{
 "slug": "hak5-screen-crab",
 "name": "Screen Crab",
 "maker": "Hak5",
 "category": "multitools",
 "categoryLabel": "Multitools",
 "status": "listed",
 "statusLabel": "Listed by maker",
 "description": "An inline HDMI capture implant that records screenshots or video between a computer and its monitor.",
 "goodFor": "Show what an inline video implant can capture during an authorised test.",
 "youNeed": "Physical access to the HDMI run and written authorisation.",
 "tradeoff": "Power input and dimensions are not published.",
 "tags": [
  "HDMI capture",
  "Inline implant",
  "Wi-Fi",
  "Cloud C2"
 ],
 "price": "US$330",
 "priceShort": "$330",
 "priceFrom": "shop.hak5.org",
 "checked": "2026-09-17",
 "url": "https://gadgets.sh/devices/hak5-screen-crab/",
 "shortUrl": "https://gadgets.sh/hak5-screen-crab",
 "markdown": "https://gadgets.sh/devices/hak5-screen-crab.md",
 "image": "https://gadgets.sh/assets/hak5-screen-crab.jpg",
 "cutout": "https://gadgets.sh/assets/cutouts/hak5-screen-crab.webp",
 "shareCard": "https://gadgets.sh/og/hak5-screen-crab.jpg",
 "shops": [
  {
   "merchant": "Hak5",
   "label": "Buy from Hak5",
   "kind": "shop",
   "orderable": true,
   "url": "https://shop.hak5.org/products/screen-crab?utm_source=gadgets.sh&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=hak5-screen-crab&utm_content=api",
   "note": null
  },
  {
   "merchant": "Lab401",
   "label": "Buy from Lab401",
   "kind": "shop",
   "orderable": true,
   "url": "https://lab401.com/products/hak5-screen-crab?utm_source=gadgets.sh&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=hak5-screen-crab&utm_content=api",
   "note": null
  }
 ],
 "specs": [
  {
   "group": "Core hardware",
   "rows": [
    {
     "label": "Processor and memory",
     "value": "Not stated by the maker",
     "source": "https://shop.hak5.org/products/screen-crab"
    },
    {
     "label": "Display",
     "value": "None",
     "source": "https://shop.hak5.org/products/screen-crab"
    },
    {
     "label": "Radios",
     "value": "Wi-Fi with a standard RP-SMA dipole antenna",
     "source": "https://shop.hak5.org/products/screen-crab"
    },
    {
     "label": "Power",
     "value": "Not stated by the maker",
     "source": "https://shop.hak5.org/products/screen-crab"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "group": "Details from the product page",
   "rows": [
    {
     "label": "Video",
     "value": "Full HD 1080p, with downscaling for higher-resolution sources",
     "source": "https://shop.hak5.org/products/screen-crab"
    },
    {
     "label": "Capture",
     "value": "Image and video modes; MPEG-4 at 2, 4 or 16 Mbps",
     "source": "https://shop.hak5.org/products/screen-crab"
    },
    {
     "label": "Storage",
     "value": "microSD, including SDXC cards",
     "source": "https://shop.hak5.org/products/screen-crab"
    },
    {
     "label": "Remote access",
     "value": "Cloud C2 for off-site storage and live in-browser viewing",
     "source": "https://shop.hak5.org/products/screen-crab"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "group": "Buying",
   "rows": [
    {
     "label": "Price",
     "value": "US$330 on shop.hak5.org",
     "source": "https://shop.hak5.org/products/screen-crab"
    },
    {
     "label": "Availability",
     "value": "In stock on the day of review",
     "source": "https://shop.hak5.org/products/screen-crab"
    }
   ]
  }
 ],
 "docs": [
  {
   "label": "Maker product page",
   "url": "https://shop.hak5.org/products/screen-crab"
  },
  {
   "label": "Hak5 documentation",
   "url": "https://docs.hak5.org/"
  }
 ],
 "blueprint": {
  "openness": "closed",
  "opennessLabel": "Closed design",
  "summary": "Hak5 publishes only payload scripts for the Screen Crab; no schematic, PCB, BOM, or 3D files are published, and the SoC/Wi-Fi chip are undisclosed.",
  "files": [],
  "repos": [],
  "parts": [
   {
    "part": "Unnamed Wi-Fi radio (RP-SMA dipole antenna)",
    "role": "radio"
   }
  ],
  "notes": "Checked shop.hak5.org/products/screen-crab (200). No dedicated GitHub repo for Screen Crab hardware was found in the hak5 org; maker does not disclose the SoC.",
  "checked": "2026-09-27"
 },
 "sourceFiles": null,
 "firmware": [],
 "chips": []
}