projectdiscovery/nuclei

Nuclei is a fast, customizable vulnerability scanner powered by the global security community and built on a simple YAML-based DSL, enabling collaboration to tackle trending vulnerabilities on the internet. It helps you find vulnerabilities in your applications, APIs, networks, DNS, and cloud configurations.

SecurityGo#cve-scanner#subdomain-takeover#nuclei-engine#vulnerability-detection#vulnerability-assessment

2.0 Steady Magnitude out of 10. Star growth looks organic. Data as of September 18, 2026.

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About the project

A vulnerability scanner driven by YAML templates that checks applications, APIs, networks, DNS and cloud configurations for known vulnerabilities. Community-contributed templates mimic real-world exploitation steps to reduce false positives.

Useful for

Scan your web services against the latest CVE templates
Embed vulnerability checks into a CI/CD pipeline as regression tests
Write a custom YAML template for a specific infrastructure vulnerability

README summarized by DeepSeek V4.1 Flash. Details may be inaccurate.

Why it’s trending

11 stars so far today, about 14 expected by the end of the day.

Stars per day

Bars are daily stars, the line is the usual pace. Red marks spike days.

Numbers

Total stars: 31,290
Stars in a day: 14
Forks: 3,876
Issues and pull requests: 6,738
Watchers: 287
Language: Go
License: MIT
Latest release: v3.11.1 · August 8, 2026
Created: April 3, 2020
Last push: September 18, 2026

Star trust

Growth looks organic: forks and discussion are in line with active projects, and stars arrive unevenly, the way people give them.

These are heuristics, not a verdict: we judge by the repository’s behavior, not by a list of stargazers.

Spotted in

September 17, 2026GitHub Trending Go today: #9, +33 stars
September 16, 2026GitHub Trending Go today: #9, +33 stars

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