# elceef/dnstwist

Domain name permutation engine for detecting homograph phishing attacks, typo squatting, and brand impersonation

Repository: https://github.com/elceef/dnstwist
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/dnstwist
Homepage: https://dnstwist.it
Language: Python
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: phishing, typosquatting, domains, dns, osint, idn, fuzzing, threat-hunting, homograph-attack, scanner, threat-intelligence, homoglyph
Last push: 2025-04-15T18:41:47+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 30/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 16, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4101, "days_push": 505, "days_rel": 580, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 5730, forks 851 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:28.308637+00:00)

## What it is
dnstwist is a Python command-line tool that generates permutations of a domain name (typos, homoglyphs, IDN tricks) and checks which ones resolve, to detect phishing and brand impersonation. It is widely used in threat hunting and OSINT workflows.

## Use cases
- find typosquatted domains impersonating my brand
- detect homograph phishing attacks on our domain
- monitor for look-alike domains registered by attackers
- threat hunting for phishing infrastructure
- check which domain permutations resolve to active hosts
- OSINT investigation of suspicious domains

## When to choose
- you need to enumerate and check look-alike domains for phishing or typosquatting
- you want a lightweight, scriptable CLI for brand protection and threat intelligence
- you need IDN/homoglyph-aware domain permutation

## When to avoid
- you need full-scale brand monitoring with takedown services
- you want a GUI-based phishing detection platform
- you need email or content-based phishing detection rather than domain-based

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: security, fuzzing, search-engine, web-scraping
- domain: security, osint, networking, developer-tools
- platform: python, cli, windows, cross-platform
- tags: phishing-detection, typosquatting, homograph-attack, domain-permutation, threat-intelligence, dns, brand-impersonation, idn-homoglyph, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- elceef/dnstwist (main) score 30

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:28.308637+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 2026-08-29T17:53:23.883898+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/elceef/dnstwist (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:28.308637+00:00, sha 0b5ca119d2be)
  - homepage: https://dnstwist.it (fetched 2026-08-29T08:48:51.759336+00:00, sha 36d151c581b7)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/dnstwist/json (fetched 2026-08-29T08:48:51.768611+00:00, sha 9ec63e106f42)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.