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CeWL

Builds wordlists from the words on a website.

Builds a tailored wordlist by spidering a website's words. Many passwords come from the company's own vocabulary (products, slogans, names), so this targeted list often beats rockyou.

Family Cracking & wordlists

Flags -d -m -w

Concepts Targeted password bruteforce (cewl, custom wordlists), Password Mutation & Custom Wordlists

Cheatsheet Discovery & fuzzing

Installation

sudo apt install -y cewl

Useful commands2 commands

Appears in

Some machines where its use is documented; not an exhaustive list.