# 使用 Homebrew, apt, Nix 安装 fierce

查看 fierce 的安装路径、可执行文件、元数据以及面向 AI 代理工作流的安全说明。

## 安装

```sh
sudo av install brew:fierce
```

其他安装命令:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install fierce
```

  证据: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install fierce
```

  证据: Debian stable package indexes: fierce from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#fierce
```

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

## 软件包事实

- **软件包键:** brew:fierce
- **软件包管理器:** Homebrew
- **软件包管理器页面:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/fierce>
- **版本:** 1.6.0
- **来源摘要:** DNS reconnaissance tool for locating non-contiguous IP space
- **主页:** <https://github.com/mschwager/fierce>
- **仓库:** <https://github.com/mschwager/fierce>
- **许可证:** GPL-3.0-only
- **源码归档:** <https://github.com/mschwager/fierce/archive/refs/tags/1.6.0.tar.gz>
- **已生成:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## 可执行文件

- fierce (cli)
- fierce (别名)

## 依赖

- python@3.14

## 安装行为

- post-install 钩子: 未定义
- Bottle: 可用 于 all

## 版本和新鲜度

- 页面生成时间: 2026-08-04
- 管理器版本: 1.6.0
- 本地数据: OK
- 上游仓库: https://github.com/mschwager/fierce
- 检测到的最新版本: 1.6.0 (当前)
- 信息: No package-manager update timestamp was available.
## 项目历史与用法

fierce is a DNS reconnaissance command-line tool used to locate non-contiguous IP space and hostnames for a target domain before deeper scanning.

### 项目历史

The modern fierce repository describes the project as a Python 3 conversion of the original fierce tool by RSnake and others at ha.ckers.org. The repository keeps the older Perl script under scripts/fierce.pl, where the banner identifies Fierce v0.9.9 beta dated March 24, 2007 and credits RSnake with threading and additions by IceShaman.

The Python rewrite kept the core reconnaissance idea but modernized the packaging and runtime around Python tooling. The README presents pip installation, direct source checkout, Poetry development setup, pytest testing, flake8 linting, and coverage commands.

### 采用历史

fierce belongs to the pre-exploitation reconnaissance layer of security tooling. Its README explicitly frames it as a precursor to tools such as nmap, unicornscan, Nessus, and Nikto, because those scanners are more useful once likely IP space and hostnames are known.

The supplied package metadata shows fierce packaged beyond Homebrew, including Debian, Ubuntu, and Nix. That distribution footprint fits a small CLI security utility that penetration testers and defenders can install quickly on Unix-like systems.

### 使用方式

The README examples center on DNS lookups rather than exploitation. Typical use starts with a domain and a subdomain list, then optionally traverses nearby IPs, restricts nearby lookups to selected domains, attempts HTTP connections on discovered names, widens searches across a /24, checks zone-transfer exposure, redirects output to a file, or scans an internal address range against a chosen DNS server.

The original description, preserved in the README, is careful about scope: fierce is meant to identify likely targets inside and outside a corporate network through DNS, not to indiscriminately scan the internet or exploit hosts.

### 为什么软件包爱好者会关心

For package nerds, fierce is a recognizable example of a security tool whose cultural value is larger than its code size: it wraps a focused reconnaissance workflow into a single installable command and carries lineage from the older ha.ckers.org-era Perl security-tool ecosystem into Python 3 packaging.

### 时间线

- 2007: The preserved Perl script identifies Fierce v0.9.9 beta dated March 24, 2007.
- Python 3 era: The maintained repository describes itself as a Python 3 conversion to simplify and modernize the codebase.
- Packaging note: The README documents pip installation and standard Python development commands.

### Related projects

- The project documentation positions fierce before tools such as nmap, unicornscan, Nessus, and Nikto in a reconnaissance workflow. Its operating domain also overlaps with DNS zone-transfer testing and subdomain discovery tools.

### 来源

- <https://github.com/mschwager/fierce#readme>
- <https://github.com/mschwager/fierce/blob/master/scripts/fierce.pl>


## 安全说明

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger 风险:** 绿色 / 低
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## 源数据库详情

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** fierce
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Head Version:** HEAD
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** head, stable

## 其他软件包管理器记录

- Debian apt - fierce - 1.6.0-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: fierce from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Domain DNS scanner | https://github.com/mschwager/fierce
- Nix - fierce: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/fi/fierce/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - fierce - 1.5.0-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: fierce from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Domain DNS scanner | https://github.com/mschwager/fierce


## 相关链接

- [Source-control packages](https://pkg.so/zh-hans/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family.
- [Terminal utility packages](https://pkg.so/zh-hans/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata.
- [Networking and protocol packages](https://pkg.so/zh-hans/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata.
- [Security and crypto packages](https://pkg.so/zh-hans/security-crypto-tools/) - Matched security, identity, cryptography, password, signing, or certificate metadata.
- [python@3.14](https://pkg.so/zh-hans/brew/python-3-14/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [findomain](https://pkg.so/zh-hans/brew/findomain/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, dns, reconnaissance, security.
- [shuffledns](https://pkg.so/zh-hans/brew/shuffledns/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, dns, reconnaissance, security.
- [amass](https://pkg.so/zh-hans/brew/amass/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, dns, reconnaissance, security.
- [dnstwist](https://pkg.so/zh-hans/brew/dnstwist/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, dns, security.
- [dnsgen](https://pkg.so/zh-hans/brew/dnsgen/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, dns, reconnaissance, security.
- [dnsmap](https://pkg.so/zh-hans/brew/dnsmap/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, dns, reconnaissance, security.
- [subfinder](https://pkg.so/zh-hans/brew/subfinder/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, reconnaissance, security.
- [theharvester](https://pkg.so/zh-hans/brew/theharvester/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, reconnaissance, security.
- [recon-ng](https://pkg.so/zh-hans/brew/recon-ng/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: cli, python, python-3-14, reconnaissance, security.

## Combined YAML source

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


## 来源

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- curated package history
- package version freshness
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph