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projectdiscovery/nuclei

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.

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How fast projectdiscovery/nuclei is gaining stars, and where it lands on Trendshift and GitHub Trending

Activity and trending

Stars, forks and merged pull requests each day or month, lined up with the repository's rank on Trendshift Trending

Sep 5 – Nov 4, 2026

Stars +1,582 in 61 days

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Forks +243 in 61 days

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Merged PRs 145 in 61 days

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Mon, Sep 14, 2026+34+43Not trending
Tue, Sep 15, 2026+51+60Not trending
Wed, Sep 16, 2026+71+40#17
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Mon, Sep 21, 2026+35+12Not trending
Tue, Sep 22, 2026+29+54Not trending
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Sat, Sep 26, 2026+24+31Not trending
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Mon, Sep 28, 2026+28+62Not trending
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Wed, Sep 30, 2026+18+41Not trending
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Fri, Oct 30, 2026+36+42Not trending
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Mon, Nov 2, 2026+21+410Not trending
Tue, Nov 3, 2026+26+48Not trending
Wed, Nov 4, 2026+15+10Not trending
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    • GitHub trending history

    Where the repository ranked on GitHub Trending, one dot for each day it was on a list

    Jun 4, 2024 – Jan 8, 2025Best #3

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    Mentions and achievements

    Where people are talking about projectdiscovery/nuclei, and every badge it has earned
    1. Oct 51 post

      • 10 GitHub repos bringing AI and automation into cybersecurity

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        r/SATNA_PROJECT

    2. 8 days earlier
    3. Sep 271 post

      • 2/10 — Katana GitHub: A web crawler designed for modern application reconnaissance. What it does: • Discovers URLs and endpoints • Crawls JavaScript-heavy applications • Extracts links and resources…

        Read full on X, posted by @NitinGavhane_

        @NitinGavhane_ · x.com

    4. Sep 221 post

      • THIS IS F**KING INSANE I FOUND ONE OF THE MOST USEFUL HACKING TOOLS FOR SECURITY TESTING, VULNERABILITY SCANNING, AND PENTESTING. NUCLEI can scan websites for known vulnerabilities using thousands of…

        Read full on X, posted by @MAXdeg0

        @MAXdeg0 · x.com

    5. 8 days earlier
    6. Sep 141 post

      • Top 10 hacking tools but open source

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        r/MalwaresSourceCode

    7. 22 days earlier
    8. Aug 231 post

      • THIS IS F**KING DANGEROUS THREE OPEN SOURCE AI CYBERSECURITY STACK MOST PEOPLE DONT KNOW EXISTS METATRON: point it at a target, it recon's, analyzes, and reports on its own —> fully OFFLINE , zero…

        Read full on X, posted by @MAXdeg0

        @MAXdeg0 · x.com

    9. 17 days earlier
    10. Aug 61 post

      • 3 Cybersecurity Final Year Projects Worth Building A thread.

        Read full on X, posted by @GladysAjih

        @GladysAjih · x.com

    11. 2 months earlier
    12. Jun 101 post

      • nuclei v3.9.0 just dropped new stuff: Impacket integration, Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI), Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM), Windows Task Scheduler service (MS-TSCH), and Service…

        Read full on X, posted by @dwisiswant0

        @dwisiswant0 · x.com

    13. 19 days earlier
    14. May 221 post

      • Most people think AI in cybersecurity means: «ask chatbot about exploits summarize CVEs generate scripts» That’s still the shallow layer. pentest-ai is more interesting because it points toward: «AI…

        Read full on X, posted by @RoyAmal

        @RoyAmal · x.com

    15. May 181 post

      • Cybersecurity recon is getting aggressively automated. This repo is a perfect example. GarudRecon 👇 An open-source reconnaissance framework built for offensive security workflows. And honestly… This…

        Read full on X, posted by @RoyAmal

        @RoyAmal · x.com

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