Arachni Alternatives

Arachni is described as 'Open Source, feature-full, modular, high-performance Ruby framework aimed towards helping penetration testers and administrators evaluate the security of web applications' and is an app in the security & privacy category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Arachni for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Web-based, Mac and BSD apps. The best Arachni alternative is Shodan, which is free. Other great apps like Arachni are Zed Attack Proxy (ZAP), Criminal IP, Nikto and wapiti.

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  1. Shodan icon
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    Shodan is a search engine that lets you find specific computers (routers, servers, etc.) using a variety of filters. Some have also described it as a public port scan directory or a search engine of banners.

    26 Shodan alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Google Chrome
    • Firefox
     
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    one is a scanning tool, the other is a search engine. do your research.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • Shodan is Freemium and ProprietaryArachni is Free and Open Source
    • Shodan is Security-focusedArachni is not according to our users
  2. Criminal IP icon
     58 likes

    Criminal IP protects IT assets and businesses by analyzing all years of cyber threats and prediciting exploits. Criminal IP provides real-time intelligence to enhance cybersecurity competencies in all aspects.

    14 Criminal IP alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  3. Nikto icon
     21 likes

    Nikto is an Open Source (GPL) web server scanner which performs comprehensive tests against web servers for multiple items, including over 6400 potentially dangerous files/CGIs, checks for outdated versions of over 1000 servers, and version specific problems on over 270 servers.

    18 Nikto alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. wapiti icon
     7 likes

    Wapiti allows you to audit the security of your web applications. Wapiti is a command line tool.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. w3af icon
     16 likes

    w3af is a Web Application Attack and Audit Framework.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. Acunetix icon
     14 likes

    Audit your website security and web applications for SQL injection, Cross site scripting and other web vulnerabilities with Acunetix Web Security Scanner. Download Free Edition!

    64 Acunetix alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
    • Wordpress
     
  7. nuclei icon
     2 likes

    Nuclei is used to send requests across targets based on a template, leading to zero false positives and providing fast scanning on a large number of hosts. Nuclei offers scanning for a variety of protocols, including TCP, DNS, HTTP, SSL, File, Whois, Websocket, Headless etc.

    24 nuclei alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

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

    Websecurify is a powerful web application security testing environment designed from the ground up to provide the best combination of automatic and manual vulnerability testing technologies.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  9. skipfish icon
     13 likes

    A fully automated, active web application security reconnaissance tool. Key features: High speed: pure C code, highly optimized HTTP handling, minimal CPU footprint - easily achieving 2000 requests per second with responsive targets.

    27 skipfish alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  10. Put yourself in the shoes of a hacker! Without technical expertise, launch an audit to detect security flaws on your website or web application. Online website vulnerability scanner. No installation required. ISO & RGPD compliant. How to avoid hackers?

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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