Awesome Hacker Search Engines: A curated list of search engines for pentesting, red/blue team and bug bounty (11k stars)
What it does
All text below is quoted directly from the project README.
>A curated list of awesome search engines useful during Penetration testing, Vulnerability assessments, Red/Blue Team operations, Bug Bounty and more
Servers:
- Shodan - Search Engine for the Internet of Everything
- Censys Search - Search Engine for every server on the Internet to reduce exposure and improve security
- Onyphe.io - Cyber Defense Search Engine for open-source and cyber threat intelligence data
- ZoomEye - Global cyberspace mapping
- GreyNoise - The source for understanding internet noise
- Netlas.io - Discover, Research and Monitor any Assets Available Online
- FOFA - Cyberspace mapping
- Hunter - Internet Search Engines For Security Researchers
Vulnerabilities:
- NIST NVD - US National Vulnerability Database
- MITRE CVE - Identify, define, and catalog publicly disclosed cybersecurity vulnerabilities
- GitHub Advisory Database - Security vulnerability database inclusive of CVEs and GitHub originated security advisories
- osv.dev - Open Source Vulnerabilities
- Vulners.com - Your Search Engine for Security Intelligence
- Vulmon - Vulnerability and exploit search engine
Repository
edoardottt/awesome-hacker-search-engines
Repository stats
|Metric|Value|
|:-|:-|
|Stars|11,355|
|Forks|1,200|
|Last release|None|
|Languages|Shell 100%|
|Contributors|82|
|AI contributor accounts (Claude / Codex / Cursor / Copilot)|claude: 5|
|AI co-authored commits|Claude: 5|
Main contributor
|Field|Value|
|:-|:-|
|Name|Edoardo Ottavianelli|
|GitHub|@edoardottt|
|Commits to this repo|516 (top contributor)|
|Bio|Offensive Security Analyst and Researcher|
|Company / Location|Italy|
|Followers|1,800|
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Awesome Hacker Search Engines: A curated list of search engines for pentesting, red/blue team and bug bounty (11k stars) What it does All text below is quoted directly from the project README. >A curated list of awesome search engines useful during Penetration testing, Vulnerability assessments, Red/Blue Team operations, Bug Bounty and more Servers: - Shodan - Search Engine for the Internet of Everything - Censys Search - Search Engine for every server on the Internet to reduce exposure and improve security - Onyphe.io - Cyber Defense Search Engine for open-source and cyber threat intelligence data - ZoomEye - Global cyberspace mapping - GreyNoise - The source for understanding internet noise - Netlas.io - Discover, Research and Monitor any Assets Available Online - FOFA - Cyberspace mapping - Hunter - Internet Search Engines For Security Researchers Vulnerabilities: - NIST NVD - US National Vulnerability Database - MITRE CVE - Identify, define, and catalog publicly disclosed cybersecurity vulnerabilities - GitHub Advisory Database - Security vulnerability database inclusive of CVEs and GitHub originated security advisories - osv.dev - Open Source Vulnerabilities - Vulners.com - Your Search Engine for Security Intelligence - Vulmon - Vulnerability and exploit search engine Repository edoardottt/awesome-hacker-search-engines Repository stats |Metric|Value| |:-|:-| |Stars|11,355| |Forks|1,200| |Last release|None| |Languages|Shell 100%| |Contributors|82| |AI contributor accounts (Claude / Codex / Cursor / Copilot)|claude: 5| |AI co-authored commits|Claude: 5| Main contributor |Field|Value| |:-|:-| |Name|Edoardo Ottavianelli| |GitHub|@edoardottt| |Commits to this repo|516 (top contributor)| |Bio|Offensive Security Analyst and Researcher| |Company / Location|Italy| |Followers|1,800| ────────────────────────────── 📌 How many great GitHub repos have you discovered and completely forgotten about? Don't let another useful tool disappear into your Reddit feed. Get the community's best repos, organized by category, plus key takeaways from real developer discussions, delivered to your inbox twice a week. 📬 Never lose track of great repos again. Subscribe free.