安装

其他安装命令

macOS

Homebrew已验证 · 100%

brew install theharvester

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nix已验证 · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#theharvester

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/th/theharvester/package.nix · 来源: api.github.com

概览

软件包摘要

Gather materials from public sources (for pen testers)

项目链接

命令和别名

restfulHarvest
theHarvester
theharvester

历史

项目历史与用法

theHarvester is an OSINT and reconnaissance tool for gathering emails, names, subdomains, IPs, and URLs from public data sources during the early stages of a penetration test. The official wiki describes it as simple but effective for mapping an organization's external threat landscape.

项目历史

The project is maintained in the laramies/theHarvester repository and is described by its README as an emails, subdomains, and names harvester for OSINT. Over time it has become a Python security tool with a long module list: the README enumerates passive data sources such as search engines, certificate transparency services, threat-intelligence APIs, code search, and internet-exposure databases.

采用历史

The official installation wiki explicitly says the easiest way to use theHarvester is through Kali Linux, where users can run `theHarvester -h`. The same page also documents pipx, Docker, and source-based installation, while the repository page shows a large GitHub audience and dozens of official releases. In package-manager culture, its presence in Homebrew and Nix gives macOS and reproducible-environment users a route to a tool historically associated with security distributions.

使用方式

Typical use is passive reconnaissance: users configure API keys when needed, select modules or data sources, and collect public-facing identifiers for a target domain. The README's passive module list shows why API-key management matters: many useful sources have quotas, pricing, or authenticated access, and the wiki documents where `api-keys.yaml` lives under packaged and cloned installs.

为什么软件包爱好者会关心

theHarvester matters to package nerds because it is a classic security CLI that crosses the boundary between specialist pentest distros and general-purpose package managers. A Homebrew formula turns a Kali-associated recon workflow into a one-command install on macOS, while the tool's module list creates a constant packaging concern around Python dependencies, browser automation, and optional API credentials.

时间线

2020: Official GitHub wiki home page revision describes the tool's early-pentest OSINT role.
2025-2026: Official GitHub tags page shows active 4.x releases.
2026: Installation wiki documents Kali, pipx, Docker, and source workflows.
2026: Repository page shows release 4.11.1 as the latest release on June 3, 2026.

Related projects

Related tools include other OSINT and recon CLIs such as subdomain enumerators, certificate-transparency query tools, internet search APIs, Shodan-like asset search tools, and Kali Linux reconnaissance utilities. theHarvester's niche is aggregating many public sources behind one command-line interface.

来源

安全态势

尚未找到受保护工具覆盖

没有找到 theharvester 的匹配本地密钥处理 manifest。Nucleus 软件包元数据仍在此发布，以便未来覆盖拥有稳定的软件包 URL。

安装行为

formula 元数据中未记录 Homebrew post-install 钩子。
Homebrew bottle 元数据适用于 6 个平台目标。
安装时包含 5 个运行时依赖。
构建元数据列出 1 个构建依赖。

建议审查

在无人值守的代理使用前，请检查该工具是否读取明文凭据、写入远程状态、发布制品或调用插件。

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.

Credential files

Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.

Linux: /etc/theHarvester/api-keys.ymlapi-keys.yaml
macOS: /usr/local/etc/theharvester/api-keys.yamlapi-keys.yaml

可执行文件

已安装的可执行文件

命令	类型	暴露范围
`restfulHarvest`	cli	全局可执行文件
`theHarvester`	cli	全局可执行文件
`theharvester`	cli	全局可执行文件

新鲜度

版本和新鲜度

这些信号区分页生成时间、软件包管理器活动和上游发布比较。只有存在证据 URL 和可比较版本时，才会提示版本落后。

页面生成时间2026-07-25

管理器版本4.11.1

管理器更新时间2026-06-16

本地数据OK

上游当前

检测到的最新版本4.11.1

https://github.com/laramies/theHarvester

OK没有生成新鲜度警告。

安装元数据

软件包元数据

软件包键	brew:theharvester
版本	4.11.1
软件包管理器	Homebrew
软件包管理器页面	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/theharvester
主页	https://www.edge-security.com
仓库	https://github.com/laramies/theHarvester
上游文档	https://github.com/laramies/theHarvester#readme
许可证	GPL-2.0-only
源码归档	https://github.com/laramies/theHarvester/archive/refs/tags/4.11.1.tar.gz
最后更新	2026-06-16T13:15:41Z
Pulse	updated
依赖	certifi, cffi, libyaml, pydantic, python@3.14
构建依赖	cmake
macOS 提供的库	libffi, libxml2, libxslt
Bottle	可用 (于 arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	未定义
服务	未声明

注册表事实

源数据库详情

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	theharvester
Version Scheme	0
Revision	1
Head Version	HEAD
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	head stable

源数据库匹配

其他软件包管理器记录

匹配项来自外部软件包管理器索引，并与本地 Automic Vault 软件包链接分开显示。

Nix95%

theharvester

nix profile install nixpkgs#theharvester

normalized package name match
匹配方式：Theharvester

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

软件包图谱

链接来自本地软件包关系图、补充数据、依赖边、生态匹配和软件包 hub 归属。

来源线索

由仓库数据生成

此页面由 av-web 从 scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py 生成的私有软件包 SQLite 工件提供。

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/theharvester.yml

使用的来源

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

使用 Homebrew, Nix 安装 theharvester