Katana
Open-source recon tool for security professionals
📋 Overview
A reconnaissance tool that automates OSINT gathering, subdomain enumeration, and attack surface mapping. Uses AI to correlate data from multiple sources and identify potential entry points. The tool aggregates information from public databases, DNS records, certificate transparency logs, and web archives to build a comprehensive view of an organization's external attack surface. Continuous monitoring alerts teams to new assets and changes that could indicate security risks. The platform helps security teams discover shadow IT, forgotten subdomains, and misconfigured services before attackers do. A solid recon tool worth evaluating for your stack.
✨ Key Features
- •Automated OSINT gathering
- •Subdomain enumeration
- •Attack surface mapping
- •Data correlation from multiple sources
- •Continuous monitoring
- •Comprehensive reporting
🎯 The Problem It Solves
Security Engineers
🔧 How It Works
git clone https://github.com/projectdiscovery/katana
🚀 Installation & Quick Start
Installation
git clone https://github.com/projectdiscovery/katanaQuick Start
- Clone the Katana repo
- Read the docs
- Run the tool
✅ Pros
- •Automates tedious recon tasks
- •Correlates data from multiple sources
- •Identifies hidden assets
- •Continuous monitoring
- •Saves significant time
- •Comprehensive coverage
❌ Cons
- •May trigger security alerts
- •Rate limiting by targets
- •Data accuracy varies
- •Requires filtering of results
💬 Practitioner Verdict
“A solid recon tool worth evaluating for your stack.”
Self-Hosted (Free)
Open source, MIT/Apache licensed. Run it yourself.
⭐ Star & Clone on GitHubFree forever. Your infrastructure, your data.
📊 Specifications
- Language
- Python
- License
- MIT
- Platform
- Linux, macOS, Windows
- Supported Models
- REST API, CLI
💰 Pricing Reality
Free and open source.