generated: '2026-07-20'
method: searched
source: https://docs.projectdiscovery.io/opensource/pdtm/overview
clis:
- name: pdtm
  description: >-
    ProjectDiscovery Tool Manager - installs, updates, and organizes the
    ProjectDiscovery open-source toolset from a single command.
  docs: https://docs.projectdiscovery.io/opensource/pdtm/overview
  repo: https://github.com/projectdiscovery/pdtm
  install:
  - go install -v github.com/projectdiscovery/pdtm/cmd/pdtm@latest
  - brew install pdtm
  commands:
  - pdtm -install-all
  - pdtm -update-all
  - pdtm -install <tool>
  - pdtm -remove <tool>
- name: nuclei
  description: >-
    Fast, template-based vulnerability scanner. The flagship CLI, driven by the
    community nuclei-templates library and integrated with the cloud platform
    via the PDCP API key (nuclei -cloud-upload / -pdcp-auth).
  docs: https://docs.projectdiscovery.io/opensource/nuclei/overview
  repo: https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei
  install:
  - go install -v github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v3/cmd/nuclei@latest
  - brew install nuclei
  - pdtm -install nuclei
other_tools:
- subfinder (subdomain discovery)
- httpx (HTTP toolkit)
- naabu (port scanning)
- katana (web crawler)
- dnsx (DNS toolkit)
- cloudlist (cloud asset listing)
- interactsh (OOB interaction gathering)
- uncover (search-engine host discovery)
- notify (notification streaming)
- tlsx (TLS grabber)
- cdncheck (CDN detection)
- asnmap (ASN mapping)
notes: >-
  ProjectDiscovery's CLIs are Go binaries. pdtm is the umbrella installer;
  nuclei is the primary scanner and integrates directly with the PDCP cloud API
  using the same X-API-Key credential documented in authentication/.