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> Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further.

# Favihunter: Discover and Track Internet Assets Using Favicon Hashes via Search Engines
- URL: https://darkwebinformer.com/favihunter-discover-and-track-internet-assets-using-favicon-hashes-via-search-engines/
- Published: 2024-12-27T21:20:18.000Z
- Updated: 2025-09-04T22:24:49.000Z
- Author: Dark Web Informer
- Tags: OSINT, Tools

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GitHub: <https://github.com/eremit4/favihunter>

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# Favihunter

[](https://github.com/eremit4/favihunter#favihunter)

> Favicons are small icons in modern web applications that could be very useful for us in our day-to-day hunting activities, especially when we combine these icons with modern search engines to find assets on the internet.

> This project helps security professionals find assets online using favicon hashes through search engines such as:

- [BinaryEdge](https://app.binaryedge.io/services/query)
- [Censys](https://search.censys.io/)
- [Criminal IP](https://www.criminalip.io/)
- [FOFA](https://en.fofa.info/)
- [Hunter-How](https://hunter.how/)
- [Netlas](https://app.netlas.io/)
- [Odin](https://search.odin.io/)
- [Shodan](https://www.shodan.io/)
- [Silent Push](https://explore.silentpush.com/)
- [Validin](https://app.validin.com/)
- [Zoomeye](https://www.zoomeye.hk/)

## 🛠️ Installation

[](https://github.com/eremit4/favihunter#%EF%B8%8F--installation)

Optional - Creating a virtualenv before installing the dependencies

> Note: The use of virtual environments is optional, but recommended. In this way, we avoid possible conflicts in different versions of the project's dependencies. Learn how to install and use virtualenv according to your OS [here](https://virtualenv.pypa.io/en/latest/)

### Via PyPI (Recommended)

[](https://github.com/eremit4/favihunter#via-pypi-recommended)

You can install FaviHunter directly from [PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/favihunter/):

pip install favihunter

### Via Source (Using Poetry)

[](https://github.com/eremit4/favihunter#via-source-using-poetry)

Cloning the project:

git clone https://github.com/eremit4/favihunter.git

Installing the dependencies:

poetry install

## 🕵️‍♂️ Using

[](https://github.com/eremit4/favihunter#%EF%B8%8F%EF%B8%8F-using)

Discovering the project capabilities:

favihunter --help

Analyzing a specific URL:

favihunter --url <url address>

Analyzing a file with URLs:

favihunter --urls <file path>

Analyzing a local favicon image:

favihunter --favicon <file path>

Cleaning the favicon local directory:

favihunter --remove-favicons

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/6b/16/6b16ac9c-cd67-432f-b0f3-bbec941084ff/content/images/2024/12/2398579817.gif)