Modules

Modules

Kraken's functionality lives in independent tentacle modules under lib/modules/. Each one is selected from the Usage, prompts for a target, validates it, runs its steps and writes results into the current session.

Key	Module	Page	Primary tools
1	Reconnaissance	Reconnaissance	dig / host, subfinder, whois
2	Port scanning	Port Scanning	nmap, /dev/tcp
3	Web enumeration	Web Enumeration	curl
4	Vulnerability assessment	Vulnerability Assessment	openssl, curl
5	Reporting	Reporting	none (aggregates files)

Shared contract

Every module:

• exposes a single entry point kraken_<name>_run,
• writes into ${KRAKEN_OUTPUT_DIR}/<name>_<target>/,
• validates input with kraken_valid_target,
• degrades gracefully when an external tool is missing.

See Architecture for the full module contract and Extending Kraken to add your own.

Graceful degradation

Modules never hard-fail on a missing tool. For example, the recon module prefers dig, falls back to host, then nslookup, then getent. The scan module uses nmap when present and a pure-Bash /dev/tcp probe otherwise. Install only what you need.