diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 538b5fd4..4a94f39a 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -42,6 +42,12 @@ Once the prerequisites have been installed, set up PurlDB with the following com
     make postgres
     make postgres_matchcodeio
 
+Indexing some PURLs requires a GitHub API token. Please add your GitHub API key to the `.env` file
+::
+
+    GH_TOKEN=your-github-api
+
+
 Once PurlDB and the database has been set up, run tests to ensure functionality:
 ::
 
diff --git a/minecode/tests/test_generic.py b/minecode/tests/test_generic.py
index dafe8be2..466fe436 100644
--- a/minecode/tests/test_generic.py
+++ b/minecode/tests/test_generic.py
@@ -60,12 +60,31 @@ def test_map_generic_package(self):
         self.assertEqual('1.0.0', package.version)
         self.assertEqual('http://example.com/test.tar.gz', package.download_url)
 
-    def test_process_request_dir_listed(self):
+    def test_map_fetchcode_supported_package(self):
+        package_count = Package.objects.all().count()
+        self.assertEqual(0, package_count)
+
+        purl = PackageURL.from_string("pkg:generic/udhcp@0.9.1")
+        error_msg = generic.map_fetchcode_supported_package(purl)
+
+        self.assertEqual('', error_msg)
+        package_count = Package.objects.all().count()
+        self.assertEqual(1, package_count)
+
+        package = Package.objects.first()
+        self.assertEqual("udhcp", package.name)
+        self.assertEqual("0.9.1", package.version)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            "https://web.archive.org/web/20021209021312/http://udhcp.busybox.net/source//udhcp-0.9.1.tar.gz",
+            package.download_url,
+        )
+    
+    def test_process_request_fetchcode_generic(self):
         package_count = Package.objects.all().count()
         self.assertEqual(0, package_count)
 
         purl = "pkg:generic/ipkg@0.99.33"
-        error_msg = generic.process_request_dir_listed(purl)
+        error_msg = generic.process_request_fetchcode_generic(purl)
 
         self.assertEqual(None, error_msg)
         package_count = Package.objects.all().count()
diff --git a/minecode/visitors/generic.py b/minecode/visitors/generic.py
index 314a84e4..6011209f 100644
--- a/minecode/visitors/generic.py
+++ b/minecode/visitors/generic.py
@@ -91,9 +91,9 @@ def packagedata_from_dict(package_data):
     return PackageData.from_data(cleaned_package_data)
 
 
-def map_directory_listed_package(package_url):
+def map_fetchcode_supported_package(package_url):
     """
-    Add a directory listed `package_url` to the PackageDB.
+    Add a `package_url` supported by fetchcode to the PackageDB.
 
     Return an error string if any errors are encountered during the process
     """
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ def map_directory_listed_package(package_url):
     return error
 
 
-DIR_SUPPORTED_PURLS = [
+GENERIC_FETCHCODE_SUPPORTED_PURLS = [
     "pkg:generic/busybox@.*",
     "pkg:generic/bzip2@.*",
     "pkg:generic/dnsmasq@.*",
@@ -137,16 +137,26 @@ def map_directory_listed_package(package_url):
     "pkg:generic/samba@.*",
     "pkg:generic/syslinux@.*",
     "pkg:generic/toybox@.*",
-    "pkg:generic/uclibc@@.*",
+    "pkg:generic/uclibc@.*",
     "pkg:generic/uclibc-ng@.*",
     "pkg:generic/util-linux@.*",
     "pkg:generic/wpa_supplicant@.*",
     "pkg:generic/ipkg@.*",
+    "pkg:generic/linux@.*",
+    "pkg:generic/mtd-utils@.*",
+    "pkg:generic/barebox@.*",
+    "pkg:generic/e2fsprogs@.*",
+    "pkg:generic/udhcp@.*",
+    "pkg:generic/miniupnpc@.*",
+    "pkg:generic/miniupnpd@.*",
+    "pkg:generic/minissdpd@.*",
+    "pkg:generic/erofs-utils@.*",
 ]
 
-
-@priority_router.route(*DIR_SUPPORTED_PURLS)
-def process_request_dir_listed(purl_str):
+# Indexing some generic PURLs requires a GitHub API token.
+# Please add your GitHub API key to the `.env` file, for example: `GH_TOKEN=your-github-api`.
+@priority_router.route(*GENERIC_FETCHCODE_SUPPORTED_PURLS)
+def process_request_fetchcode_generic(purl_str):
     """
     Process `priority_resource_uri` containing a generic Package URL (PURL)
     supported by fetchcode.
@@ -161,7 +171,7 @@ def process_request_dir_listed(purl_str):
         error = f"error occurred when parsing {purl_str}: {e}"
         return error
 
-    error_msg = map_directory_listed_package(package_url)
+    error_msg = map_fetchcode_supported_package(package_url)
 
     if error_msg:
         return error_msg
diff --git a/minecode/visitors/github.py b/minecode/visitors/github.py
index 5fa42193..522f8875 100644
--- a/minecode/visitors/github.py
+++ b/minecode/visitors/github.py
@@ -18,9 +18,11 @@
 from github.Download import Download
 from packageurl import PackageURL
 
