TOOL TUTORIAL · OSINT & Attack Surface Intelligence

How to install and use SpiderFoot

SpiderFoot is an open-source intelligence (OSINT) automation tool that helps security professionals and researchers gather and analyze information from various public sources. It performs reconnaissance on domains, IP addresses, and other targets to collect data such as subdomai…

Quick install: git clone https://github.com/smicallef/spiderfoot.git && cd spiderfoot && pip3 install -r requirements.txt

Installation steps

  1. Run git clone https://github.com/smicallef/spiderfoot.git
  2. Enter the folder with cd spiderfoot
  3. Install requirements with pip3 install -r requirements.txt
  4. Start the web app with python3 sf.py -l 127.0.0.1:5001
  5. Open http://127.0.0.1:5001 in your browser

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