nuclei
projectdiscovery/nuclei
A fast, customizable vulnerability scanner that uses simple YAML templates to check for security issues in websites, APIs, and networks, perfect for security testing and automation.
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.
AI Summary
What This Project Does
It's a security scanning tool that automatically checks your website, server, or API for vulnerabilities.
What Problems It Solves
Solves the slowness of manual checks and high cost of commercial software, helping discover security risks early.
Who It's For
Security engineers, DevOps personnel, developers wanting to self-audit code.
Typical Use Cases
Pre-launch automated checks, regular security inspections, integrating into CI/CD pipelines.
Key Strengths & Highlights
Community-shared templates, fast scanning, low false positives, supports custom rules.
Getting Started Requirements
Requires command line basics, ready to use after download, no complex deployment, but writing templates requires some YAML knowledge.
Purpose
Suitable for security professionals and developers who need to quickly discover known vulnerabilities and integrate into automated workflows. Not suitable for deep manual penetration testing or scenarios with no technical background.
Category
Tech Stack
Project Info
- Primary Language
- Go
- Default Branch
- dev
- License
- MIT
- Created
- Apr 3, 2020
- Last Commit
- today
- Last Push
- today
- Indexed
- Apr 18, 2026