Tools & Utility

WhatWeb

Website fingerprinting tool for identifying web servers, CMS platforms, frameworks, and technologies.

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WhatWeb: Website Fingerprinting

WhatWeb is an open-source tool for scanning websites and extracting information about web servers, CMS platforms, JavaScript libraries, and other technologies.

Detects

  • Web Servers: Apache, Nginx, IIS
  • CMS: WordPress, Joomla, Drupal
  • Frameworks: Laravel, Django, Rails
  • JS Libraries: React, jQuery, AngularJS
  • Languages: PHP, Python, ASP.NET
  • Security: WAFs

Usage

bash
# Basic scan
whatweb example.com


Verbose

whatweb -v example.com


Multi-threaded

whatweb -v -t 10 example.com

Key Features

1. Technology Detection – Wide range of technologies 2. Fingerprint Database – Constantly updated 3. HTTP Header Analysis 4. Customizable Output – Text, HTML, JSON, XML 5. Plugin Support – Extend with custom plugins 6. Fast and Lightweight