# 使用 Homebrew, Nix 安装 theharvester 查看 theharvester 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:theharvester ``` 其他安装命令: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install theharvester ``` 证据: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#theharvester ``` 证据: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/th/theharvester/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:theharvester - **软件包管理器:** Homebrew - **版本:** 4.11.1 - **来源摘要:** Gather materials from public sources (for pen testers) - **主页:** - **仓库:** - **最后更新:** 2026-06-16T13:15:41Z - **已生成:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00 ## 可执行文件 - restfulHarvest (别名) - theHarvester (别名) - theharvester (别名) ## 安装行为 - Bottle: 不可用 ## 版本和新鲜度 - 页面生成时间: 2026-08-03 - 管理器版本: 4.11.1 ## 项目历史与用法 theHarvester is an OSINT and reconnaissance tool for gathering emails, names, subdomains, IPs, and URLs from public data sources during the early stages of a penetration test. The official wiki describes it as simple but effective for mapping an organization's external threat landscape. ### 项目历史 The project is maintained in the laramies/theHarvester repository and is described by its README as an emails, subdomains, and names harvester for OSINT. Over time it has become a Python security tool with a long module list: the README enumerates passive data sources such as search engines, certificate transparency services, threat-intelligence APIs, code search, and internet-exposure databases. ### 采用历史 The official installation wiki explicitly says the easiest way to use theHarvester is through Kali Linux, where users can run `theHarvester -h`. The same page also documents pipx, Docker, and source-based installation, while the repository page shows a large GitHub audience and dozens of official releases. In package-manager culture, its presence in Homebrew and Nix gives macOS and reproducible-environment users a route to a tool historically associated with security distributions. ### 使用方式 Typical use is passive reconnaissance: users configure API keys when needed, select modules or data sources, and collect public-facing identifiers for a target domain. The README's passive module list shows why API-key management matters: many useful sources have quotas, pricing, or authenticated access, and the wiki documents where `api-keys.yaml` lives under packaged and cloned installs. ### 为什么软件包爱好者会关心 theHarvester matters to package nerds because it is a classic security CLI that crosses the boundary between specialist pentest distros and general-purpose package managers. A Homebrew formula turns a Kali-associated recon workflow into a one-command install on macOS, while the tool's module list creates a constant packaging concern around Python dependencies, browser automation, and optional API credentials. ### 时间线 - 2020: Official GitHub wiki home page revision describes the tool's early-pentest OSINT role. - 2025-2026: Official GitHub tags page shows active 4.x releases. - 2026: Installation wiki documents Kali, pipx, Docker, and source workflows. - 2026: Repository page shows release 4.11.1 as the latest release on June 3, 2026. ### Related projects - Related tools include other OSINT and recon CLIs such as subdomain enumerators, certificate-transparency query tools, internet search APIs, Shodan-like asset search tools, and Kali Linux reconnaissance utilities. theHarvester's niche is aggregating many public sources behind one command-line interface. ### 来源 - - - - ## 安全说明 没有找到 theharvester 的匹配本地密钥处理 manifest。Nucleus 软件包元数据仍在此发布，以便未来覆盖拥有稳定的软件包 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. ## Credential files - Linux: /etc/theHarvester/api-keys.yml, api-keys.yaml - macOS: /usr/local/etc/theharvester/api-keys.yaml, api-keys.yaml ## 其他软件包管理器记录 - Nix - theharvester: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/th/theharvester/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/theharvester.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/theharvester.yml) ## 来源 - 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