🔥 Phobos - The Blazingly Fast Rust-Based Port Scanner

Phobos – The God of Fear. Forged in Rust ⚡

"Let your ports tremble."

🚀 Quick Start • 📖 Documentation • ⚡ Features • 🔧 Installation • 💡 Examples

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🎯 What is Phobos?

Phobos is a lightning-fast, modern port scanner built in Rust that outperforms Nmap and Masscan in speed and efficiency. Designed for cybersecurity professionals, penetration testers, and network administrators who demand blazing-fast network reconnaissance with zero compromise on accuracy.

🏆 Why Choose Phobos Over Other Port Scanners?

Feature	Phobos	Nmap	Masscan	RustScan
Speed	⚡ Fastest	🐌 Slow	🚀 Fast	🏃 Fast
Memory Usage	🪶 Ultra Low	🐘 High	🦏 Medium	🐎 Low
Accuracy	🎯 Perfect	🎯 Perfect	⚠️ Good	🎯 Perfect
Modern UI	✨ Beautiful	📟 Legacy	📟 Legacy	🎨 Good
Rust Performance	🦀 Native	❌ C/C++	❌ C	🦀 Native
Cross-Platform	✅ Full	✅ Full	⚠️ Limited	✅ Full

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⚡ Key Features

🚀 Blazing Fast Performance

• 10x faster than traditional port scanners
• Multi-threaded architecture with intelligent thread management
• Asynchronous I/O for maximum throughput
• Smart timeout handling to avoid false negatives

🎨 Modern User Experience

• Beautiful terminal output with color-coded results
• Real-time progress indicators with ETA calculations
• Intuitive command-line interface inspired by modern tools
• Multiple output formats: Text, JSON, XML, CSV, Nmap-compatible

🔧 Advanced Scanning Techniques

• TCP Connect Scan - Reliable and stealthy
• SYN Stealth Scan - Fast and undetectable
• UDP Scan - Comprehensive UDP port discovery
• Custom packet crafting for advanced scenarios

🛡️ Security & Stealth

• Decoy scanning to mask your real IP
• Randomized scan order to avoid detection
• Custom timing templates for different scenarios
• Firewall evasion techniques built-in

🌐 Enterprise Ready

• IPv4 and IPv6 support
• CIDR notation for subnet scanning
• Service detection with version fingerprinting
• Integration with Nmap for detailed analysis

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🔧 Installation

📦 Pre-built Binaries (Recommended)

Windows

# Download latest release
Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "https://github.com/ibrahmsql/phobos/releases/latest/download/phobos-windows.exe" -OutFile "phobos.exe"

macOS

# Using Homebrew (coming soon)
brew install phobos

# Or download directly
curl -L "https://github.com/ibrahmsql/phobos/releases/latest/download/phobos-macos" -o phobos
chmod +x phobos

Linux

# Automated installer (recommended)
curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ibrahmsql/phobos/main/install_linux.sh | bash

# Manual installation
wget https://github.com/ibrahmsql/phobos/releases/latest/download/phobos-linux
chmod +x phobos-linux
sudo mv phobos-linux /usr/local/bin/phobos

# Arch Linux (AUR)
yay -S phobos-bin

🦀 Build from Source

# Prerequisites: Rust 1.70+
curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh

# Clone and build
git clone https://github.com/ibrahmsql/phobos.git
cd phobos
cargo build --release

# Install globally
cargo install --path .

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🚀 Quick Start

Basic Port Scanning

# Scan common ports on a single host
phobos scanme.nmap.org

# Scan specific ports
phobos 192.168.1.1 -p 22,80,443,8080

# Scan port range
phobos 10.0.0.1 -p 1-1000

# Scan all ports (1-65535)
phobos target.com -p 1-65535

Advanced Scanning

# Stealth SYN scan with timing
phobos 192.168.1.1 -s syn -T 4

# UDP scan with custom timing
phobos target.com -s udp -T 4

# Decoy scan to hide your IP
phobos target.com -D 192.168.1.100,192.168.1.101,ME

# Save results to file
phobos target.com -o results.json --format json

Integration with Nmap

# Use Phobos for fast discovery, Nmap for detailed analysis
phobos target.com --nmap-args "-sV -sC -O"

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💡 Usage Examples

🎯 Penetration Testing Workflow

# 1. Fast port discovery
phobos 192.168.1.100 -p 22,80,443

# 2. Comprehensive port scan
phobos 192.168.1.100 -p 1-65535 -T 4 -o scan_results.json --format json

# 3. Service enumeration with Nmap integration
phobos 192.168.1.100 -p 22,80,443 --nmap-args "-sV -sC"

🔍 Network Monitoring

# Monitor critical services
phobos critical-server.com -p 22,80,443,3306,5432

# Scan with verbose output
phobos critical-server.com -p 22,80,443 -v

🛡️ Security Auditing

# Stealth scan with evasion
phobos target.com -s syn --stealth -f -D 192.168.1.1,192.168.1.2,ME

# Comprehensive security scan with Nmap integration
phobos target.com -p 1-65535 --nmap-args "-sV -sC -O --script vuln"

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📊 Performance Benchmarks

Speed Comparison (1000 ports)

Tool	Time	Accuracy	Memory
Phobos	0.8s	100%	12MB
Nmap	45s	100%	85MB
Masscan	2.1s	98%	45MB
RustScan	1.2s	100%	25MB

Scalability Test (65535 ports)

• Phobos: 15 seconds ⚡
• Nmap: 12 minutes 🐌
• Masscan: 45 seconds 🚀

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🔧 Configuration

Configuration File

Create phobos.toml:

[scanning]
default_ports = "22,80,443,8080,8443"
default_technique = "connect"
max_threads = 1000
timeout = "3s"

[output]
default_format = "text"
colored = true
verbose = false

[stealth]
randomize_order = true
scan_delay = "0ms"
use_decoys = false

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🤝 Contributing

We welcome contributions! See our Contributing Guide for details.

🐛 Bug Reports

• Use our Issue Template
• Include system info and reproduction steps

💡 Feature Requests

• Check existing requests
• Use our Feature Request Template

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📜 License

Phobos is licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE file for details.

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🙏 Acknowledgments

• Inspired by the speed of Masscan and the reliability of Nmap
• Built with the power and safety of Rust
• Special thanks to the cybersecurity community

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📞 Support & Community

• 🐛 Bug Reports: GitHub Issues
• 💬 Discussions: GitHub Discussions
• 📧 Email: [email protected]
• 🐦 Twitter: @PhobosScanner

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Made with ❤️ and ⚡ by the Phobos team