Open Source Burp Suite AlternativesTop Vulnerability Scanners & Penetration Testing Tools like Burp Suite

The best open source alternative to Burp Suite is mitmproxy. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Burp Suite and 12 is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Burp Suite are HTTP Toolkit, SiteOne Crawler, Zed Attack Proxy (ZAP) and nuclei.

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  1. mitmproxy icon
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    mitmproxy is an SSL-capable man-in-the-middle proxy for HTTP. It provides a console interface that allows traffic flows to be inspected and edited on the fly. It also features mitmdump, a commandline tool that provides a tcpdump-like interface for saving, viewing and...

    33 mitmproxy alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  2. HTTP Toolkit icon
     109 likes

    HTTP Toolkit is a beautiful, cross-platform & open-source HTTP(S) debugging proxy, analyzer & client, with built-in support for modern tools and automatic interception for clients from Docker to Android to iOS.

    57 HTTP Toolkit alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Docker
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  3. SiteOne Crawler icon
     23 likes

    A free in-depth website analyzer providing audits of security, performance, SEO, accessibility and other technical aspects. Available as a desktop application for Windows/macOS/Linux and as a CLI tool for advanced users and CI/CD processes. It also includes an offline web page exporter.

    47 SiteOne Crawler alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  4. nuclei icon
     3 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  5. w3af icon
     16 likes

    w3af is a Web Application Attack and Audit Framework.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  6. Rockxy icon
     2 likes

    Open-source native macOS HTTP debugging proxy — intercept HTTPS, inspect APIs, mock responses, debug WebSocket & GraphQL. Community-driven. For developers, by developers.

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Homebrew
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  7. Lonkero icon
     1 like

    Lonkero is a high-performance web vulnerability scanner built in Rust for penetration testers and bug bounty hunters who are tired of slow, bloated tools that generate hundreds of false positives.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Rust
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  8. Tamper Data icon
     5 likes

    Firefox add-on that lets you change headers and request parameters before they're sent to the server. Unlike proxy request modifiers, it's integrated into the browser, so it has no problem with HTTPS connections, client authentication certificates, or other features that...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Firefox
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  9. HunterX icon
     6 likes

    HunterX is an open-source, AI-assisted vulnerability scanner and red team framework designed to automate and orchestrate modern security testing workflows.

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    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
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  10. Quena icon
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    Easy, intuitive yet powerful HTTP(S) debugging proxy for macOS, Windows and Linux — capture, inspect, mock, break and replay traffic.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Xalgorix is an Apache-2.0 open-source autonomous AI pentester for web applications and source repositories. It runs a structured 22-phase methodology, orchestrates security tools and browser-assisted testing, then sends candidate findings to an independent verifier that attempts...

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Docker
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