GitMiner
Tool and Usage
Project details
- License
- GPLv3
- Programming language
- Python
- Author
- Danilo Vaz
- Latest release
- 2.0
- Latest release date
Project health
Links
 | GitHub project |
Why this tool?
GitMiner is a tool to scan for sensitive data that is leaked via software repositories. Examples of sensitive data are authentication details such as passwords or connection settings.
Usage and audience
GitMiner is commonly used for asset discovery, discovery of sensitive information, or information leak detection. Target users for this tool are pentesters.
Features
- Colored output
- Command line interface
Example usage and output
UnkL4b
__ Automatic search for Github
((OO)) ▄████ ██▓▄▄▄█████▓ ███▄ ▄███▓ ██▓ ███▄ █ ▓█████ ██▀███
\__/ ██▒ ▀█▒▓██▒▓ ██▒ ▓▒▓██▒▀█▀ ██▒▓██▒ ██ ▀█ █ ▓█ ▀ ▓██ ▒ ██▒ OO
|^| ▒██░▄▄▄░▒██▒▒ ▓██░ ▒░▓██ ▓██░▒██▒▓██ ▀█ ██▒▒███ ▓██ ░▄█ ▒ oOo
| | ░▓█ ██▓░██░░ ▓██▓ ░ ▒██ ▒██ ░██░▓██▒ ▐▌██▒▒▓█ ▄ ▒██▀▀█▄ OoO
| | ░▒▓███▀▒░██░ ▒██▒ ░ ▒██▒ ░██▒░██░▒██░ ▓██░░▒████▒░██▓ ▒██▒ /oOo
| |___░▒___▒_░▓____▒_░░___░_▒░___░__░░▓__░_▒░___▒_▒_░░_▒░_░░_▒▓_░▒▓░_/ /
\______░___░__▒_░____░____░__░______░_▒_░░_░░___░_▒░_░_░__░__░▒_░_▒░__/ v2.0
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-> github.com/UnkL4b
-> unkl4b.github.io
+---------------------[WARNING]---------------------+
| DEVELOPERS ASSUME NO LIABILITY AND ARE NOT |
| RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY MISUSE OR DAMAGE CAUSED BY |
| THIS PROGRAM |
+---------------------------------------------------+
-q 'filename:shadow path:etc', --query 'filename:shadow path:etc'
Specify search term
-m wordpress, --module wordpress
Specify the search module
-o result.txt, --output result.txt
Specify the output file where it will be
saved
-r '/^\s*(.*?);?\s*$/gm', --regex '/^\s*(.*?);?\s*$/gm'
Set regex to search in file
-c [insert-cookie-data]
Specify the cookie for your github
Tool review and remarks
The review and analysis of this project resulted in the following remarks for this security tool:
Strengths
- + More than 1000 GitHub stars
- + The source code of this software is available
Installation
Supported operating systems
GitMiner is known to work on Linux.
Dependencies
Several dependencies are required to use GitMiner.
- lxml
- requests
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Categories
This tool is categorized as a Git mining tool and information gathering tool.