automated scanners as well as a set of tools that allow you to find security vulnerabilities manually.
ZAP can also be run in a completely automated way - see the ZAP website for more details.
If you are new to ZAP then its recommended that you look at the Getting Started section.
ZAP is a fork of the open source variant of the Paros Proxy .
| | | | | --- | --- | --- | | | Getting Started | for details of how to start using ZAP | | | Features | for details of various features provided by ZAP | | | UI Overview | for an overview of the User Interface | | | Command Line | for the command line options available | | | Releases | for details of the changes made in ZAP releases | | | Credits | for the list of people who have contributed to ZAP |
| | | | --- | --- | | | Main ZAP website | | | Wikipedia entry for proxies |
| | | | --- | --- | | | https://www.zaproxy.org/videos/<br> An ever growing collection of ZAP videos |
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