# Install nuclei

HTTP/DNS scanner configurable via YAML templates. Version 3.8.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-04-18.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:nuclei
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install nuclei
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install nuclei
```

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

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add nuclei
```

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

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install nuclei
```

  Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: nuclei from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/13ee7b80cb813542594d4235c4a0b8695435d5ecf23dd3580bc7515ae1b6180d-primary.xml.zst

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#nuclei
```

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

### Windows

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install main/nuclei
```

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

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:nuclei
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/nuclei>
- **Version:** 3.8.0
- **Source summary:** HTTP/DNS scanner configurable via YAML templates
- **Homepage:** <https://docs.projectdiscovery.io/tools/nuclei/overview>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://docs.projectdiscovery.io/opensource/nuclei>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/archive/refs/tags/v3.8.0.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-04-18T03:35:46Z
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- nuclei (cli)
- nuclei (alias)

## Build Dependencies

- go

## 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: 3.8.0
- Package-manager updated: 2026-04-18
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei
- Upstream latest detected: v3.8.0 (current)

## 安全说明

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

- **Geiger risk:** blue / medium
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** nuclei
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Head Version:** HEAD
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** head, stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - nuclei: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/nu/nuclei/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- apk - nuclei - 3.8.0-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: nuclei from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Vulnerability scanner built on a simple YAML-based DSL | https://docs.projectdiscovery.io/tools/nuclei
- apk - nuclei-doc - 3.8.0-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: nuclei-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Vulnerability scanner built on a simple YAML-based DSL (documentation) | https://docs.projectdiscovery.io/tools/nuclei
- dnf - nuclei - 3.8.0-1.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: nuclei from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/13ee7b80cb813542594d4235c4a0b8695435d5ecf23dd3580bc7515ae1b6180d-primary.xml.zst | Fast, customizable YAML-based vulnerability scanner | https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei
- MacPorts - nuclei: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: security/nuclei/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Scoop - main/nuclei: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/nuclei.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/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