Projects sharing features with Subfinder

Knock is an attack surface management tool and DNS reconnaissance framework used for discovering and mapping an organization's external infrastructure. It functions as a subdomain enumeration tool and HTTP security scanner to identify reachable hosts and organizational assets. The project distinguishes itself by using a passive-active hybrid enumeration strategy, combining external API lookups with active wordlist brute-force attacks and DNS zone transfers. It includes a multi-stage validation pipeline that detects DNS wildcard records and verifies host connectivity to filter out false positi

Nettacker is an automated penetration testing framework designed to orchestrate reconnaissance, port scanning, and vulnerability detection. It functions as a network reconnaissance tool and vulnerability scanner that identifies open ports, fingerprints services, and checks systems against databases of known security flaws. The framework distinguishes itself by combining a web application crawler for discovering hidden paths via fuzzing with a vulnerability management system that persists scan results in a database to track historical assessments. It also includes specialized capabilities for

Amass is a network attack surface mapper and reconnaissance framework designed to discover and map the external, internet-facing infrastructure of a target organization. It functions as an open source intelligence tool that identifies public network boundaries and locates hidden or forgotten subdomains to define an organization's total reachable footprint. The project utilizes passive-source data aggregation from external APIs and public databases alongside active DNS brute-forcing and recursive subdomain expansion. It employs a graph-based asset mapping system to visualize the relationships

Maskphish is a comprehensive security toolkit that integrates capabilities for digital forensics, network vulnerability scanning, open-source intelligence, penetration testing, and social engineering. It functions as a multi-purpose framework for automating reconnaissance and executing security audits across diverse network environments. The project features a specialized phishing and social engineering toolkit used for cloning websites, masking URLs, and deploying deceptive pages to capture user credentials. It also includes a remote access Trojan builder for generating platform-specific exe

Naabu is a port scanner library and tool that probes hosts for open ports using SYN, CONNECT, and UDP methods to identify active services. It functions as a Go library for embedding port scanning into programs, and as a standalone tool that accepts targets as hostnames, IP addresses, CIDR ranges, or ASN numbers. The tool discovers live hosts before scanning, filters ports by range or top lists, and can integrate with Nmap for service version detection. The project distinguishes itself through its SYN-based port probing approach that sends TCP SYN packets and analyzes responses without complet

Findomain is a subdomain discovery tool and DNS resolver used for mapping an organization's external attack surface. It functions as a DNS infrastructure analyzer that searches for registered subdomains associated with a root domain to uncover undocumented infrastructure and services. The project includes an attack surface monitor that tracks changes to subdomains over time, using differential state monitoring to identify newly created or deleted assets. It provides real-time alerting via webhooks when changes in the monitored domain surface are detected. The system performs high-speed DNS r

Subfinder is a passive subdomain enumeration tool and DNS asset discovery utility designed for mapping the external attack surface of a domain. It functions as a passive reconnaissance framework that identifies subdomains by querying curated third-party data sources and APIs without interacting directly with the target infrastructure. The tool utilizes a modular provider interface to integrate various passive sources and employs concurrent request orchestration to manage simultaneous network queries. It includes wildcard DNS filtering to identify and remove catch-all records, ensuring the res

Knockpy is a DNS subdomain scanner and passive reconnaissance tool designed to discover subdomains and gather network intelligence. It functions as a DNS enumeration framework that combines active discovery methods with the ability to query external security services for passive domain data. The tool identifies targets through a combination of wordlist-based brute forcing, DNS zone transfers, and the aggregation of data from external security APIs. To ensure accuracy, it includes wildcard DNS detection to filter out false positives during the enumeration process. Beyond discovery, the system

fuzzDicts is a repository of curated wordlists and dictionaries designed for web application fuzzing. It provides collections of strings and payloads used to discover hidden files, subdomains, and security vulnerabilities. The project includes specialized libraries for different security testing vectors, such as dictionaries for common request and cookie parameters, lists of common subdomain prefixes, and collections of passwords and default vendor credentials for brute-force testing. It also maintains a security payload library containing character sequences used to identify flaws like SQL i

