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Install censys with Homebrew, apt

Command-line interface for the Censys APIs (censys.io). Version 2.2.19 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-20.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install censys

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install python3-censys

Debian stable package indexes · python3-censys · source: deb.debian.org

overview

Package summary

Command-line interface for the Censys APIs (censys.io)

Commands and aliases

  • censys

history

Project history and usage

The Homebrew censys package installs the legacy Censys Python library CLI, a command-line interface and API wrapper for Censys Search and ASM data.

Project history

Censys began as a University of Michigan research project in 2013 and grew into an internet intelligence platform built around internet-wide scanning data. The censys-python repository packages that platform access for Python users and exposes a CLI named censys.

Adoption history

Censys' own documentation positions the data as useful for security operations, exposure management, and research access. The package facts show the Python CLI distributed through Homebrew as well as Debian and Ubuntu as python3-censys.

How it is used

Users configure Search credentials with censys config or CENSYS_API_ID and CENSYS_API_SECRET. The CLI and Python library can search, view, aggregate, and work with Censys host and certificate data, while ASM APIs remain supported.

Why package nerds care

This package is a good example of a security-data CLI whose command name outlived an API generation. The official README now warns that legacy Search v1/v2 APIs are being deprecated and points users toward the newer Censys Platform SDK and cencli, while ASM support in this library continues.

Timeline

  • 2013: Censys started as a University of Michigan research project.
  • 2017: Public censys-python GitHub repository created.
  • 2026: Official README warns that Censys Search v1/v2 APIs are being deprecated and points to the Censys Platform SDK and cencli.

Related projects

  • cencli is the newer Censys Platform CLI documented by Censys.
  • censys-platform is the newer Python SDK named in the official censys-python deprecation notice.

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for censys. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 1 platform targets.
  • Installs with 2 runtime dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to 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.

Unix
~/.config/censys/censys.cfg

Credential files

Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.

Unix
~/.config/censys/censys.cfg

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
censyscliglobal executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08
manager version2.2.19
manager updated2026-05-20
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected

https://github.com/censys/censys-python

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:censys
Version2.2.19
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/censys
Homepagehttps://github.com/censys/censys-python
Repositoryhttps://github.com/censys/censys-python
Upstream docshttps://docs.censys.com/docs/search-and-asm-python-cli
LicenseApache-2.0
Source archivehttps://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/41/aa/ed0d0faf4f7015bac902cdad929f487f9baefd224ab6fa9aba5635dd5d60/censys-2.2.19.tar.gz
Last updated2026-05-20T11:27:44Z
Pulseupdated
Dependenciescertifi, python@3.14
Bottleavailable (on all)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namecensys
Version Scheme0
Revision5
Head VersionHEAD
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • head
  • stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Debian apt95%

python3-censys 2.2.17-1

easy-to-use and lightweight API wrapper for Censys APIs (censys.io)

https://github.com/censys/censys-python

sudo apt install python3-censys
  • Section: python
  • Architecture: all
  • Source Package: censys
  • 6 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Censys
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: python3-censys from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Ubuntu apt95%

python3-censys 2.2.11-1

easy-to-use and lightweight API wrapper for Censys APIs (censys.io)

https://github.com/censys/censys-python

sudo apt install python3-censys
  • Section: universe/python
  • Architecture: all
  • Source Package: censys
  • 6 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Censys
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: python3-censys from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

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source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Used sources

  • 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