marco-lancini/goscan

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1036 stars · 147 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

GoScan is an interactive network scanner client written in Go that provides abstraction and automation over nmap, with auto-completion and background scan management backed by SQLite. It supports host discovery, port scanning, and service enumeration, integrating tools like EyeWitness, Hydra, and nikto.

Use cases

• scan a network for live hosts and open ports
• enumerate services on target machines during a pentest
• run nmap scans with an interactive auto-completing CLI
• keep scan state across unreliable network connections
• quickly enumerate targets during CTFs or OSCP-style exams
• run follow-up enumeration tools like nikto or hydra against discovered services

When to choose

• you want a guided, interactive wrapper around nmap for host discovery and enumeration
• you work in unstable environments where scans must survive dropped connections
• you need fast network enumeration in CTFs, exams, or time-limited engagements

When to avoid

• you need stealthy or low-and-slow scanning
• you need a maintained tool with recent updates (last release was 2020)
• you need a GUI or non-Linux native support
• you just need raw nmap flexibility without an abstraction layer

Facets

cli-tool · maturity maintenance

security networking cli security penetration-testing networking go cli nmap network-scanner pentesting service-enumeration host-discovery interactive-cli sqlite command-line linux docker

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