Vuls
Tool and Usage
Project details
- License
- AGPL 3.0
- Programming language
- Golang
- Author
- Kota Kanbe
- Latest release
- 0.27.0
- Latest release date
Project health
How it works
Vuls has different types of scans, including local and remote. Depending on the type, it can also do a fast or deep scan.
Background information
The Vuls project started early in 2016. It directly gained good momentum on GitHub in the number of stars and issues created. The project switched from GPLv3 to AGPLv3 in September of 2019, as it adopted several components from security firm Aqua security.
Usage and audience
Vuls is commonly used for system hardening or vulnerability scanning. Target users for this tool are pentesters, security professionals, and system administrators.
Features
- Command line interface
- Tool allows multiple integrations
- Web interface
Tool review and remarks
The review and analysis of this project resulted in the following remarks for this security tool:
Strengths
- + More than 50 contributors
- + More than 5000 GitHub stars
- + The source code of this software is available
History and highlights
- First project release on GitHub (version 0.1.0)
Installation
Supported operating systems
Vuls is known to work on FreeBSD and Linux.
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Categories
This tool is categorized as a Linux vulnerability scanning tool and vulnerability scanner.