Here is the current state of play and how to get it running on Kali Linux in 2026. The original Pyrit was written for Python 2.7. Kali Linux (like most modern distros) has fully deprecated Python 2. While community forks exist, you need to be careful about which repository you pull from.
If you don't need GPU support, you can try the PyPI version, though it is less stable: pyrit install kali linux
A developer named JPaulMora created a maintained fork that supports Python 3 and modern GPU drivers (CUDA/OpenCL). Here is the current state of play and
However, if you’ve tried a simple sudo apt install pyrit on a modern Kali Linux build recently, you likely hit a wall. The original Pyrit project hasn't been updated in years, and modern Python 3 dependencies often break it. While community forks exist, you need to be