Alternatives to gobuster
Other tools in this directory that do similar work, with a verified install command for each. gobuster itself: install gobuster.
lstr
A fast, minimalist directory tree viewer, written in Rust
uv
An extremely fast Python package and project manager, written in Rust
Syncthing
Open Source Continuous File Synchronization
ruff
An extremely fast Python linter and code formatter, written in Rust
ffuf
Fast web fuzzer written in Go
Xournal++
Xournal++ is a handwriting notetaking software with PDF annotation support. Written in C++ with GTK3, supporting Linux (e.g. Ubuntu, Debian, Arch, SUS
hadolint
Dockerfile linter, validate inline bash, written in Haskell
foundry
Foundry is a blazing fast, portable and modular toolkit for Ethereum application development written in Rust
ncc
Compile a Node.js project into a single file. Supports TypeScript, binary addons, dynamic requires
scc
Sloc, Cloc and Code: scc is a very fast accurate code counter with complexity calculations and COCOMO estimates written in pure Go
autocannon
fast HTTP/1.1 benchmarking tool written in Node.js
fly
Concourse is a container-based automation system written in Go. It's mostly used for CI/CD
boa
Boa is an embeddable Javascript engine written in Rust
pywhat
🐸 Identify anything. pyWhat easily lets you identify emails, IP addresses, and more. Feed it a .pcap file or some text and it'll tell you what it is!
gdu
Fast disk usage analyzer with console interface written in Go
gdown
Google Drive public file downloader when curl/wget fails
node-sass
The reference implementation of Sass, written in Dart
reveal-md
reveal.js on steroids! Get beautiful reveal.js presentations from any Markdown file
inih
Simple .INI file parser in C, good for embedded systems
powerline-go
A beautiful and useful low-latency prompt for your shell, written in go
dwarfs
A fast high-compression read-only file system for Linux, FreeBSD, macOS and Windows
gcsfuse
A user-space file system for interacting with Google Cloud Storage
drill
Drill is an HTTP load testing application written in Rust
easeprobe
A simple, standalone, and lightweight tool that can do health/status checking, written in Go
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 gobuster — 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.
gobuster 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.