Verdict
adminer.org appears legitimate.
Our checks found nothing pointing to fraud. Ordinary care still applies when you pay or sign in.
| What this site appears to be | Official-looking Adminer project page describing an open-source, single-file PHP database management tool, supported database systems, plugins, downloads, features, security recommendations, references, and sponsorship options. |
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Evidence status and limitations
Evidence completeness: UNKNOWN
- Module-level completeness metadata is unavailable for this legacy report.
At a glance
The checks that decide most of this verdict.
| Malware engines | None flagged itVirusTotal | Clear |
|---|---|---|
| Google Safe Browsing | Not listedGoogle | Clear |
| Abuse reports on the host | 0 reportsAbuseIPDB; shared hosting inflates this count | Noted |
| Domain age | 17 years oldRegistered history | Clear |
| Web archive | Archived since 2004978 snapshots | Clear |
| Certificate | Encrypted connectionIssued by YE2 | Noted |
The page as captured
No screenshot is retained for this report.
Key findings
- Automated classification: Not Scam.
- Domain age: more than 10 years (registration continuity).
- Public web-archive history exists since 2004.
- No flags from the reputation services TrustSniffer consulted at assessment time.
Full analysis
Overview
Adminer is an established open-source software project presenting a single-file PHP database administration tool, documentation, downloads, plugins, security guidance, community resources, and sponsorship options for managing systems including MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, SQLite, Microsoft SQL Server, and Oracle.
Scam/Impersonation Risk
No contradictions were observed across the supplied website content, historical presence, and external reputation signals. The site presents a coherent software-project model rather than deposits, investment returns, or deceptive financial services; its stated database-management functions are consistent with that purpose. Normal interaction, including account login where applicable and standard use, is appropriate.
- The homepage identifies Adminer as database-management software and provides features, documentation, downloads, and security guidance.
- The homepage records 978 archive snapshots spanning 2004–2026, covering 23 tracked years.
- External reputation checks recorded zero malicious and zero suspicious detections, with no phishing or blacklist finding.
Regulatory Verification Notes
The project states that its software is distributed under the Apache License or GPL 2 and is sustained through community contributions, sponsorships, donations, and related integrations. No financial-service licensing framework is indicated by the supplied business model, and no third-party broker match was identified. The available content provides software licensing information rather than a corporate or regulated-financial disclosure package.
- The homepage describes the Apache License or GPL 2 distribution model and links to downloads, source code, references, and community resources.
- The domain was registered through Gransy, s.r.o. in 2009 and has an age of 17.18 years.
- The site is served through AS39392, operated by SuperNetwork - SuperNetwork, CZ.
- TLS uses issuer YE2 with DV validation and is valid through 2026-10-01.
What to Verify Next
Before deploying downloaded software in a controlled environment, confirm that the selected release corresponds to the project’s published version and review its source code and security recommendations through the project’s linked development and documentation resources. Operational deployment should also follow the organization’s standard database-access and credential-management controls.
- The homepage provides versioned downloads, source-code access, a change log, and security-related documentation.
- The site links to code, bugs, forums, references, requirements, and plugin documentation.
- The homepage identifies community distribution channels including Docker, Debian, Arch Linux, and other package integrations.
Summary Verdict
The website presents as a legitimate, established, and trustworthy open-source software project with strong continuity, coherent content, and clean external reputation. Its identity and operating purpose are consistent across the available evidence, supporting normal interaction and standard use.
Infrastructure Integrity
The site resolves directly to two likely origin addresses without a detected CDN or WAF layer. Its hosting infrastructure is identifiable and resolved through SuperNetwork in the Czech Republic; this provides technical observability but should be regarded as a mitigating infrastructure characteristic, not proof of legitimacy.
Closing Assessment
Standard browsing, software evaluation, and ordinary project interaction are appropriate, subject to normal enterprise software-supply-chain and deployment controls.
Written analysis generated 2026-08-01 by the TrustSniffer Analysis Engine from the evidence in this report.
What the analysis found
No rule findings contributed to this verdict.
Identity verification
| Status | LIKELY |
|---|---|
| Identity score | 73/100 |
| Identity verification confidence | 74% |
- Trusted social count=1
Identity verification measures whether the site can be independently connected to a real-world brand or person. It is separate from the classification confidence.
What TrustSniffer observed
First-party facts recorded during the assessment of adminer.org.
- The request stayed on adminer.org. It was not redirected to another domain. Clear
- Registration is published under Gransy, s.r.o.. Clear
- DNS for this domain is served by vas-hosting.com, across 3 name servers. Noted
- The registration is paid up to 2027-05-31. Noted
- The earliest public archive of this site is from 2004-04-12. Clear
- It is hosted on SuperNetwork, from a server in CZ. Noted
Domain intelligence
| Registrar | Gransy, s.r.o. |
|---|---|
| Hosting | SuperNetwork - SuperNetwork, CZ |
| Country | CZ |
| Server IP | 2a01:28:ca:112::1:907 |
| Name servers | ns.vas-hosting.com, ns.vas-hosting.cz, ns.vas-hosting.eu |
| SSL issuer | YE2 |
| SSL expiry | 2026-10-01 |
| Domain age | 17.2 years |
| Domain expiry | 2027-05-31 |
| Archive first seen | 2004-04-12 |
| Archive snapshots | 978 |
| Reputation | VirusTotal: 0 flagged | AbuseIPDB: 0 reports | Google Safe Browsing: 0 matches |
About this assessment
A trust score summarises the evidence TrustSniffer could collect about adminer.org at assessment time. It is a starting point for your own judgement, not a guarantee: a high score means the signals were consistent with a legitimately operated site, a low or critical score means several risk patterns were present.
TrustSniffer assesses a website from the evidence it can collect at a point in time: domain registration and age, hosting and certificate, the content the site served, and third-party reputation feeds. A score is a summary of that evidence, not a guarantee and not a legal finding. There is no human rating and no user review in it. A site can change after it is assessed.