Dirhunt is an open source security tool designed to discover web directories and analyze website structures without relying on brute-force techniques. Instead of sending large numbers of guess-based requests, it operates as a specialized crawler that intelligently explores websites to identify accessible or hidden directories. Dirhunt can detect directories that expose “Index Of” listings, which may reveal files and other resources that were not intended to be publicly visible. It can also identify situations where directories are intentionally hidden through empty index files or servers that return misleading responses such as fake 404 errors. Dirhunt processes HTML pages and other available sources to discover additional paths and directories while minimizing the number of requests sent to the server, making scans faster and less intrusive. It supports scanning multiple targets at the same time and allows results to be filtered, analyzed, and exported for further review.

Features

  • Crawls websites to discover directories without using brute-force attacks
  • Detects “Index Of” directory listings and reports interesting files
  • Identifies fake 404 responses and hidden directories with blank index files
  • Discovers new paths using sources such as robots data, archives, and certificates
  • Supports multiple targets, proxies, delays, and threaded requests
  • Saves scan results to JSON files and can resume interrupted scans

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Web Scrapers

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MIT License

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Programming Language

Python

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Python Web Scrapers

Registered

2026-03-11