installation

Commandes d'installation supplémentaires

macOS

Homebrewvérifié · 100%

brew install feroxbuster

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixvérifié · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#feroxbuster

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

openSUSE zyppervérifié · 92%

sudo zypper install feroxbuster

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

Windows

Scoopvérifié · 92%

scoop install main/feroxbuster

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

Windows Package Managervérifié · 92%

winget install --id epi052.feroxbuster -e

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

aperçu

Résumé du paquet

Fast, simple, recursive content discovery tool written in Rust

Liens du projet

Commandes et alias

feroxbuster

historique

Historique du projet et usages

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.

Historique du projet

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.

Historique d'adoption

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.

Modes d'utilisation

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.

Pourquoi les passionnés de paquets s'y intéressent

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.

Chronologie

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.

Sources

posture de sécurité

Niveau de risque : vert

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Classificateur de risque

risque vert · confiance faible · appliance

Pourquoi

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signaux

metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Comportement d'installation

Aucun hook post-install Homebrew n’est enregistré dans les métadonnées de formule.
Les métadonnées de bottle Homebrew sont disponibles pour 6 plateformes.
S’installe avec 1 dépendances d’exécution.
Les métadonnées de compilation listent 2 dépendances de compilation.

Revue recommandée

Avant une utilisation sans surveillance par un agent, vérifiez si l'outil lit des identifiants en clair, écrit un état distant, publie des artefacts ou lance des plugins.

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

exécutables

Exécutables installés

Commande	Type	Exposition	Note
`feroxbuster`	cli	exécutable global

fraîcheur

Version et fraîcheur

Ces signaux séparent l'âge de génération de la page, l'activité du gestionnaire de paquets et la comparaison avec les versions amont. Un retard de version n'est signalé que lorsqu'une URL de preuve et des versions comparables sont présentes.

page générée2026-07-25

version du gestionnaire2.13.1

gestionnaire mis à jour2026-06-22

données localesOK

amontà jour

dernière version détectéev2.13.1

https://github.com/epi052/feroxbuster

OKAucun avertissement de fraîcheur n'a été généré.

métadonnées d'installation

Métadonnées du paquet

Clé du paquet	brew:feroxbuster
Version	2.13.1
Gestionnaire de paquets	Homebrew
Page du gestionnaire de paquets	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/feroxbuster
Page d'accueil	https://epi052.github.io/feroxbuster
Dépôt	https://github.com/epi052/feroxbuster
Docs amont	https://epi052.github.io/feroxbuster
Licence	MIT
Archive source	https://github.com/epi052/feroxbuster/archive/refs/tags/v2.13.1.tar.gz
Dernière mise à jour	2026-06-22T14:03:19-07:00
Pulse	updated
Dépendances	openssl@3
Dépendances de compilation	pkgconf, rust
Bouteille	disponible (sur arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
post-install Homebrew	non défini
Service	aucun déclaré

faits du registre

Détails de la base source

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

correspondances dans les bases sources

Autres enregistrements de gestionnaires de paquets

Les correspondances proviennent d’index externes de gestionnaires de paquets et restent séparées des liens de paquets Automic Vault locaux.

Nix95%

feroxbuster

nix profile install nixpkgs#feroxbuster

normalized package name match
Correspondance par : 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 Dépendances
1 fournit
normalized package name match
Correspondance par : 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 Dépendances
1 fournit
normalized package name match
Correspondance par : 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
Correspondance par : 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
Correspondance par : 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

graphe de paquets

Les liens viennent du graphe local de relations entre paquets, des suppléments, des dépendances, des correspondances d'écosystèmes et de l'appartenance aux hubs.

piste source

Généré depuis les données du dépôt

Cette page est servie par av-web depuis l'artéfact SQLite privé des paquets généré par scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/feroxbuster.yml

Sources utilisées

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

Installer feroxbuster avec Homebrew, Nix, zypper, scoop, winget