Installation

Weitere Installationsbefehle

macOS

Homebrewverifiziert · 100%

brew install feroxbuster

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverifiziert · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#feroxbuster

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/fe/feroxbuster/package.nix · Quelle: api.github.com

openSUSE zypperverifiziert · 92%

sudo zypper install feroxbuster

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · feroxbuster · Quelle: download.opensuse.org

Windows

Scoopverifiziert · 92%

scoop install main/feroxbuster

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/feroxbuster.json · Quelle: api.github.com

Windows Package Managerverifiziert · 92%

winget install --id epi052.feroxbuster -e

Windows Package Manager source index · epi052.feroxbuster · Quelle: cdn.winget.microsoft.com

Überblick

Paketzusammenfassung

Fast, simple, recursive content discovery tool written in Rust

Projektlinks

Befehle und Aliase

feroxbuster

Verlauf

Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

feroxbuster is a Rust command-line tool for recursive web content discovery. Its README frames it as a forced-browsing tool: it combines brute force with wordlists to find unlinked resources, directories, files, and other predictable locations in web applications.

Projektgeschichte

The public GitHub repository was created in August 2020, and crates.io records the first `feroxbuster` crate release in October 2020. The project reached 1.0.0 within days of the initial crate publication and continued through a long 2.x line with regular releases.

The project documentation later moved from a very large README to a GitHub Pages documentation site, while the README retained quick-start installation and usage examples. The project also added an updater in the 2.x era and documents official distribution channels to avoid domain impersonation.

Adoptionsgeschichte

feroxbuster's adoption path follows the Rust security-tool pattern: GitHub releases and crates.io for early users, then OS package managers and security distributions for everyday use. The README documents Kali, Homebrew, winget, Chocolatey, install scripts, and project docs for other platforms; the input package metadata also records Nix, Scoop, winget, and zypper packaging.

Crates.io metadata records more than 130,000 downloads and the repository README displays badges for GitHub and crates.io downloads. Those numbers support a real package-manager footprint for a specialized security CLI.

Wie es verwendet wird

Typical use passes a target URL, wordlist-derived extensions, filters for status codes or response sizes, recursion controls, headers, query parameters, proxy settings, and output options. The README examples show piping targets through standard input, proxying through Burp or SOCKS, passing authorization headers, and sending JSON or form bodies.

In practice feroxbuster is used during web application testing to enumerate hidden or unlinked resources. Package users care about fast installation, shell completions, a default config path on security distributions, and reproducible CLI behavior across Linux, macOS, and Windows.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

feroxbuster is significant because it became one of the recognizable Rust replacements in the directory-enumeration and content-discovery space. It packages as a single CLI but has enough operational surface to matter: config files, completions, man pages, update behavior, and multiple binary distribution paths.

For maintainers, it is also a good example of security-tool packaging where provenance matters. The README explicitly warns about an unrelated impersonating domain and lists official download channels, which is unusually relevant package metadata for a pentesting tool.

Zeitleiste

2020: Public GitHub repository created.
2020: First crates.io release and 1.0.0 release published.
2023: 2.10.x release line appears on crates.io.
2025: crates.io records the 2.13.1 release.

Related projects

feroxbuster is related to forced-browsing and directory-enumeration tools used in web security testing, and it is commonly paired with wordlists, proxies such as Burp Suite, and shell pipelines for target and result processing.

Quellen

Sicherheitslage

Risikostufe: grün

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risikoklassifikator

grün Risiko · niedrig Konfidenz · appliance

Warum

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signale

metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Installationsverhalten

In den Formelmetadaten ist kein Homebrew-Post-install-Hook erfasst.
Homebrew-Bottle-Metadaten sind für 6 Plattformziele verfügbar.
Installiert mit 1 Laufzeitabhängigkeiten.
Build-Metadaten listen 2 Build-Abhängigkeiten.

