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.
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# 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:
- [](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
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