# jakejarvis/awesome-shodan-queries

🔍 A collection of interesting, funny, and depressing search queries to plug into shodan.io 👩‍💻

Repository: https://github.com/jakejarvis/awesome-shodan-queries
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/awesome-shodan-queries
Homepage: https://jarv.is/notes/shodan-search-queries/
License: CC0-1.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: shodan, infosec, pentesting, iot, internet-of-things, security, awesome, awesome-list, hacking, penetration-testing, shodan-dorks, dorks, network-infrastructure, security-tools, security-scanner, cloud
Last push: 2024-05-27T20:36:28+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2687, "days_push": 828, "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 7674, forks 1024 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:02.333065+00:00)

## What it is
A curated awesome-list of interesting, funny, and alarming search queries (dorks) for Shodan, the internet-connected device search engine. It covers exposed industrial control systems, webcams, remote desktops, network infrastructure, and IoT devices to raise security awareness.

## Use cases
- find shodan dorks for exposed devices
- learn shodan search query syntax
- assess internet-exposed attack surface
- find unsecured webcams and IoT devices on shodan
- research vulnerable industrial control systems online
- security awareness training examples of misconfigured devices

## When to choose
- you want a curated reference of proven Shodan search queries
- you are doing OSINT research or security assessments of internet-facing devices
- you want real-world examples of exposed IoT and ICS systems for education

## When to avoid
- you need a scanning or exploitation tool rather than a list of search queries
- you are looking for an active software project with code
- you lack a Shodan account, since most filters require one

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: search-engine, security, penetration-testing, osint
- domain: security, osint, iot, penetration-testing, awesome-lists
- platform: cli
- tags: shodan, dorks, search-queries, awesome-list, infosec, exposed-devices, attack-surface, web-server

## Member repositories
- jakejarvis/awesome-shodan-queries (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:02.333065+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 2026-08-29T17:36:03.155266+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/jakejarvis/awesome-shodan-queries (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:02.333065+00:00, sha 38e48d988af1)
  - homepage: https://jarv.is/notes/shodan-search-queries/ (fetched 2026-08-29T08:32:03.969977+00:00, sha 0913673fbe6f)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.