Spiderfoot Osint Automation Framework

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name: "SpiderFoot Open Source Intelligence Automation Framework"
slug: "spiderfoot-osint-automation-framework"
description: "SpiderFoot is an open-source OSINT automation tool that queries over 200 data sources to gather intelligence about IP addresses, domain names, email addresses, and other targets. Written in Python, it provides both a web UI and CLI for reconnaissance, threat intelligence, and attack surface mapping."
github_stars: 17241
verification: "security_reviewed"
source: "https://github.com/smicallef/spiderfoot"
category: "Research & Scraping"
framework: "Multi-Framework"
tool_ecosystem:
  github_repo: "smicallef/spiderfoot"
  github_stars: 17241
---

# SpiderFoot Open Source Intelligence Automation Framework

SpiderFoot is an open-source OSINT automation tool that queries over 200 data sources to gather intelligence about IP addresses, domain names, email addresses, and other targets. Written in Python, it provides both a web UI and CLI for reconnaissance, threat intelligence, and attack surface mapping.

## Installation

Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:
- To install and run SpiderFoot, you need at least Python 3.7 and a number of Python libraries which you can install with pip. We recommend you install a packaged release since master will often have bleeding edge featu...
- git clone https://github.com/smicallef/spiderfoot.git

Requirements and caveats from upstream:
- [![Python Version](https://img.shields.io/badge/python-3.7+-green)](https://www.python.org)
- SpiderFoot has an embedded web-server for providing a clean and intuitive web-based interface but can also be used completely via the command-line. It's written in **Python 3** and **MIT-licensed**.
- Python 3.7+

Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- Web Framework Identifier|Identify the usage of popular web frameworks like jQuery, YUI and others.|Internal

- Source: https://github.com/smicallef/spiderfoot
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/smicallef/spiderfoot/HEAD/README.md

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/spiderfoot-osint-automation-framework/)