BinaryEdge Shut Down. Your Workflows Don't Have To.
BinaryEdge is no longer available. BarkScan fills that gap with affordable internet scanning.
BinaryEdge vs BarkScan
How BarkScan compares to what BinaryEdge offered
| Capability | BinaryEdge (was) | BarkScan (now) |
|---|---|---|
| Host/port scanning | ✓ | ✓ |
| Banner grabbing | ✓ | ✓ |
| DNS intelligence | ✓ | ✓ |
| Certificate transparency | ✓ | ✓ |
| REST API | ✓ | ✓ |
| CVE/vulnerability data | ✓ | Not available |
API Migration Guide
Map your existing BinaryEdge API calls to BarkScan equivalents
Host Search
?query=product:nginx&page=1
?q=product:nginx&page=1
Host Details
DNS Lookup
/example.com
Authentication
Response Format
Both platforms return JSON. BarkScan uses a consistent envelope format:
"data": [...],
"meta": {
"total": 15234,
"page": 1,
"per_page": 100
}
}
Updating Your Tools
Common security tools that integrated with BinaryEdge and how to point them at BarkScan
theHarvester
Use the Shodan or custom API module, or look for our upcoming theHarvester plugin.
subfinder
BarkScan's DNS API provides equivalent subdomain enumeration capabilities.
Recon-ng
A BarkScan module can query our search and DNS APIs.
Custom Scripts
If you wrote custom Python/Ruby scripts against BinaryEdge's API, the migration is straightforward. Update the base URL and auth header.
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