Install httpx Services Probing Tool on Ubuntu 24.04

The httpx is an HTTP toolkit that probes services, web servers, and other valuable information that could be useful for further testing or analysis. It's particularly useful for security researchers and penetration testers. This tutorial explains how to install httpx services probing tool on Ubuntu 24.04.

Install httpx

Check the GitHub repository to find the latest version of httpx and assign it to a variable:

HTTPX_VERSION=$(curl -s "https://api.github.com/repos/projectdiscovery/httpx/releases/latest" | grep -Po '"tag_name": "v\K[0-9.]+')

Download archive file:

wget -qO httpx.zip https://github.com/projectdiscovery/httpx/releases/latest/download/httpx_${HTTPX_VERSION}_linux_amd64.zip

Extract executable and place in the /usr/local/bin directory:

sudo unzip -q httpx.zip -d /usr/local/bin httpx

Verify the installation by checking the version of httpx:

httpx --version

Remove the archive file since it’s no longer required:

rm -rf httpx.zip

Testing httpx

The httpx supports various options. For example, the following command sends HTTP requests to the specified URLs and retrieves their status codes and response times:

httpx -u https://www.google.com,https://youtube.com -status-code -response-time

Output example:

   / /_  / /_/ /_____ | |/ /
  / __ \/ __/ __/ __ \|   /
 / / / / /_/ /_/ /_/ /   |
/_/ /_/\__/\__/ .___/_/|_|
             /_/

                projectdiscovery.io

[INF] Current httpx version v1.6.8 (latest)
[WRN] UI Dashboard is disabled, Use -dashboard option to enable
https://youtube.com [301] [182.246112ms]
https://www.google.com [200] [278.530619ms]

Uninstall httpx

To uninstall httpx, delete the executable file:

sudo rm -rf /usr/local/bin/httpx

You can also remove the httpx configuration directory:

rm -rf ~/.config/httpx