# Install nikto

Web server scanner. Version 2.6.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:nikto
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install nikto
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install nikto
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: www/nikto/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add nikto
```

  Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: nikto from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install nikto
```

  Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: nikto from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/non-free/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#nikto
```

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

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S nikto
```

  Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: nikto from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:nikto
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/nikto>
- **Version:** 2.6.0
- **Source summary:** Web server scanner
- **Homepage:** <https://cirt.net/nikto/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/sullo/nikto>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://cirt.net/Nikto2>
- **License:** GPL-3.0-only
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/sullo/nikto/archive/refs/tags/2.6.0.tar.gz>
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- nikto (cli)
- replay.pl (cli)
- nikto (alias)
- replay.pl (alias)

## macOS Provided Libraries

- perl

## Install Behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-06-10
- Package-manager version: 2.6.0
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/sullo/nikto
- Upstream latest detected: 2.6.0 (current)
- info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.

## セキュリティノート

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. generalized runtime or code generation signal.

- **Geiger risk:** yellow / medium
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal
- generalized runtime or code generation signal

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** nikto
- **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

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - nikto - 1:2.1.5-3.1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: nikto from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/non-free/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | web server security scanner | http://cirt.net/nikto2
- Nix - nikto: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ni/nikto/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - nikto - 1:2.1.5-3.1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: nikto from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/multiverse/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | web server security scanner | http://cirt.net/nikto2
- apk - nikto - 2.6.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: nikto from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | A web application security scanner | https://www.cirt.net/Nikto2
- pacman - nikto - 2.6.0-2: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: nikto from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | A web server scanner which performs comprehensive tests against web servers for multiple items | https://github.com/sullo/nikto
- MacPorts - nikto: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: www/nikto/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


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## Sources

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