virustotal-cli ☆
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Description:
Command-line interface for VirusTotal
Type: Formula  |  Latest Version: 1.2.0@0  |  Tracked Since: Oct 10, 2025
Links: Homepage  |  @virustotal  |  formulae.brew.sh
Category: Security
Tags: security cli api threat-intelligence virus-total
Install: brew install virustotal-cli
About:
The official command-line interface for the VirusTotal platform, enabling users to interact with the API directly from the terminal. It allows for uploading files, scanning URLs, and retrieving detailed analysis reports. This tool is essential for security professionals and researchers automating threat intelligence workflows.
Key Features:
  • File and URL scanning from the command line
  • Access to detailed threat intelligence reports
  • Programmatic API interaction for automation
  • Support for both public and private API keys
Use Cases:
  • Automating the analysis of suspicious files in a CI/CD pipeline
  • Batch checking a list of URLs for known threats
  • Enriching security logs with VirusTotal data
Alternatives:
  • hydra – Hydra is a parallelized login cracker, whereas virustotal-cli is for threat intelligence lookups.
  • curl – Generic HTTP client that can hit the API, but lacks the specialized commands and output formatting of the dedicated CLI.
Version History
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Oct 10, 2025 7:45pm 0 VERSION_BUMP 4cf6c1dd
Sep 11, 2025 9:56pm 0 VERSION_BUMP 6acea7a3
Dec 27, 2024 9:55am 0 VERSION_BUMP 7a0d6708
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