+from minecode import priority_router
 from minecode import visit_router, seed
 from minecode.visitors import HttpJsonVisitor
 from minecode.visitors import URI
+from minecode.visitors.generic import map_fetchcode_supported_package
 
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -179,3 +181,26 @@ def json_serial_date_obj(obj):
     """JSON serializer for date object"""
     if obj and isinstance(obj, (datetime, date)):
         return obj.isoformat()
+
+
+# Indexing GitHub PURLs requires a GitHub API token.
+# Please add your GitHub API key to the `.env` file, for example: `GH_TOKEN=your-github-api`.
+@priority_router.route('pkg:github/.*')
+def process_request_dir_listed(purl_str):
+    """
+    Process `priority_resource_uri` containing a GitHub Package URL (PURL).
+
+    This involves obtaining Package information for the PURL using
+    https://github.com/nexB/fetchcode and using it to create a new
+    PackageDB entry. The package is then added to the scan queue afterwards.
+    """
+    try:
+        package_url = PackageURL.from_string(purl_str)
+    except ValueError as e:
+        error = f"error occurred when parsing {purl_str}: {e}"
+        return error
+
+    error_msg = map_fetchcode_supported_package(package_url)
+
+    if error_msg:
+        return error_msg
diff --git a/minecode/visitors/gnu.py b/minecode/visitors/gnu.py
index 3e703a8f..8aec30cc 100644
--- a/minecode/visitors/gnu.py
+++ b/minecode/visitors/gnu.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 from packageurl import PackageURL
 
 from minecode import priority_router
-from minecode.visitors.generic import map_directory_listed_package
+from minecode.visitors.generic import map_fetchcode_supported_package
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 handler = logging.StreamHandler()
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ def process_request(purl_str):
     if not package_url.version:
         return
 
-    error_msg = map_directory_listed_package(package_url)
+    error_msg = map_fetchcode_supported_package(package_url)
 
     if error_msg:
         return error_msg
diff --git a/minecode/visitors/openssl.py b/minecode/visitors/openssl.py
index 90a10b7e..390de77b 100644
--- a/minecode/visitors/openssl.py
+++ b/minecode/visitors/openssl.py
@@ -11,11 +11,13 @@
 from commoncode import fileutils
 from packageurl import PackageURL
 
+from minecode import priority_router
 from minecode import seed
 from minecode import visit_router
 from minecode.utils import is_int
 from minecode.visitors import HttpVisitor
 from minecode.visitors import URI
+from minecode.visitors.generic import map_fetchcode_supported_package
 
 
 class OpenSSLSeed(seed.Seeder):
@@ -88,3 +90,26 @@ def get_uris(self, content):
                 yield URI(uri=url, source_uri=self.uri, package_url=package_url, date=date, file_name=file_name, size=size)
             else:
                 yield URI(uri=url, source_uri=self.uri, date=date, size=size)
+
+# Indexing OpenSSL PURLs requires a GitHub API token.
+# Please add your GitHub API key to the `.env` file, for example: `GH_TOKEN=your-github-api`.
+@priority_router.route('pkg:openssl/openssl@.*')
+def process_request_dir_listed(purl_str):
+    """
+    Process `priority_resource_uri` containing a OpenSSL Package URL (PURL)
+    supported by fetchcode.
+
+    This involves obtaining Package information for the PURL using
+    https://github.com/nexB/fetchcode and using it to create a new
+    PackageDB entry. The package is then added to the scan queue afterwards.
+    """
+    try:
+        package_url = PackageURL.from_string(purl_str)
+    except ValueError as e:
+        error = f"error occurred when parsing {purl_str}: {e}"
+        return error
+
+    error_msg = map_fetchcode_supported_package(package_url)
+
+    if error_msg:
+        return error_msg
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packagedb/api.py b/packagedb/api.py
index d778a7a8..f1d46086 100644
--- a/packagedb/api.py
+++ b/packagedb/api.py
@@ -726,7 +726,7 @@ def _reindex_package(package, reindexed_packages):
         reindexed_packages = []
         requeued_packages = []
 
-        supported_ecosystems = ['maven', 'npm', 'deb']
+        supported_ecosystems = ['maven', 'npm', 'deb', 'generic', 'gnu', 'openssl', 'github', 'conan']
 
         unique_packages, unsupported_packages, unsupported_vers = get_resolved_packages(packages, supported_ecosystems)
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 98e8e466..2822cc43 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ extractcode==31.0.0
 extractcode-7z==16.5.210531
 extractcode-libarchive==3.5.1.210531
 fasteners==0.19
-fetchcode==0.4.0
+fetchcode==0.5.1
 fetchcode-container==1.2.3.210512
 fingerprints==1.2.3
 fontawesomefree==6.5.1
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index c247e990..ece63023 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ install_requires =
     djangorestframework == 3.15.0
     django-filter == 24.1
     drf-spectacular == 0.26.5
-    fetchcode == 0.4.0
+    fetchcode == 0.5.1
     gunicorn == 21.2.0
     ftputil == 5.0.4
     jawa == 2.2.0