6abd/horus
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An OSINT / digital forensics tool built in Python
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README.md
OriginalProject | Horus
Table of Contents
- 🚀 About Horus
- ⚡ Installation and Usage Instructions
- ⚙️ API Configuration
- 🔮 Intended Features
- 🤝 Current Maintainers
- 🛠️ Contributing
- 📧 Contact Me
- 🤝 Acknowledgements
🚀 About Horus
Horus is an all-in-one encompassing tool for investigations assistance, from API leveraging to compiling data too. Its your pre-ops buddy!
⚡ Installation and Usage Instructions
To get started with this project, you will need Python installed on your device. Once it is installed, follow these steps:
- Clone this repository.
cdto the 'horus' directory. (Make sure it isn't the outermost folder)- Install dependencies using the following command:
pip install -r requirements.txt - In the 'horus' directory, run
python3 horus.pyon Linux/MacOS, orpy horus.pyon Windows
Note: protonvpn-cli is a requirement for the 'pvpn' command Note: openvpn CLI is a requirement for the 'ovpn' command
⚙️ API Configuration
To configure the APIs necessary for usage of certain commands, you can either manually enter them, or use the 'apicon' command
To manually configure API keys, navigate to /src/modules/var/pipes/api_config.json. Enter your API keys in their corresponding entries.
⚠️ Warning: If you are contributing to this repository or are testing it through a public fork, make sure to remove your API keys from the JSON file before pushing changes.
🔮 Intended Features
🟢 = Fully implemented or more than 80% done
🟡 = Partially implemented / In development
🔴 = To be implemented
On Shodan: Shodan is a paid API, so in order for your API to work you need to subscribe to them. A lot of its feature's location-related functionality is available in 'geolock', but more detailed features require that API.
🤝 Current Maintainers
- 6abd (Me) | Project Lead and Developer
🛠️ Contributing
- If you notice a bug or want to request a feature, make an issue with the appropriate tag
- If you would like to fix a bug or add a feature yourself, make a PR and I'll take a look
- If you would like to become a long-term maintainer/contributor, contact me
- For any other inquiries, you may also contact me
📧 Contact Me
- Email: [email protected]
- Discord: maestro.hq or through the community server
🤝 Acknowledgements
- Fox | Was Previously Project Manager
- Tornado | Was Previously QA
- Mart | Was Previously Sr Dev
- Mu | Was Previously Jr Dev
Some code used can be attributed to Fox and Askerdyne Ltd., specifically the 'Loki' encryption toolset.
Some .github files were made by Jesse Squires
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