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gau for Mac

Open Threat Exchange, Wayback Machine, and Common Crawl URL fetcher

Quick answer: gau is a command-line tool for macOS. Install it with brew install gau. It is distributed under the MIT licence. It has 81 Homebrew installs in the last 30 days.

What gau is

gau is a command-line tool for macOS: open Threat Exchange, Wayback Machine, and Common Crawl URL fetcher.

It is distributed as a Homebrew formula, which builds or pours a binary and puts it on your PATH. The project is open source and lives at https://github.com/lc/gau.

How to install gau

  1. Open Terminal (press ⌘ + Space and type “Terminal”).
  2. If Homebrew is not installed yet, run the installer below once.
  3. Run brew install gau.

Homebrew installer, if you need it:

Prefer a graphical installer? Download it from the official site. MacPicks never hosts or mirrors binaries — the Homebrew command always pulls from the vendor's own release.

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install gau on Mac?

Run brew install gau in Terminal. This requires Homebrew; if you do not have it, install it first with the command below.

Is gau open source?

Yes — Homebrew distributes it under the MIT licence.

Does gau run on Apple silicon?

Homebrew publishes this formula for macOS. If upstream does not ship an Apple silicon build, Rosetta 2 handles the Intel binary.

How popular is gau?

It was installed 81 times in the last 30 days according to Homebrew analytics, ranking #3779 in this catalogue.

What version of gau is current?

The latest packaged version is 2.2.4.