jotti - VirusTotal Alternative

[cyclone]

Title: jotti
Author: cyclone
URL: https://github.com/cyclone-github/jotti
Description:

• This tool is a CLI file uploader for Jotti https://virusscan.jotti.org
• Jotti is a lesser-known alternative to VirusTotal
• Jotti enforces a rate limit which this tool honors once it has been reached. If you need to scan more files, consider supporting the Jotti project by purchasing an API key.

jotti

$ ./jotti_amd64.bin jotti_amd64.exe
SHA1 Checksum: 7bbaea591789073aaf96ce2669e6238196cb9093
Progress: [====================] 100.00% (sent) - waiting response...OK
https://virusscan.jotti.org/en-US/search/hash/7bbaea591789073aaf96ce2669e6238196cb9093

Usage Instructions:

./jotti {file_to_scan}
./jotti -help
./jotti -version

Compile jotti from source:

• If you want the latest features, compiling from source is the best option since the release version may run several revisions behind the source code.
• This assumes you have Go and Git installed
  • git clone https://github.com/cyclone-github/jotti.git # clone repo
  • cd jotti # enter project directory
  • go mod init jotti # initialize Go module (skips if go.mod exists)
  • go mod tidy # download dependencies
  • go build -ldflags="-s -w" . # compile binary in current directory
  • go install -ldflags="-s -w" . # compile binary and install to $GOPATH
• Compile from source code how-to:
  • https://github.com/cyclone-github/scripts/blob/main/intro_to_go.txt

Changelog:

• https://github.com/cyclone-github/jotti/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md

[cyclone]

New release:

v1.0.0; 2025-08-27
- stable v1.0.0 release
- enforce Jotti's 250MB max file limit
- added upload progress bar
- added HTTP client timeout to avoid hangs
- added non-zero exit on rate limit
- tidied up logic in URL, filename, directory parsing