# c4tcom/Katana

Python Tool that gives you the ability to run Advanced Google Queries (Known as Google Dorks - Google Dorking)

Repository: https://github.com/c4tcom/Katana
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/c4tcom-katana
Language: Python
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: python
Archived: true
Last push: 2025-07-02T00:26:17+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 29, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2371, "days_push": 428, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1304, forks 221 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:18.452004+00:00)

## What it is
Katana-ds is a Python CLI tool that automates advanced Google queries known as Google Dorks (Google Dorking), with optional Tor support for anonymity. It pairs well with the Google Hacking Database (GHDB) for reconnaissance and OSINT tasks.

## Use cases
- run automated google dork queries from the command line
- find exposed files and directories via google hacking
- perform osint reconnaissance on a target domain
- scrape google search results with python
- route dorking queries through tor for anonymity
- combine dorks with the google hacking database

## When to choose
- you want a simple scriptable google dorking tool in python
- you need tor support for anonymized search scraping
- you're doing lightweight osint or learning about google hacking

## When to avoid
- you need a maintained, production-grade reconnaissance framework
- you require reliable scraping at scale (google blocks automated queries)
- you want modern async scraping or API-based search

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: osint, web-scraping, search-engine, security
- domain: security, osint, crawlers
- platform: python, windows, cli
- tags: google-dorking, google-hacking, tor, reconnaissance, osint-tool, ghdb, command-line, linux

## Member repositories
- c4tcom/Katana (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:18.452004+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 2026-08-30T04:51:06.696681+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/c4tcom/Katana (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:18.452004+00:00, sha 9b40a90a34ca)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.