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GithubFind3r is an automated tool developed in Node JS which is a CLI-based tool used to get information about the Repositories, Commits, and information about the Users from GitHub. GithubFind3r is available on GitHub, it’s free and open-source to use. The GithubFind3r tool displays the results in a more sophisticated and more attractive manner.

Note: Make Sure You have Node Installed on your System, as this is a Node-based tool. Click to check the Installation process – Node Installation Steps on Linux

Installation of githubFind3r Tool on Kali Linux OS

Step 1: Use the following command to install the tool in your Kali Linux operating system.

git clone https://github.com/atmoner/githubFind3r.git

Step 2: Now use the following command to move into the directory of the tool. You have to move in the directory in order to run the tool.

cd githubFind3r

GithubFind3r - Fast Command Line Repo/User/Commit Search Tool

Step 3: You are in the directory of the githubFind3r. Now you have to install the githubFind3r using the following command.

sudo npm install

GithubFind3r - Fast Command Line Repo/User/Commit Search Tool

Step 4: Now use the following command to run the tool and check the help section.

sudo node githubFind3r.js

GithubFind3r - Fast Command Line Repo/User/Commit Search Tool

Working with githubFind3r Tool on Kali Linux OS

Example 1: Search repositories

Take the arrow to Search repositories option 
Click on the option 

In this example, we are searching OSINT repositories on GitHub. 

GithubFind3r - Fast Command Line Repo/User/Commit Search Tool

Best matched results will be displayed for our search.

GithubFind3r - Fast Command Line Repo/User/Commit Search Tool

We gave got the OSINT repositories in the tabular format.

GithubFind3r - Fast Command Line Repo/User/Commit Search Tool

Example 2: Search commits

Take the arrow to Search commits option 
Click on the option

In this option, we are searching commits on GitHub.

GithubFind3r - Fast Command Line Repo/User/Commit Search Tool

We have inputted the term security which will be searched on GitHub.

GithubFind3r - Fast Command Line Repo/User/Commit Search Tool

We have got the results for our scan.

GithubFind3r - Fast Command Line Repo/User/Commit Search Tool

Example 3: Search users

Take the arrow to Search users option 
Click on the option

In this example, we are searching for specific users on GitHub.

GithubFind3r - Fast Command Line Repo/User/Commit Search Tool

We have given the username as atmo and we are displaying the followers list of atmo on GitHub.

We have got the results of our scan.


Last Updated : 23 Sep, 2021
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