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0009811Kali LinuxNew Tool Requestspublic2026-08-27 13:49
Reporterqiw.def Assigned Todaniruiz  
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityhave not tried
Status resolvedResolutionfixed 
Fixed in Version2026.3 
Summary0009811: Katana - Next-generation Web Crawling and Spidering Framework
Description

Hello Kali Linux Development Team,

I would like to submit a request to include "Katana" into the official Kali Linux repository. Katana is a modern, highly efficient, and fast web crawler/spider developed by ProjectDiscovery. It is heavily utilized by the penetration testing and bug bounty communities due to its speed and ability to handle modern web architectures.

Below are the technical details for the tool:

  • Tool Name: Katana
  • Vendor/Author: ProjectDiscovery
  • Tool URL / Download Location: https://github.com/projectdiscovery/katana
  • License: MIT License
  • Similar tools already in Kali: wget, curl, spiderfoot (for asset crawling), and various legacy web spiders.

Description:
Katana focuses on high-performance web crawling. Its key feature is the support for both standard and headless crawling (using a headless browser), allowing it to effectively parse and extract endpoints from modern Single Page Applications (SPAs) and heavy JavaScript environments.

Technical Notes for Packaging:

  • The project is written in Go (Golang). The packaging process will require a modern Go compiler environment (Go 1.22+ or newer) as a build-dependency.
  • It actively receives updates and is highly stable for production security pipelines.

Thank you very much for your time and effort in keeping Kali Linux updated!

Activities

qiw.def

qiw.def

2026-08-02 13:44

reporter   ~0021918

Source: katana
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Maintainer: Kali Developers [email protected]
Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 13), dh-golang, golang-go (>= 1.22)
Standards-Version: 4.6.2
Homepage: https://github.com/projectdiscovery/katana

Package: katana
Architecture: any
Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
Description: Next-generation crawling and spidering framework
Katana is a fast crawler focused on execution in automation pipelines,
offering both headless and non-headless crawling capabilities to handle
modern JavaScript-heavy websites.

daniruiz

daniruiz

2026-08-27 13:46

manager   ~0021957

This tool is now packaged and should be ready in apt's repository in a few days. Thank you ;)

https://gitlab.com/kalilinux/packages/katana

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2026-08-02 13:38 qiw.def New Issue
2026-08-02 13:44 qiw.def Note Added: 0021918
2026-08-20 10:36 daniruiz Summary [Tool Request] Katana - Next-generation Web Crawling and Spidering Framework => Katana - Next-generation Web Crawling and Spidering Framework
2026-08-27 13:46 daniruiz Note Added: 0021957
2026-08-27 13:49 daniruiz Assigned To => daniruiz
2026-08-27 13:49 daniruiz Status new => resolved
2026-08-27 13:49 daniruiz Resolution open => fixed
2026-08-27 13:49 daniruiz Fixed in Version => 2026.3