If you have a Go environment ready to go (at least go 1.16), it's as easy as: go install github.com/OJ/gobuster/v3@latest
Building From Source
Since this tool is written in Go you need to install the Go language/compiler/etc. Full details of installation and set up can be found on the Go language website. Once installed you have two options. You need at least go 1.16.0 to compile gobuster.
Compiling gobuster has external dependencies, and so they need to be pulled in first:
go get && go build This will create a gobuster binary for you. If you want to install it in the $GOPATH/bin folder you can run:
go install If you have all the dependencies already, you can make use of the build scripts:
make - builds for the current Go configuration (ie. runs go build).
make windows - builds 32 and 64 bit binaries for windows, and writes them to the build folder.
make linux - builds 32 and 64 bit binaries for linux, and writes them to the build folder.
make darwin - builds 32 and 64 bit binaries for darwin, and writes them to the build folder.
make all - builds for all platforms and architectures, and writes the resulting binaries to the build folder.
make clean - clears out the build folder.
make test - runs the tests.
Modes
DNS Mode
Usage:
gobuster dns [flags]
Flags:
-d, --domain string The target domain
-h, --help help for dns
-r, --resolver string Use custom DNS server (format server.com or server.com:port)
-c, --show-cname Show CNAME records (cannot be used with '-i' option)
-i, --show-ips Show IP addresses
--timeout duration DNS resolver timeout (default 1s)
--wildcard Force continued operation when wildcard found
Global Flags:
-z, --no-progress Don't display progress
-o, --output string Output file to write results to (defaults to stdout)
-q, --quiet Don't print the banner and other noise
-t, --threads int Number of concurrent threads (default 10)
--delay duration Time each thread waits between requests (e.g. 1500ms)
-v, --verbose Verbose output (errors)
-w, --wordlist string Path to the wordlist
DIR Mode
Usage:
gobuster dir [flags]
Flags:
-f, --add-slash Append / to each request
-c, --cookies string Cookies to use for the requests
-e, --expanded Expanded mode, print full URLs
-x, --extensions string File extension(s) to search for
-r, --follow-redirect Follow redirects
-H, --headers stringArray Specify HTTP headers, -H 'Header1: val1' -H 'Header2: val2'
-h, --help help for dir
-l, --include-length Include the length of the body in the output
-k, --no-tls-validation Skip TLS certificate verification
-n, --no-status Don't print status codes
-P, --password string Password for Basic Auth
-p, --proxy string Proxy to use for requests [http(s)://host:port]
-s, --status-codes string Positive status codes (will be overwritten with status-codes-blacklist if set) (default "200,204,301,302,307,401,403")
-b, --status-codes-blacklist string Negative status codes (will override status-codes if set)
--timeout duration HTTP Timeout (default 10s)
-u, --url string The target URL
-a, --useragent string Set the User-Agent string (default "gobuster/3.1.0")
-U, --username string Username for Basic Auth
-d, --discover-backup Upon finding a file search for backup files
--wildcard Force continued operation when wildcard found
Global Flags:
-z, --no-progress Don't display progress
-o, --output string Output file to write results to (defaults to stdout)
-q, --quiet Don't print the banner and other noise
-t, --threads int Number of concurrent threads (default 10)
--delay duration Time each thread waits between requests (e.g. 1500ms)
-v, --verbose Verbose output (errors)
-w, --wordlist string Path to the wordlist
VHost Mode
Usage:
gobuster vhost [flags]
Flags:
-c, --cookies string Cookies to use for the requests
-r, --follow-redirect Follow redirects
-H, --headers stringArray Specify HTTP headers, -H 'Header1: val1' -H 'Header2: val2'
-h, --help help for vhost
-k, --no-tls-validation Skip TLS certificate verification
-P, --password string Password for Basic Auth
-p, --proxy string Proxy to use for requests [http(s)://host:port]
--timeout duration HTTP Timeout (default 10s)
-u, --url string The target URL
-a, --useragent string Set the User-Agent string (default "gobuster/3.1.0")
-U, --username string Username for Basic Auth
Global Flags:
-z, --no-progress Don't display progress
-o, --output string Output file to write results to (defaults to stdout)
-q, --quiet Don't print the banner and other noise
-t, --threads int Number of concurrent threads (default 10)
--delay duration Time each thread waits between requests (e.g. 1500ms)
-v, --verbose Verbose output (errors)
-w, --wordlist string Path to the wordlist
