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Techstack Backend

Backend tech-stack identification, web servers, runtimes, languages, frameworks...

Install

npx skills add transilienceai/communitytools --skill techstack-backend -g -a claude-code -y
Category
Engineering
Updated
3mo ago
License
MIT
Context cost
Lightabout 327 tokens
Runs scripts
No, instructions only

What it does

Backend tech-stack identification, web servers, runtimes, languages, frameworks, databases, APIs, and CMS via HTTP headers, cookies, error pages, and API discovery.

Backend Tech-Stack Identification

Scope

Identify server-side technologies: web servers (nginx, Apache, IIS), runtimes (Node, Python, PHP, Ruby, Java, .NET), backend frameworks (Express, Django, Flask, Rails, Laravel, Spring, ASP.NET), databases (Postgres, MySQL, Mongo, Redis), CMS (WordPress, Drupal, Magento), and API surfaces (REST, GraphQL, OpenAPI).

Signals (input)

  • HTTP response headers, Server, X-Powered-By, X-AspNet-Version, X-Drupal-*, X-Generator, etc.
  • Cookies, session-name fingerprints (PHPSESSID, JSESSIONID, _rails_session, ...)
  • Error page bodies (404, 500)
  • Path patterns hinting CMS (/wp-admin/, /sites/default/)
  • API subdomains and OpenAPI/Swagger/GraphQL endpoints
  • robots.txt directives

Inferences (output)

  • Web server + version
  • Runtime / language + version
  • Backend framework (with implied runtime)
  • CMS + version
  • Database (often indirect, via ORM dependency or hosted-DB DNS)
  • API style (REST/GraphQL/gRPC) and authentication scheme

Techniques

See reference/patterns.md.

When to use

  • Phase 2/3 of a tech-stack OSINT engagement
  • Mapping server-side attack surface (RCE, SSRF, deserialization)
  • CVE matching by server + version
  • Locating GraphQL / OpenAPI for follow-on api-security testing

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