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epi052/feroxbuster

A fast, simple, recursive content discovery tool written in Rust. observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/epi052/feroxbuster · homepage · Rust · MIT (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

72/100

  • Activity 77
  • Release rhythm 49
  • Longevity 100
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: 63
  • age_days: 2202
  • days_rel: 263
  • days_push: 140
  • n_releases_24m: 4

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

8035 stars · 633 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

feroxbuster is a fast, recursive content discovery tool written in Rust that performs forced browsing against web servers. It brute-forces URLs with wordlists to enumerate unlinked directories and files that may expose sensitive resources.

Use cases

  • enumerate hidden directories and files on a web server
  • brute force urls with a wordlist during a pentest
  • find unlinked content and sensitive resources on a website
  • recursive directory busting of a target web app
  • discover endpoints not referenced by the application
  • scan a website for predictable resource locations

When to choose

  • you need a fast, recursive directory/file enumerator for web pentesting
  • you want a Rust-based alternative to dirb, dirsearch, or gobuster
  • you need multi-platform support with a single static binary

When to avoid

  • you need a full web vulnerability scanner rather than content discovery
  • you want a GUI-driven scanning tool
  • your target is not an HTTP(S) web server

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

security web-scraping cli security penetration-testing web-development windows rust cli cross-platform forced-browsing directory-enumeration url-bruteforcer content-discovery wordlist-scanning pentesting-tool command-line linux macos

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Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
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