Open Source Advanced IP Scanner Alternatives for Linux

Advanced IP Scanner is not available for Linux but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best open source Linux alternative is Nmap. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Advanced IP Scanner and 14 are open source and available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source Linux alternatives to Advanced IP Scanner are Angry IP Scanner, Zenmap, NetPeek and mtr.

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  1. Nmap icon
     337 likes

    Open-source utility for security auditing and network exploration, utilizing raw IP packets to scan hosts and services, identify OS and service versions, and assess network infrastructure, compatible across major operating systems with advanced GUI and tool suite.

    61 Nmap alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  2. Angry IP Scanner icon
     131 likes

    Open-source, cross-platform network scanner for fast and simple IP and port scanning. It's lightweight, requires no installation, utilizes multithreading for speed, and is extendable via plugins. It pings IPs, resolves hostnames, determines MAC addresses, provides NetBIOS info, and saves results in various formats.

    60 Angry IP Scanner alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Java
     
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    Angry IP Scanner vs Advanced IP Scanner Comments
    Guest
    Negative
    5

    It just does not work nearly as well, no way, notta' , forget it. Not even close.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    david12345
    Positive
    0

    Works great on Ubuntu Linux. Definitely worth checking out!

    • Angry IP Scanner is Free and Open SourceAdvanced IP Scanner is Free and Proprietary
    • Angry IP Scanner is Lightweight and Privacy focusedAdvanced IP Scanner is not according to our users
  3. Zenmap icon
     114 likes

    Zenmap is the official cross-platform GUI for the Nmap Security Scanner. It is free and runs on Linux, Windows, Mac OS X, etc. Zenmap aims to make Nmap easy for beginners to use while providing advanced features for experienced Nmap users.

    45 Zenmap alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. NetPeek icon
     10 likes

    A modern libadwaita-based network scanner for GNOME that helps you discover devices on your local network.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
     
  5. mtr icon
     23 likes

    mtr combines the functionality of the 'traceroute' and 'ping' programs in a single network diagnostic tool.

    37 mtr alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  6. NmapSI4 icon
     2 likes

    NmapSi4 is a complete Qt-based Gui with the design goals to provide a complete nmap interface for Users, in order to menage all option of this power security net scanner and search services vulnerability.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  7. MASSCAN icon
     8 likes

    This is the fastest Internet port scanner. It can scan the entire Internet in under 6 minutes, transmitting 10 million packets per second.

    23 MASSCAN alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  8. ZMap icon
     2 likes

    ZMap is a fast single packet network scanner designed for Internet-wide network surveys. On a typical desktop computer with a gigabit Ethernet connection, ZMap is capable scanning the entire public IPv4 address space in under 45 minutes.

    Cost / License

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    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  9. Umit: The Nmap Frontend: Umit was designed to accomodate and run more than one scan at time. Each scan is executed and shown inside a Scan Tab, which has a title and organize every information obtained in the scan result.

    The Scan Tab tries to facilitate your life, by making th.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. netdiscover icon
     3 likes

    Netdiscover is an active/passive address reconnaissance tool, mainly developed for those wireless networks without dhcp server, when you are wardriving. It can be also used on hub/switched networks.

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    • Linux
     
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