Download SecLists Without Full Git History

SecLists is large; shallow downloads keep usage light during audits.

Options

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/danielmiessler/SecLists.git

or

wget -O SecLists.zip https://github.com/danielmiessler/SecLists/archive/refs/heads/master.zip
unzip SecLists.zip

Diagram

  flowchart LR
    A[Full clone] --> B[Histor y >1GB]
    A -->|--depth 1| C[Tiny checkout]
    A -->|ZIP| D[Single snapshot]

When you need history later, run git fetch --unshallow to convert the repo back to a full clone.