Alternatives to dnsgen
Other tools in this directory that do similar work, with a verified install command for each. dnsgen itself: install dnsgen.
weggli
weggli is a fast and robust semantic search tool for C and C++ codebases. It is designed to help security researchers identify interesting functionali
bandit
Bandit is a tool designed to find common security issues in Python code
logrotate
The logrotate utility is designed to simplify the administration of log files on a system which generates a lot of log files
sops
Simple and flexible tool for managing secrets
nebula
A scalable overlay networking tool with a focus on performance, simplicity and security
miller
Miller is like awk, sed, cut, join, and sort for name-indexed data such as CSV, TSV, and tabular JSON
kube-bench
Checks whether Kubernetes is deployed according to security best practices as defined in the CIS Kubernetes Benchmark
massdns
A high-performance DNS stub resolver for bulk lookups and reconnaissance (subdomain enumeration)
marksman
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concurrencykit
Concurrency primitives, safe memory reclamation mechanisms and non-blocking (including lock-free) data structures designed to aid in the research, des
Monokle
Monokle is a set of OSS tools designed to help create and maintain high-quality Kubernetes configurations throughout the application lifecycle
kubeaudit
kubeaudit helps you audit your Kubernetes clusters against common security controls
wtfis
Passive hostname, domain and IP lookup tool for non-robots
libsepol
This is the upstream repository for the Security Enhanced Linux (SELinux) userland libraries and tools. The software provided by this project compleme
cloudformation-guard
Guard offers a policy-as-code domain-specific language (DSL) to write rules and validate JSON- and YAML-formatted data such as CloudFormation Template
Nudge
A tool for encouraging the installation of macOS security updates
Stillcolor
Disable temporal dithering on your Mac with this lightweight menu bar app. Designed for Apple silicon Macs
moor
Moor is a pager. It's designed to just do the right thing without any configuration
bounceback
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cromwell
Scientific workflow engine designed for simplicity & scalability. Trivially transition between one off use cases to massive scale production environme
Sysdig Inspect
Sysdig Inspect - A powerful opensource interface for container troubleshooting and security investigation
scrcpy
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go
The Go programming language
node
Node.js JavaScript runtime ✨🐢🚀✨
How we picked these
We match on what the tool does and how it installs, then order by how widely each project is used. We're not saying these are better or worse than dnsgen — that depends on what you're building. We're saying they're the projects people reach for in the same situations, and each one has an install command we checked against its documentation.
dnsgen is developed by its own authors and this page is an independent reference; we are not affiliated with or sponsored by any project listed, and nothing here is a paid placement.