# sensepost/gowitness

🔍 gowitness - a golang, web screenshot utility using Chrome Headless

Repository: https://github.com/sensepost/gowitness
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/gowitness
Language: Go
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: chrome, headless, screenshot, security, footprinting, reporting, chrome-headless, golang, fingerprint, technologies, web
Last push: 2026-04-22T17:28:09+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 75/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 78, release rhythm 58, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3228, "days_push": 133, "days_rel": 282, "gap_med": 6, "n_releases_24m": 8}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4488, forks 448 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:51.281303+00:00)

## What it is
gowitness is a Go-based command-line utility that uses Chrome Headless to take screenshots of websites, supporting scans of URL lists, CIDR ranges, and Nmap/Nessus results. It stores gathered data (headers, cookies, console logs) in SQLite, JSONL, or CSV and includes a web-based report viewer with a full API.

## Use cases
- take screenshots of a list of websites from the command line
- screenshot every host in a CIDR range during a security assessment
- generate a visual report of web assets from nmap or nessus scan results
- fingerprint web technologies across many targets
- capture headers, cookies, and console logs while screenshotting sites
- browse screenshot results in a web gallery with an API

## When to choose
- you need fast, accurate bulk website screenshots for reconnaissance or asset inventory
- you want screenshot results stored in a queryable SQLite database with a report viewer
- you need to ingest targets from nmap, nessus, or CIDR ranges
- you want a self-contained Go binary or Docker image for headless Chrome screenshotting

## When to avoid
- you need a screenshot API embedded in your own application rather than a standalone tool
- you need pixel-perfect rendering of complex JavaScript apps beyond what headless Chrome provides
- you need a GUI-first screenshot tool rather than a CLI workflow
- you require platforms beyond Linux, macOS, and mostly-working Windows support

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: web-scraping, cli, developer-tools, security
- domain: security, developer-tools, web-development
- platform: windows, cli, go
- tags: screenshot, chrome-headless, osint, footprinting, reconnaissance, web-report-viewer, sqlite, reporting, command-line, linux, macos, docker

## Member repositories
- sensepost/gowitness (main) score 75

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:51.281303+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 2026-08-29T18:20:29.730858+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/sensepost/gowitness (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:51.281303+00:00, sha 16bf408f1a63)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.