# smicallef/spiderfoot

SpiderFoot automates OSINT for threat intelligence and mapping your attack surface.

Repository: https://github.com/smicallef/spiderfoot
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/spiderfoot
Homepage: http://www.spiderfoot.net
Language: Python
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: footprinting, osint, threatintel, python, infosec, intelligence-gathering, osint-reconnaissance, pentesting, threat-intelligence, security-tools, information-gathering, cybersecurity, cti, osint-framework, attacksurface, osint-tool, hacking, information-security, recon
Last push: 2026-04-13T19:43:06+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 57/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 77, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5240, "days_push": 142, "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 21441, forks 3450 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:31.725592+00:00)

## What it is
SpiderFoot is an open-source OSINT automation tool that integrates with over 200 data sources to gather and analyze intelligence about targets. It offers both a web-based UI and CLI, with a correlation engine, visualizations, and export options for threat intelligence and attack surface mapping.

## Use cases
- automate osint reconnaissance on a domain
- map my organization's attack surface
- gather threat intelligence about an ip address
- find leaked credentials or exposures for a target
- run dark web searches via tor
- correlate osint data across many sources
- export scan results to csv or json

## When to choose
- you need automated OSINT across 200+ integrated data sources
- you want both a web UI and CLI for reconnaissance workflows
- you need attack surface monitoring with correlation rules
- you want a self-hosted, MIT-licensed OSINT tool with Docker support

## When to avoid
- you need managed cloud OSINT with multi-user collaboration (consider SpiderFoot HX)
- you need a lightweight single-purpose recon script rather than a full platform
- you require real-time continuous monitoring with alerting out of the box in the open-source version

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: osint, security, web-scraping, search-engine, http-server, cli, data-visualization, analytics
- domain: security, osint, penetration-testing, developer-tools
- platform: python, windows, cli, self-hosted
- tags: osint-automation, threat-intelligence, attack-surface-mapping, reconnaissance, footprinting, information-gathering, tor-integration, sqlite-backend, automation, linux, macos, docker, web-server

## Member repositories
- smicallef/spiderfoot (main) score 57

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:31.725592+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 2026-08-29T16:58:06.433112+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/smicallef/spiderfoot (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:31.725592+00:00, sha 96ab6212acc7)
  - homepage: http://www.spiderfoot.net (fetched 2026-08-29T07:56:38.921698+00:00, sha ddcdf64cac31)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.