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.
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.
Commit continuity, contributor activity, and delivery signals are strong.
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- Activity
- Commit activity across recent and sustained windows, with releases as a small supporting signal.
- Reliability
- Maintenance posture from commit recency, continuity, and active contributors.
- Adoption
- Public footprint from GitHub stars and forks when available.
Fork network
Popular active forks
Highest GitHub star count first- Stars
- 10
- Forks
- 1
- Activity
- Pushed 6mo ago
- Stars
- 6
- Forks
- 1
- Activity
- Pushed 1y ago
- Stars
- 3
- Forks
- 1
- Activity
- Pushed 7mo ago
GitHub Activity
- Primary Language
- Go
- Last Commit
- Today
- Commits 30d
- 65
- Commits 90d
- 180
- Releases 90d
- 3
- Default Branch
- dev
- License
- MIT
- Repository Status
- Active repository
Signal Quality
ConfidenceHigh-confidence score from multiple public signals.
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License Evidence
- Class
- OSI-approved OSS
- License
- MIT
This tool has an OSI-approved open-source license signal.
Tracked Sources
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
- Scored Intelligence
- Status
- Active
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