RED_HAWK is a penetration testing framework and reconnaissance suite designed for information gathering and vulnerability assessment. It provides a toolkit for infrastructure reconnaissance, technology stack detection, automated web spidering, and security scanning. The project distinguishes itself through a multi-stage reconnaissance pipeline that maps attack surfaces. This includes DNS-based infrastructure mapping to resolve network layouts and pattern-based detection to identify specific content management systems and server stacks. The system covers a broad range of capabilities includin

Sn1per is a vulnerability management platform and penetration testing orchestrator designed to automate reconnaissance, vulnerability scanning, and exploit verification. It functions as a dockerized security toolkit that coordinates multiple tools into a unified automated pipeline to identify security flaws across network and web assets. The platform features an attack surface manager for discovering internet-facing assets through OSINT, DNS enumeration, and certificate transparency. It distinguishes itself with an AI-powered security analyzer that uses large language models to summarize scan

This project is an open-source intelligence reconnaissance framework and recursive attack surface mapper. It functions as a containerized security scanner designed to map public-facing infrastructure, perform subdomain enumeration, and automate the gathering of open-source intelligence. The system employs a recursive discovery engine to iteratively explore target infrastructure, utilizing a plugin-based module architecture to extend scanning capabilities. It integrates third-party APIs for data enrichment and applies YARA rules across discovered assets to identify specific vulnerability patte

This project is a bug bounty target dataset and security asset list. It serves as a structured repository of reachable network assets, domains, and applications eligible for security testing across multiple vulnerability disclosure programs. The dataset is designed to support bug bounty reconnaissance, attack surface mapping, and security target analysis. It provides organized scopes and target lists to help identify valid assets for security testing and vulnerability research workflows. The repository utilizes automated scraping pipelines and platform API integration to synchronize data. It

theHarvester is a command-line utility designed for gathering open-source intelligence and mapping an organization's external attack surface. It functions as a security information gathering framework that automates the collection of publicly available data to assist in reconnaissance and threat analysis. The tool utilizes a plugin-based architecture to execute isolated queries against various search engines and public databases. It employs asynchronous task execution to run multiple discovery operations in parallel, while a centralized pipeline aggregates and deduplicates findings from these

Lockdoor-Framework is a modular penetration testing suite designed to facilitate comprehensive security assessments through a centralized command-line interface. It functions as an integrated platform for reconnaissance, vulnerability scanning, and the exploitation of target systems, providing a unified environment for managing complex security workflows. The framework distinguishes itself through a modular plugin architecture that allows for the extension of core capabilities without modifying the underlying codebase. It incorporates an automated reconnaissance pipeline to map attack surface

scan4all is an all-in-one vulnerability scanner that orchestrates parallel network reconnaissance, service cracking, and exploit execution across a wide range of protocols. It combines port discovery, web fingerprinting, password cracking, and a plugin-based database of over 15,000 proof-of-concept exploits into a single automated pipeline, with results streamed to Elasticsearch for structured querying and analysis. The tool distinguishes itself through its multi-engine orchestration, coordinating tools like nmap, naabu, and nuclei under one pipeline to avoid redundant work and share results.

Subfinder is a security reconnaissance framework designed for subdomain enumeration and attack surface management. It functions as a discovery engine that identifies and maps internet-exposed infrastructure, cloud-hosted assets, and network ranges to maintain a comprehensive inventory of an organization's digital footprint. The project distinguishes itself through a modular, template-driven scanning engine that executes security checks against discovered assets. It leverages cloud-native asset discovery to query provider APIs and infrastructure metadata, while supporting distributed agent orc

Photon is a command-line web crawler designed for security reconnaissance and information gathering. It systematically traverses websites to discover URLs, map domain infrastructure, and identify associated subdomains by retrieving DNS records. The tool distinguishes itself through its ability to perform deep content analysis, including the extraction of sensitive data such as API keys and authentication tokens using user-defined regular expressions. It supports offline inspection by cloning crawled web content to the local filesystem, allowing for structural analysis without additional netwo

