# 使用 Homebrew, Nix 安装 uncover

查看 uncover 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:uncover
```

其他安装命令:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install uncover
```

  证据: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#uncover
```

  证据: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/un/uncover/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:uncover
- **软件包管理器:** Homebrew
- **版本:** 1.2.1
- **来源摘要:** Tool to discover exposed hosts on the internet using multiple search engines
- **主页:** <https://github.com/projectdiscovery/uncover>
- **仓库:** <https://github.com/projectdiscovery/uncover>
- **最后更新:** 2026-07-25T21:47:59+02:00
- **已生成:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## 可执行文件

- uncover (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: 1.2.1
## 项目历史与用法

uncover is a ProjectDiscovery reconnaissance CLI that queries public internet search engines to discover exposed hosts. Its history is recent, but it fits a well-defined package-nerd niche: small Go security tools that compose through stdin/stdout and API-key-backed provider configuration.

### 项目历史

ProjectDiscovery's official docs describe uncover as a Go wrapper using APIs from well-known search engines to quickly discover exposed hosts on the internet. The GitHub repository was created in 2022, and its first public tag/release series began with 0.0.1 in March 2022.

The official ProjectDiscovery blog frames uncover as a CLI for simplifying Shodan, Censys, ZoomEye, FOFA, and related internet-search workflows, especially inside automation pipelines. Later releases expanded provider support and added features such as multiple API keys and output customization.

### 采用历史

uncover belongs to the broader ProjectDiscovery ecosystem of security automation tools. Official ProjectDiscovery documentation emphasizes CLI and Cloud workflows for asset discovery and vulnerability management, and the project's llms.txt lists uncover among the major open-source tools.

The input package metadata shows package-manager availability in Homebrew and Nix. In practice, uncover's adoption is strongest among security engineers, bug-bounty hunters, and recon automation users who already chain tools such as httpx, nuclei, subfinder, and naabu.

### 使用方式

The docs describe querying multiple search engines at once, using provider API keys, randomizing across multiple keys, and integrating results with existing pipeline tools. The README documents `go install` installation and flags for query input, engine selection, and awesome-search-queries support.

Package-manager users install uncover to avoid maintaining a separate Go build checkout and to keep the binary updated alongside the rest of a recon toolkit. The important operational state is the provider configuration file that stores search-engine API keys.

### 为什么软件包爱好者会关心

uncover is significant in the security package niche because it normalizes many proprietary search APIs behind one CLI. That makes it easy to slot into shell pipelines, CI-style reconnaissance jobs, and ProjectDiscovery-style workflows.

It is young compared with classic Unix tools, but its value is exactly the modern package-manager value proposition: one small binary, fast updates, many upstream integrations, and predictable config paths.

### 时间线

- 2022: GitHub repository created and 0.0.1 release published.
- 2022: ProjectDiscovery blog introduces uncover as a CLI for discovering exposed hosts and vulnerable instances.
- 2022: v1.0.0 release published.
- 2025: v1.0.10 adds new search-query and provider support.
- 2026: v1.2.1 release published.

### Related projects

- ProjectDiscovery tools such as nuclei, httpx, subfinder, naabu, dnsx, and cloudlist are adjacent tools in the same security automation ecosystem.
- Supported search/provider ecosystems include Shodan, Censys, FOFA, Hunter, Quake, ZoomEye, Netlas, CriminalIP, PublicWWW, HunterHow, Google, Onyphe, Driftnet, DayDayMap, and NerdyData as documented by official sources.

### 来源

- GitHub repository and release metadata via `gh api repos/projectdiscovery/uncover` and `gh api repos/projectdiscovery/uncover/releases`
- <https://docs.projectdiscovery.io/opensource/uncover/overview>
- <https://github.com/projectdiscovery/uncover>
- <https://projectdiscovery.io/blog/uncover>
- <https://projectdiscovery.io/llms.txt>
- source_facts.package-manager


## 安全说明

没有找到 uncover 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.


## Configuration files

- Unix: ~/.config/uncover/config.yaml

## Credential files

- Unix: ~/.config/uncover/provider-config.yaml
## 其他软件包管理器记录

- Nix - uncover: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/un/uncover/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/uncover.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/uncover.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
