100 photon(1) - Kailash Tool Reference
100.1 photon
photon - Lightning-fast web crawler extracting URLs and OSINT intel.
| Layer | CLASSIC |
| Category | c-01-information-gathering |
| Safety class | safe |
| Licence | GPL-3.0-only |
| Upstream | github.com/s0md3v/Photon |
100.1.1 NAME
photon - Lightning-fast web crawler extracting URLs and OSINT intel.
100.1.2 SYNOPSIS & usage
Derived from the upstream README at generation time; verify against --help where the tool is installed.
$ git clone https://github.com/s0md3v/Photon.git
$ cd Photon
$ docker build -t photon .
$ docker run -it --name photon photon:latest -u google.com$ docker run -it --name photon -v "$PWD:/Photon/google.com" photon:latest -u google.com100.1.3 DESCRIPTION (upstream)
Photon alt=“pypi”> Photon can extract the following data while crawling: - URLs (in-scope & out-of-scope) - URLs with parameters (example.com/gallery.php?id=2) - Intel (emails, social media accounts, amazon buckets etc.) - Files (pdf, png, xml etc.) - Secret keys (auth/API keys & hashes) - JavaScript files & Endpoints present in them - Strings matching custom regex pattern - Subdomains & DNS related data The extracted information is saved in an organized manner or can be exported as json. Control timeout, delay, add seeds, exclude URLs matching a regex pattern and other cool stuff. The extensive range of [options](https
100.1.4 SEE ALSO
- Category: c-01-information-gathering in the category directory (sister tools listed there).
ref: pin - verified 2026-10-14