Empfohlene Prüfung

Prüfe vor unbeaufsichtigter Agent-Nutzung, ob das Tool Klartext-Credentials liest, Remote-Zustand schreibt, Artefakte veröffentlicht oder Plugins ausführt.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Linux: /etc/feroxbuster/ferox-config.toml

Executables

Installierte Executables

Befehl	Art	Sichtbarkeit	Hinweis
`feroxbuster`	cli	globales Executable

Aktualität

Version und Aktualität

Diese Signale trennen das Alter der Seitengenerierung, Aktivität des Paketmanagers und Upstream-Release-Vergleich. Versionsrückstand wird nur gemeldet, wenn eine Evidenz-URL und vergleichbare Versionen vorhanden sind.

Seite generiert2026-07-25

Manager-Version2.13.1

Manager aktualisiert2026-06-22

lokale DatenOK

Upstreamaktuell

neueste erkannte Versionv2.13.1

https://github.com/epi052/feroxbuster

OKEs wurden keine Aktualitätswarnungen generiert.

Installationsmetadaten

Paketmetadaten

Paketschlüssel	brew:feroxbuster
Version	2.13.1
Paketmanager	Homebrew
Paketmanager-Seite	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/feroxbuster
Homepage	https://epi052.github.io/feroxbuster
Repository	https://github.com/epi052/feroxbuster
Upstream-Dokumentation	https://epi052.github.io/feroxbuster
Lizenz	MIT
Quellarchiv	https://github.com/epi052/feroxbuster/archive/refs/tags/v2.13.1.tar.gz
Zuletzt aktualisiert	2026-06-22T14:03:19-07:00
Pulse	updated
Abhängigkeiten	openssl@3
Build-Abhängigkeiten	pkgconf, rust
Bottle	verfügbar (auf arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	nicht definiert
Dienst	keiner deklariert

Registry-Fakten

Details aus der Quelldatenbank

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	feroxbuster
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	stable

Source-Datenbank-Treffer

Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

Treffer stammen aus externen Paketmanager-Indizes und bleiben von lokalen Automic-Vault-Paketlinks getrennt.

Nix95%

feroxbuster

nix profile install nixpkgs#feroxbuster

normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Feroxbuster

nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/fe/feroxbuster/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

zypper95%

feroxbuster 2.13.1-1.4

A recursive content discovery tool

https://epi052.github.io/feroxbuster-docs/

sudo zypper install feroxbuster

License: MIT
Category: Productivity/Networking/Diagnostic
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: feroxbuster
3 Abhängigkeiten
1 stellt bereit
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Feroxbuster

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: feroxbuster from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst

zypper95%

feroxbuster-bash-completion 2.13.1-1.4

Bash Completion for feroxbuster

https://epi052.github.io/feroxbuster-docs/

sudo zypper install feroxbuster-bash-completion

License: MIT
Category: Productivity/Networking/Diagnostic
Architecture: noarch
Source Package: feroxbuster
2 Abhängigkeiten
1 stellt bereit
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Feroxbuster

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: feroxbuster-bash-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst

Scoop95%

main/feroxbuster

scoop install main/feroxbuster

normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Feroxbuster

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · api.github.com · Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/feroxbuster.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

winget95%

epi052.feroxbuster

winget install --id epi052.feroxbuster -e

normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Feroxbuster

Windows Package Manager source index · cdn.winget.microsoft.com · Windows Package Manager source index: epi052.feroxbuster from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

Paketgraph

Links stammen aus dem lokalen Paketbeziehungsgraph, Ergänzungen, Abhängigkeitskanten, Ecosystem-Matches und Paket-Hub-Mitgliedschaft.

Quellspur

Aus Repository-Daten generiert

Diese Seite wird von av-web aus dem privaten Paket-SQLite-Artefakt bereitgestellt, das scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py erstellt.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/feroxbuster.yml

Verwendete Quellen

Geiger risk classifier
Nucleus package database
av.db category and tag curation
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated configuration and credential file locations
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment

feroxbuster mit Homebrew, Nix, zypper, scoop, winget installieren