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Gobuster vs dirsearch: catalog facts
Gobuster	dirsearch
Free The open-source software is available without a license fee. Hosting, hardware and…	Free The software is free under its open-source licence. Hosting, hardware and external…
Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line	Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
Provides several discovery modes in one command-line tool.	It handles recursion, extension templates, filters, proxies and several report formats, which makes it usable in real…
Requires appropriate wordlists and controlled request rates.	It generates a lot of requests against the target, so it is only appropriate on systems you are…
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: Apache-2.0	License: GPL-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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