---
name: "afl-addseeds"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "afl++"
version: "5.00c-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/afl-addseeds"
---

# afl-addseeds(8)

## NAME

**afl-addseeds**

## SYNOPSIS

Syntax: afl-addseeds -o afl-out-dir \[-i seed\_file\_or\_dir\] seed\_file\_or\_seed\_dir seed\_file\_or\_seed\_dir ...

## OPTIONS

```
Options:
  -o afl-out-dir       the output directory being used in the fuzzing campaign
  -i seed_file_or_dir  file or directory of files to add
Adds new seeds to an existing AFL++ fuzzing campaign.
```

## AUTHOR

AFL++ was written by Michal "lcamtuf" Zalewski and is maintained by Marc "van Hauser" Heuse \<mh@mh-sec.de\>, Dominik Maier \<domenukk@gmail.com\>, Andrea Fioraldi \<andreafioraldi@gmail.com\> and Heiko "hexcoder-" Eissfeldt \<heiko.eissfeldt@hexco.de\> The homepage of AFL++ is: https://github.com/AFLplusplus/AFLplusplus

## LICENSE

AFL++ is licensed under AGPL-3.0-or-later, with original components under Apache-2.0; an optional commercial license is available. See https://github.com/AFLplusplus/AFLplusplus/blob/stable/LICENSING.md