Gobuster is a command-line security utility designed for brute-force discovery of hidden infrastructure and content. It operates by systematically testing wordlists against target network services to identify files, directories, subdomains, and cloud storage buckets. The tool utilizes a concurrent worker pool to execute these requests in parallel, ensuring efficient scanning across various network environments. The project distinguishes itself through a modular plugin architecture that supports multiple discovery modes, including HTTP, DNS, and TFTP. This design allows for protocol-agnostic r

Gowitness is a system for rendering web interfaces at scale to capture visual snapshots, HTTP metadata, and network scan results. It functions as a headless browser screenshot tool and a web surface mapper used to identify and visually document the attack surface of network ranges and URL lists. The tool includes a screenshot gallery server that provides a web-based interface for browsing, filtering, and managing a database of captures. It specifically serves as an Nmap target visualizer, parsing network scan results to automatically capture screenshots of discovered web services. Capabiliti

This project is a security tool installation framework and binary analysis toolkit designed to automate the deployment of research utilities. It provides a containerized security research environment and a system for managing Python and Ruby virtual environments to prevent dependency conflicts on the host machine. The framework distinguishes itself through a structured tool catalog and provisioning scripts that automate the installation of utilities into isolated directories. It utilizes executable symlink mapping to provide a unified command interface and supports the bootstrapping of consis

Anubis is a command-line security reconnaissance framework designed for subdomain enumeration and attack surface mapping. It functions as a utility for security professionals to identify, catalog, and visualize the external digital footprint of an organization by discovering all subdomains associated with a target domain. The tool distinguishes itself through a modular resolver pipeline that integrates passive reconnaissance from third-party security APIs and public certificate transparency logs. It combines this data with active discovery methods, including recursive DNS brute-forcing and al

recon-ng is an open source intelligence reconnaissance framework designed to automate the collection and aggregation of public information. It is a modular intelligence tool that utilizes a system of pluggable modules to harvest target data, resolve DNS queries, and parse web content. The framework is built as an API-driven tool with a programmatic interface to integrate with other security workflows. It is provided as a containerized application, using Docker to ensure a consistent environment for running reconnaissance tasks and managing a persistent data store. Its capabilities cover exte

SubDomainizer is a security scanning utility designed to map web infrastructure and identify sensitive information exposure. It functions as a reconnaissance tool that aggregates data from web pages, local files, and remote code hosting services to provide a comprehensive assessment of a target's attack surface. The tool specializes in discovering hidden subdomains and infrastructure entry points through recursive web crawling and the analysis of SSL certificate metadata. It further secures environments by scanning source code and external repositories for exposed API keys, passwords, and oth

EyeWitness is a web infrastructure mapper and reconnaissance tool designed to automate the visual mapping of exposed web services. It functions as a headless browser screenshotter and HTTP reconnaissance utility that captures visual evidence and extracts server headers from lists of web targets. The system identifies server technologies and audits for common default administrative credentials to map an organization's external attack surface. It generates searchable HTML security reports that combine screenshots, page source code, and categorized analysis results for vulnerability assessment.

Certbot is a command-line client designed to automate the lifecycle of digital security certificates. By implementing the ACME protocol, it manages the communication between a local server and a certificate authority to verify domain ownership and issue transport layer security certificates without manual intervention. The tool distinguishes itself through a modular plugin architecture that allows it to interact directly with various web server configurations and DNS providers. This framework enables the software to perform automated domain validation, modify server settings, and configure vi

Ethical-Hacking-Labs is a comprehensive cybersecurity training curriculum and lab suite designed for learning penetration testing, network analysis, and offensive security techniques. It provides a structured environment for practicing the full attack lifecycle, from initial reconnaissance and scanning to exploitation and post-compromise analysis. The project provides instructional materials and guided exercises that cover specific technical domains, including open source intelligence research and network security courseware. It includes a practical workbook for identifying system vulnerabili