# epi052/feroxbuster

A fast, simple, recursive content discovery tool written in Rust.

Repository: https://github.com/epi052/feroxbuster
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/feroxbuster
Homepage: https://epi052.github.io/feroxbuster-docs/overview/
Language: Rust
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: web, pentest, pentesting-tool, rust, url-bruteforcer, enumeration, content-discovery, hacktoberfest
Last push: 2026-04-15T12:31:40+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 72/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 77, release rhythm 49, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2202, "days_push": 140, "days_rel": 263, "gap_med": 63, "n_releases_24m": 4}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 8035, forks 633 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:12.023039+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: security, web-scraping, cli
- domain: security, penetration-testing, web-development
- platform: windows, rust, cli, cross-platform
- tags: forced-browsing, directory-enumeration, url-bruteforcer, content-discovery, wordlist-scanning, pentesting-tool, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- epi052/feroxbuster (main) score 72

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:12.023039+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 2026-08-29T17:31:30.087947+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/epi052/feroxbuster (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:12.023039+00:00, sha daa5d5bca005)
  - homepage: https://epi052.github.io/feroxbuster-docs/overview/ (fetched 2026-08-29T08:29:11.353126+00:00, sha 73d68a425769)
  - registry_crates: https://crates.io/api/v1/crates/feroxbuster (fetched 2026-08-29T08:29:11.356012+00:00, sha 617d87fb2d26)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.