Security

PRS – web security scanner

PRS is a CLI-based scanner focused on safe assessment of web targets.

It combines crawling, passive checks, optional active checks, and report export (JSON/HTML).

This is free and open source software.

Key Features

  • Crawler with scope discovery and form extraction.
  • Passive and active scan modes.
  • Security checks across:
    • TLS and transport security.
    • Security headers.
    • Auth/session and cookie hardening.
    • Input handling and injection patterns.
    • API-related checks.
    • Information leakage and web content exposure.
  • Interactive mode with built-in tools:
    • scan.
    • port (simple port scanner with service names).
    • repeater.
    • fuzz.
  • Report outputs:
    • Console summary.
    • JSON report.
    • HTML report.

Website: Project dead
Support:
Developer: moyaru
License: MIT License

PRS options

PRS is written in Go. Learn Go with our recommended free books and free tutorials.


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