| name | katana |
| description | Use this skill when the user needs web crawling — discover endpoints, extract URLs, map attack surface, or gather intelligence on web applications. |
Katana — Web Crawling & Spidering
Next-gen crawling framework by projectdiscovery (16.7k⭐). Fast, headless, JS-aware.
Quick Start
sc katana crawl url <target-url>
sc katana crawl url <url> -jsonl
sc katana crawl url <url> -headless -depth 3
sc katana crawl url <url> -jc
Commands
Crawl
sc katana crawl url <url> — crawl a URL, discover endpoints
sc katana crawl url <url> -depth 5 — set crawl depth
sc katana crawl url <url> -headless — headless browser (slower, JS-rendered)
sc katana crawl url <url> -jc — crawl JavaScript files too
sc katana crawl url <url> -json — JSON output
sc katana crawl url <url> -f qurl — filter by response type (qurl, url, endpoint)
sc katana crawl url <url> -o output.txt — save to file
Passthrough
sc katana _ -u <url> -list urls.txt — crawl from file list
sc katana _ -u <url> -scope "example.com" — scope control
Requirements
- Go binary from GitHub releases
- Linux/macOS/Windows
Examples
sc katana crawl url https://example.com
sc katana crawl url https://example.com -headless -depth 5 -jc
sc katana crawl url https://example.com -json -f qurl
sc katana _ -list urls.txt -depth 2 -o results.txt
Tips
- Use
-depth to control crawl depth (default: 2)
-headless uses Chrome/Chromium — slower but gets JS-rendered content
- Combine
-jc with -f endpoint to find API endpoints in JS files
- Output to file with
-o for large crawls
- Pipe to other tools:
katana -u https://example.com | httpx