# 使用 Homebrew, Nix 安装 wtfis

查看 wtfis 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:wtfis
```

其他安装命令:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install wtfis
```

  证据: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#wtfis
```

  证据: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/wt/wtfis/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:wtfis
- **软件包管理器:** Homebrew
- **版本:** 0.15.0
- **来源摘要:** Passive hostname, domain, and IP lookup tool
- **主页:** <https://github.com/pirxthepilot/wtfis>
- **仓库:** <https://github.com/pirxthepilot/wtfis>
- **最后更新:** 2026-05-15T11:13:24Z
- **已生成:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## 可执行文件

- wtfis (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: 0.15.0
## 项目历史与用法

wtfis is a Python command-line OSINT lookup tool for hostnames, domains, FQDNs, and IP addresses. Its niche is human-readable passive enrichment: it gathers reputation, resolution, WHOIS, geolocation, ASN, scanner-noise, and malware-distribution context from several services while trying to minimize API calls against free-tier accounts.

### 项目历史

The author introduced wtfis publicly in a 2022-08-13 blog post, explaining that it was written to replace repeated manual website lookups for FQDN and domain information with one terminal command. The README keeps the same design framing: the tool is for non-robots, organized into readable panels, and named as a play on `whois`.

The earliest PyPI release with files is version 0.0.3 on 2022-08-12, one day before the author's announcement post. By 2026-04-06, PyPI listed 0.15.0 as the current release, showing that the project continued beyond the initial personal utility into a maintained OSINT CLI.

### 采用历史

wtfis was adopted in the security-tooling niche because it wraps several common reputation and enrichment services behind one readable terminal output. The README documents VirusTotal, AbuseIPDB, GreyNoise, IP2Location, IP2Whois, IPinfo, IPWhois, Shodan, and URLhaus, with many optional so users can stay within quotas or add richer context when they have keys.

A Hacker News submission in May 2025 described it as a passive hostname, domain, and IP lookup tool for non-robots and drew visible discussion, which is a useful secondary signal that the project had moved beyond the author's personal workflow into the broader security-operations audience.

### 使用方式

The basic workflow is `wtfis FQDN_OR_DOMAIN_OR_IP`, with optional flags to enable all enrichments or specific services such as Shodan, GreyNoise, AbuseIPDB, and URLhaus. It accepts defanged input, can limit displayed resolutions, can turn off color, and can present one-column output for terminals where layout matters.

Credentials are optional and are loaded from environment variables or `~/.env.wtfis`. That design matches its free-tier posture: useful defaults work without every service configured, while analysts can add API keys for more complete enrichment.

### 为什么软件包爱好者会关心

wtfis is significant as a compact example of modern security CLI ergonomics: it does not try to be a full SIEM or threat-intelligence platform, but it packages the first few minutes of domain/IP triage into a readable terminal command.

### 时间线

- 2022-08-12: Earliest PyPI file-backed release, 0.0.3.
- 2022-08-13: The author announced wtfis as a passive FQDN and domain lookup tool.
- 2023: The README documented GreyNoise support as quota-sensitive and off by default.
- 2025-05-12: wtfis appeared on Hacker News as a passive lookup tool for non-robots.
- 2026-04-06: PyPI listed release 0.15.0.

### Related projects

- wtfis aggregates data from VirusTotal, AbuseIPDB, GreyNoise, IP2Location, IP2Whois, IPinfo, IPWhois, Shodan, and URLhaus.
- The author describes the project name as a play on the traditional `whois` command.

### 来源

- <https://github.com/pirxthepilot/wtfis#readme>
- <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43967962>
- <https://pirx.io/posts/2022-08-13-wtfis-passive-fqdn-and-domain-lookup-tool/>
- <https://pypi.org/pypi/wtfis/json>


## 安全说明

没有找到 wtfis 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: ~/.env.wtfis

## Credential files

- Unix: ~/.env.wtfis
## 其他软件包管理器记录

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