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Nuclei

Nuclei is a fast, customizable vulnerability scanner powered by the global security community and built on a simple YAML-based DSL, enabling collaboration to tackle trending vulnerabilities on the internet. It helps you find vulnerabilities in your applications, APIs, networks, DNS, and cloud configurations.

Data confidence100/100
Source coverage100/100
Publish confidence100/100
Evidence checkedJul 30, 2026

Evidence Watch

ToolVitals has useful public signals for Nuclei, but not enough evidence to publish a strong verdict score yet.

GitHub source100/100 data confidence
About this tool

What ToolVitals knows about Nuclei

Nuclei is a fast, customizable vulnerability scanner powered by the global security community and built on a simple YAML-based DSL, enabling collaboration to tackle trending vulnerabilities on the internet. It helps you find vulnerabilities in your applications, APIs, networks, DNS, and cloud configurations.

This tool has an OSI-approved open-source license signal.

Maintenance and shipping signals are strong.

Source-visible projectSecurity ScanningOSI-approved OSSEvidence Watch
Repository

GitHub Activity

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projectdiscovery/nuclei
Stars30,098
Forks3,699
Watchers30,098
Open Issues93
Primary Language
Go
Last Commit
Today
Releases 90d
3
Default Branch
dev
License
MIT
Repository Status
Active repository
Evidence

Signal Quality

Data Confidence100/100Strong
Source Coverage100/100Strong
Publish Confidence100/100Strong

ConfidenceHigh-confidence score from multiple public signals.

Zombie RiskNo meaningful zombie signal right now.

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License Evidence

Class
OSI-approved OSS
License
MIT

This tool has an OSI-approved open-source license signal.

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Classification

Category
Security
Use Case
Security Scanning
Openness
OSI-approved OSS
License
MIT
Tool Mode
Source-visible project
Score Model
Open Source Maintenance
Score Visibility
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Status
Active
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