The Metasploit Framework is released under a BSD-style license. See COPYING for more details.

The latest version of this software is available from: https://metasploit.com

Bug tracking and development information can be found at: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework

New bugs and feature requests should be directed to: http://r-7.co/MSF-BUGv1

API documentation for writing modules can be found at: https://rapid7.github.io/metasploit-framework/api

Questions and suggestions can be sent to: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/metasploit-hackers

Generally, you should use the free installer, which contains all of the dependencies and will get you up and running with a few clicks. See the Dev Environment Setup if you'd like to deal with dependencies on your own.

Metasploit can do all sorts of things. The first thing you'll want to do is start msfconsole, but after that, you'll probably be best served by reading Metasploit Unleashed, the great community resources, or the wiki.

See the Dev Environment Setup guide on GitHub, which will walk you through the whole process from installing all the dependencies, to cloning the repository, and finally to submitting a pull request. For slightly more information, see Contributing.