# Install dalfox with Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix XSS scanner and utility focused on automation. Version 3.1.2 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-27. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:dalfox ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install dalfox ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install dalfox ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: security/dalfox/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#dalfox ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/da/dalfox/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:dalfox - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 3.1.2 - **Source summary:** XSS scanner and utility focused on automation - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-27T12:33:29Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00 ## Executables - dalfox (cli) - dalfox (alias) ## Build dependencies - rust ## 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: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 3.1.2 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-27 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/hahwul/dalfox - Upstream latest detected: v3.1.2 (current) ## Project history and usage Dalfox is an open-source XSS scanner and security automation CLI built around parameter discovery, context-aware payload generation, and verified reporting formats useful in bug bounty and DevSecOps workflows. ### Project history The project identifies itself as Dalfox, combining the Korean word for moon with 'Fox', and its older Go-era README described it as a successor-style rewrite after XSpear. Current official documentation presents v3 as a Rust rewrite while preserving the Go v2 branch for security backports. ### Adoption history Dalfox became package-manager friendly because it ships as a single CLI and documents installation through Homebrew, Snap, Nix, cargo, Arch AUR, prebuilt binaries, and source builds. Its official pages emphasize fitting into existing recon stacks instead of requiring a heavy scanner platform. ### How it is used Typical use is to scan a single URL, a file of URLs, raw HTTP input, or piped crawler output, then export findings as plain text, JSON, JSONL, Markdown, SARIF, TOML, or through REST and MCP server modes. ### Why package nerds care For package maintainers, Dalfox is a modern security CLI with a clean single-binary distribution story and a visible language/runtime transition from Go v2 to Rust v3, making it a useful example of how security tools move across ecosystems while keeping package channels alive. ### Timeline - 2020: Go module metadata records a stable v1-era Dalfox release. - 2025: Official release notes documented expanded server, report, and raw request workflow support in the v2 line. - 2026: Official docs present Dalfox v3.1.2 and a Rust-based v3 line. ### Related projects - Dalfox's own history points back to XSpear as prior XSS tooling by the same author, and its package ecosystem sits beside proxy/recon tools such as Caido, Burp-style raw request workflows, and CI code-scanning consumers of SARIF. ### Sources - - - - - - ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for dalfox. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL. ## 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 - Unix: $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/dalfox/config.toml, ~/.config/dalfox/config.toml ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** dalfox - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - dalfox: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/da/dalfox/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - MacPorts - dalfox: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: security/dalfox/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [Security and crypto packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/security-crypto-tools/) - Matched security, identity, cryptography, password, signing, or certificate metadata. - [Web development packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/web-dev-tools/) - Matched web development metadata. - [rust](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rust/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [feroxbuster](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/feroxbuster/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, security, web-security. - [ffuf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ffuf/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, security, web-security. - [gobuster](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gobuster/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, security, web-security. - [katana](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/katana/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: automation, cli, security, web-security. - [forbidden](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/forbidden/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, security, web-security. - [bbot](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bbot/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: automation, cli, security. - [cargo-audit](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cargo-audit/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, security, vulnerability-scanning. - [clair](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/clair/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, security, vulnerability-scanning. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/dalfox.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/dalfox.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph