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LiveTargetsFinder: Quickly Identify Reachable Hosts for Your Attack Surface

Name: LiveTargetsFinder: Quickly Identify Reachable Hosts for Your Attack Surface
Author: allyomalley

LiveTargetsFinder automates MassDNS, Masscan, and nmap to produce clean lists of live URLs and service details—ideal for founders needing fast, reliable target discovery.

From the repo · “Generates lists of live hosts and URLs for targeting, automating the usage of MassDNS, Masscan and nmap to filter out unreachable hosts and gather service information”

366 stars+1★ this week65 forksPythonGuide quality 9/10 · reviewed Oct 12Updated 7/23/2022100% free · open source

What it does

LiveTargetsFinder automates the process of generating lists of live hosts and URLs for targeting by leveraging MassDNS, Masscan, and nmap to filter out unreachable hosts and gather service information.

When to use it

•When you need to identify live hosts within a large IP range for penetration testing or security auditing.
•When you want to automate the process of filtering out unreachable hosts and gathering service information for a list of URLs.
•When you need to integrate live host discovery into your existing security or network monitoring workflow.

Ready-to-paste prompt

python LiveTargetsFinder.py -i input_urls.txt -o output_hosts.txt -m 100

Heads up: Ensure that you have the necessary dependencies installed, including MassDNS, Masscan, and nmap, and that they are properly configured and accessible from the system running LiveTargetsFinder.

Saves to your device

Use with Claude

New

Skip the builder — one click puts this in Claude, Cursor, Antigravity and more.

✅ Light setup

Installs with a command or two; your AI agent can do it for you.

Try it instantly — no install

Claude Code

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/livetargetsfinder && curl -fsSL https://workflowstacks.com/api/skills/livetargetsfinder/claude-skill -o ~/.claude/skills/livetargetsfinder/SKILL.md

Open in another AI app

Opens the app with this repo with the prompt ready to go — no copy-paste needed.

Connect the whole catalog (MCP)

claude mcp add --transport http workflowstacks https://workflowstacks.com/api/mcp

Adds a WorkflowStacks connector to Claude Code: search and load any skill here by chatting.

How LiveTargetsFinder: Quickly Identify Reachable Hosts for Your Attack Surface works

Codeflow

Free to inspect

LiveTargetsFinder: Quickly Identify Reachable Hosts for Your Attack Surface is a tiny Python project (~350 lines across 2 code files). Setup is light: install Python, run one command. Last commit 52 months ago, no license file, no tests found.

Size

Tiny codebase

~350 lines · 2 code files · 3 min skim

Setup

Light setup

Install Python, run one command.

Runs on

Python

No API keys detected

Python 97%Shell 3%

Where to start reading

1
README.md
Start here — what it does and how to install it
2
requirements.txt
Dependencies and the commands it exposes

What's in each folder

output/Folder1 files

READMENo tests foundThin docsNo CINo licenseLast update 52 mo ago

Use with Claude

New

Skip the builder — one click puts this in Claude, Cursor, Antigravity and more.

✅ Light setup

Installs with a command or two; your AI agent can do it for you.

Try it instantly — no install

Claude Code

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/livetargetsfinder && curl -fsSL https://workflowstacks.com/api/skills/livetargetsfinder/claude-skill -o ~/.claude/skills/livetargetsfinder/SKILL.md

Open in another AI app

Opens the app with this repo with the prompt ready to go — no copy-paste needed.

Connect the whole catalog (MCP)

claude mcp add --transport http workflowstacks https://workflowstacks.com/api/mcp

Adds a WorkflowStacks connector to Claude Code: search and load any skill here by chatting.

Quick Actions

Details

Creator

allyomalley

Language

Python

Do this with a working workflow

Pages we wrote and tested that put a skill like this to work — importable n8n templates, outcome guides and Claude Desktop configs.

Outcome guide

Score your leads by ideal-customer fit

You describe your ideal customer once and keep leads in a Google Sheet. The workflow scores each 1–5 for fit with a one-line reason, so you sort and work the best first.