# marco-lancini/goscan

Interactive Network Scanner

Repository: https://github.com/marco-lancini/goscan
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/goscan
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: golang, pentesting, nmap, docker
Last push: 2020-10-21T17:02:39+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3029, "days_push": 2142, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1036, forks 147 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:19.292489+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: security, networking, cli
- domain: security, penetration-testing, networking
- platform: go, cli
- tags: nmap, network-scanner, pentesting, service-enumeration, host-discovery, interactive-cli, sqlite, command-line, linux, docker

## Member repositories
- marco-lancini/goscan (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:19.292489+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 2026-08-30T07:04:41.705722+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/marco-lancini/goscan (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:19.292489+00:00, sha d9fa089a7e23)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.