# maurosoria/dirsearch

Web path scanner

Repository: https://github.com/maurosoria/dirsearch
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/dirsearch
Language: Python
License Family: other
Topics: fuzzer, fuzzing, python, security, dirsearch, hacking, pentesting, penetration-testing, bug-bounty, appsec, wordlist, hacking-tool, infosec, brute, scanner, bugbounty, enumeration, pentest-tool, red-teaming, redteam
Last push: 2026-08-26T19:36:17+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 87/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 65, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4873, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 20, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 14662, forks 2440 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:07.401661+00:00)

## What it is
dirsearch is an advanced web path scanner that brute-forces directories and files on web servers using wordlists. It is a Python CLI tool with recursion, filtering, proxies, session resumption, and a Python API.

## Use cases
- discover hidden directories and files on a website
- brute-force web paths with a wordlist during a pentest
- enumerate endpoints on a target for bug bounty recon
- recursively scan a web server for sensitive files
- find backup files and common extensions like php, html, js on a site

## When to choose
- you need a mature, actively maintained CLI for web content discovery
- you want features like recursion, extension fuzzing, proxies, and resumable sessions
- you prefer a Python tool that is pip-installable and scriptable via an API

## When to avoid
- you need a full web vulnerability scanner rather than path enumeration
- you require a GUI-driven scanning workflow
- scanning targets you are not authorized to test - this is a security testing tool

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: security, penetration-testing, web-scraping, cli
- domain: security, penetration-testing, web-development
- platform: python, cli, cross-platform, windows
- tags: dirsearch, web-path-scanner, directory-bruteforce, wordlist, bug-bounty, content-discovery, red-team, command-line, linux, macos, docker

## Member repositories
- maurosoria/dirsearch (main) score 87

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:07.401661+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 2026-08-29T17:12:25.968967+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/maurosoria/dirsearch (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:07.401661+00:00, sha 3850031c49f0)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/dirsearch/json (fetched 2026-08-29T08:05:32.938659+00:00, sha 8b5e69fcff44)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.