A realistic bug bounty toolkit for finding real vulnerabilities
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If you spend enough time in bug bounty, you’ll realize one thing very quickly:
Tools don’t magically find vulnerabilities. People do.
But the right tools help you see more, faster. They reduce noise, uncover hidden attack surface, and let you focus on logic instead of repetition.
In this article, I’ve put together a practical list of bug hunting tools and command-line utilities that real bug bounty hunters use. This includes old-school classics, modern recon tools, and newer automation helpers that are becoming standard today.
This is not a “run one command and get a critical” list. It’s a toolbox you can mix and adapt to your own workflow.
Recon & Asset Discovery
Recon is still where most bugs are born.
Old but reliable