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Sublist3r Cheatsheet

Fast subdomain enumeration tool using search engines.

## 🔍 Sublist3r Cheatsheet

## Installation

Command Description
pipx install git+https://github.com/aboul3la/Sublist3r.git Install Sublist3r (subdomain enum tool) via pipx.

## 🧩 Basic Usage

Command Description
sublist3r -d example.com Enumerate subdomains for example.com.
sublist3r -d example.com -o results.txt Save the output to a text file.
sublist3r -d example.com -p 80,443 Perform subdomain discovery and check which ones respond on specified ports.

## ⚙️ Options Overview

Option Description
-d <domain> Target domain.
-b Enable bruteforce using a built-in wordlist.
-p <ports> Scan discovered subdomains for specified ports (comma-separated).
-o <output_file> Save discovered subdomains to a file.
-v Enable verbose mode.
-t <threads> Number of threads to use (default is 10).
-e <engines> Specify search engines/APIs to use (comma-separated). Options include: baidu, google, bing, yahoo, ask, netcraft, dnsdumpster, virustotal, threatcrowd, ssl, passivedns.
-h Show help message and exit.

## 🧪 Example Scans

# Basic subdomain scan
sublist3r -d example.com

# Save results to a file
sublist3r -d example.com -o subdomains.txt

# Scan specific ports on discovered subdomains
sublist3r -d example.com -p 80,8080,443

# Enable brute-force with default wordlist
sublist3r -d example.com -b

# Use specific search engines only
sublist3r -d example.com -e google,bing,virustotal

# Use 20 threads
sublist3r -d example.com -t 20

# Verbose output
sublist3r -d example.com -v

# Help menu
sublist3r -h