# edoardottt/awesome-hacker-search-engines

A curated list of awesome search engines useful during Penetration testing, Vulnerability assessments, Red/Blue Team operations, Bug Bounty and more

Repository: https://github.com/edoardottt/awesome-hacker-search-engines
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/awesome-hacker-search-engines
Homepage: https://awesome-hacker-search-engines.com/
Language: Shell
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: awesome, awesome-list, hacking, search-engine, osint, awesome-lists, dns, hacking-tools, exploit, security, security-tools, wifi-network, bugbounty, osint-tool, vulnerabilities, redteam, redteaming, cve, hacktoberfest, threat-intelligence
Last push: 2026-08-10T08:44:41+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 76/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 97, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1535, "days_push": 23, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 11089, forks 1059 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:46.067249+00:00)

## What it is
A curated awesome-list of search engines useful for penetration testing, vulnerability assessment, red/blue team operations, and bug bounty work. It organizes hundreds of search engines by category such as servers, vulnerabilities, exploits, DNS, credentials, leaks, and threat intelligence.

## Use cases
- find search engines for osint investigations
- discover vulnerability and exploit databases
- find tools for bug bounty reconnaissance
- look up internet asset search engines like Shodan or Censys
- find search engines for leaked credentials and email addresses
- build a pentesting resource bookmark list

## When to choose
- you need a quick curated reference of security-focused search engines
- you are doing OSINT or attack-surface reconnaissance and want categorized starting points
- you want community-maintained links for red team or bug bounty research

## When to avoid
- you need an actual scanning or exploitation tool rather than a list of links
- you want a maintained software library or API
- you need guaranteed up-to-date or vetted results for each listed engine

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: search-engine, osint, security, vulnerability-scanning
- domain: security, osint, penetration-testing, awesome-lists
- platform: cli
- tags: awesome-list, osint, bug-bounty, red-team, blue-team, search-engines, curated-list, threat-intelligence, web-server

## Member repositories
- edoardottt/awesome-hacker-search-engines (main) score 76

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:46.067249+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:16:48.607558+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/edoardottt/awesome-hacker-search-engines (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:46.067249+00:00, sha ead3259be5f6)
  - homepage: https://awesome-hacker-search-engines.com/ (fetched 2026-08-29T08:15:27.580492+00:00, sha 8dbfe2bf3a3c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.