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Dirb

Auto-generated by Q-Branch Armory audit on 2026-10-12.

Overview

DIRB is a Web Content Scanner. It looks for existing (and/or hidden) Web Objects.

It basically works by launching a dictionary based attack against

a web server and analyzing the response.

Classification

  • **Category:** Web Attack tools
  • **Armory status:** Installed (dirb)
  • **Q-Branch check:** Ready — binary found in PATH
  • **Present on VPS3:** yes
  • **Installed flag:** yes

    • Prerequisites

  • docker
  • go
  • java
  • root
  • ruby
  • wifi

    • Install

    
git clone https://gitlab.com/kalilinux/packages/dirb.git
cd dirb;sudo bash configure;make

    Operator notes

  • Launch from the [Digital Armory](/pentest/armory/) — do not maintain parallel tool lists in Q-Branch.
  • If the Q-Branch check is not **Ready**, run install steps or update the HackingTool manifest before relying on this tool in an engagement.
  • For authorized TenguProtect red-team work only.

    • Reference

    https://gitlab.com/kalilinux/packages/dirb

    Tags

    `backend-hexstrike`