gowitness
A Golang command-line utility that uses Chrome Headless to capture website screenshots and gather web data.
What is gowitness?
Gowitness is a command-line website screenshot and reconnaissance tool written in Go that uses Chrome Headless to capture accurate, high-quality screenshots of web interfaces. It is designed to efficiently document web targets visually and collect associated data like HTTP headers, console logs, and cookies. The tool supports scanning from various inputs like URLs, CIDRs, and Nmap results, and outputs to structured formats like SQLite, JSONLines, and CSV, with a web-based viewer for analysis.
Security professionals and penetration testers who need to perform web reconnaissance, visually document targets, and analyze changes at scale. Developers or administrators monitoring web interfaces for security assessments or workflow automation may also use it.
Developers choose Gowitness for its fast, accurate screenshot capture using Chrome Headless, combined with flexible data collection and multiple output formats. Its unique selling point is the integration of a web-based viewer with a full API for reviewing captured data, making it efficient for security assessments and web monitoring workflows.
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🔍 gowitness - a golang, web screenshot utility using Chrome Headless
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