# threatexpress/domainhunter

Checks expired domains for categorization/reputation and Archive.org history to determine good candidates for phishing and C2 domain names

Repository: https://github.com/threatexpress/domainhunter
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/domainhunter
Homepage: http://threatexpress.com
Language: Python
License: BSD-3-Clause
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2024-06-06T21:01:21+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": 3472, "days_push": 818, "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 1678, forks 287 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:20.972505+00:00)

## What it is
Domain Hunter is a Python CLI tool that finds expired or available domains with prior benign usage history via ExpiredDomains.net, then checks their reputation against services like BlueCoat, IBM X-Force, and Cisco Talos. It generates timestamped HTML and text reports with Archive.org history links to identify good candidates for phishing and C2 domains during red team engagements.

## Use cases
- find expired domains with good reputation for red team engagements
- check domain categorization on BlueCoat and Cisco Talos
- search available domains by keyword with prior history
- identify domains that bypass reputation-based web filters for C2
- generate HTML reports of domain reputation and archive.org history
- bulk check a list of domains for reputation

## When to choose
- you are a red teamer or penetration tester preparing phishing or C2 infrastructure
- you need to find pre-categorized expired domains to evade reputation-based filtering
- you want automated reputation checks across multiple services with a report

## When to avoid
- you need defensive domain monitoring or brand abuse detection
- you require a GUI or continuous domain monitoring service
- you do not have an ExpiredDomains.net account for full functionality

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: security, search-engine, web-scraping, developer-tools
- domain: security, penetration-testing, osint
- platform: python, cli, windows
- tags: red-team, phishing, c2, domain-reputation, expired-domains, offensive-security, linux, macos, docker

## Member repositories
- threatexpress/domainhunter (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:20.972505+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 2026-08-30T03:41:34.708343+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/threatexpress/domainhunter (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:20.972505+00:00, sha fe10819a2d76)
  - homepage: http://threatexpress.com (fetched 2026-08-29T11:14:58.208098+00:00, sha 0912ebdebba2)
  - site_page: http://threatexpress.com/blogs/2025/install-bloodhound (fetched 2026-08-29T11:14:58.217211+00:00, sha 37a87d8bc24d)
  - site_page: http://threatexpress.com/blogs/2017/install-bloodhound-ubuntu (fetched 2026-08-29T11:14:58.219151+00:00, sha b90e8f848b2a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.