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Details for VirusTotal CLI (UNOFFICIAL)
Package name
- vt-cli
License
- Apache-2.0
Last updated
- 9 June 2026 - latest/stable
- 9 June 2026 - latest/beta
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Do everything you'd normally do using VirusTotal's web page with this tool.
Welcome to the VirusTotal CLI, a tool designed for those who love both VirusTotal and command-line interfaces. With this tool you can do everything you'd normally do using VirusTotal's web page, including:
- Retrieve information about a file, URL, domain name, IP address, etc.
- Search for files and URLs using VirusTotal Intelligence query syntax.
- Download files.
- Manage your LiveHunt YARA rules.
- Launch Retrohunt jobs and get their results.
And much more: https://virustotal.github.io/vt-cli/doc/vt.html
Snap maintainer notice:
This is NOT an official distribution of the VirusTotal CLI, refer to the snap's own issue tracker for support:
https://gitlab.com/brlin/vt-cli-snap/-/issues
The upstream preferred vt command is not available by default, you can set it up manually by running the following command in a text terminal:
sudo snap alias vt-cli.vt vt
To scan files under storage mounted under the /media, /run/media, and the /mnt directories, you need to connect the snap to the removable-media snapd security confinement interface by running the following command in a text terminal:
sudo snap connect vt-cli:removable-media
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