# Install bbot with Homebrew, Nix

OSINT automation tool. Version 3.0.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-08-02. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#bbot.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:bbot
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install bbot
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#bbot
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/bb/bbot/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:bbot
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 3.0.1
- **Source summary:** OSINT automation tool
- **Homepage:** <https://www.blacklanternsecurity.com/bbot/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/blacklanternsecurity/bbot>
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-02T01:26:51+09:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- bbot (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 3.0.1
## Project history and usage

BBOT is Black Lantern Security's OSINT, reconnaissance, bug-bounty, and attack-surface-management automation tool. It packages many passive and active discovery modules behind a single `bbot` scanner and preset system.

### Project history

The upstream README describes BBOT as inspired by SpiderFoot and built to automate recon, bug bounties, and ASM. Its examples emphasize repeatable presets for subdomain enumeration, web crawling, email gathering, and web scanning.

The PyPI release metadata shows a 1.0.0 package upload on 2022-08-18. By the current upstream README, the project has stable and development installation tracks, Docker distribution, a public documentation site, and a community Discord.

### Adoption history

BBOT's adoption follows the modern Python security-tool path: PyPI and pipx for primary installation, Docker for isolated runs, GitHub for development, and Homebrew/Nix formulas for users who expect security tooling in system package managers.

### How it is used

Operators use BBOT by giving it targets and presets such as `subdomain-enum`, `spider`, `email-enum`, `web-basic`, or `web-thorough`. Configuration stores module options and API keys, so the same scan recipes can be repeated across assessments.

### Why package nerds care

BBOT is interesting in package history because it is a high-churn security automation tool that still reaches general package managers. It shows how OSINT tooling has moved from one-off scripts toward modular scanners with presets, docs, containers, PyPI packages, and native package-manager entries.

### Timeline

- 2022-08-18: PyPI metadata records BBOT 1.0.0 uploads.
- 2023: Upstream README advertises a DEF CON Recon Village/Demo Labs appearance.
- Current: README documents stable installation with `pipx install bbot`, Docker, and the official documentation site.
- 2026-06-09: PyPI metadata records 3.0.0.986rc0 release-candidate uploads.

### Related projects

- Related projects include SpiderFoot, Amass, Subfinder, httpx, Nuclei, and other reconnaissance and attack-surface-management tools.

### Sources

- <https://github.com/blacklanternsecurity/bbot#readme>
- <https://pypi.org/pypi/bbot/json>
- <https://www.blacklanternsecurity.com/bbot/Stable/>
- input:source_facts.package-manager


## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for bbot. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.



## Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.


## Configuration files

- Unix: ~/.config/bbot/bbot.yml

## Credential files

- Unix: ~/.config/bbot/bbot.yml
## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - bbot: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/bb/bbot/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/bbot.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/bbot.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph