Cain & Abel Alternatives for Linux

Cain & Abel is not available for Linux but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best Linux alternative is Wireshark, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to Cain & Abel and 16 are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to Cain & Abel are Aircrack-ng, John the Ripper, ophcrack and Ettercap.

Cain & Abel alternatives are mainly Network Analyzers but may also be Penetration Testing Tools or Network Monitors. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Cain & Abel.

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Cain & Abel

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Windows

Cain & Abel is a password recovery tool for Microsoft Operating Systems. It allows easy recovery of various kind of...

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Wireshark
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Free • Open Source
Network Analyzer
Network Monitor
Mac
Windows
Linux
Homebrew
Chocolatey
Flathub
Snapcraft
BSD
52 alternatives to Wireshark
Wireshark is the world's foremost network protocol analyzer. It lets you capture and interactively browse the traffic running on a computer network. It is the de facto (and often de jure) standard across many industries and educational institutions.
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Wireshark Features
Detailed packet analysis
Network Usage History
Support for Android Things
Work Item Tracking
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Most users think Wireshark is a great alternative to Cain & Abel.
Aircrack-ng
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Free • Open Source
Windows
Linux
Fern Wifi Cracker
6 alternatives to Aircrack-ng
Aircrack-ng is an 802.11 WEP and WPA-PSK keys cracking program that can recover keys once enough data packets have been captured. It implements the standard FMS attack along with some optimizations like KoreK attacks, as well as the all-new PTW attack, thus making the attack...
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Aircrack-ng Features
1. Password RecoveryAircrack-ng can help you recover your passwords for software applications and hardware devices.
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Most users think Aircrack-ng is a great alternative to Cain & Abel.
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John the Ripper
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Free • Open Source
Windows
Linux
Haiku
15 alternatives to John the Ripper
John the Ripper is a fast password cracker, currently available for many flavors of Unix, Windows, DOS, BeOS, and OpenVMS. Its primary purpose is to detect weak Unix passwords. Besides several crypt(3) password hash types most commonly found on various Unix systems, supported...
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John the Ripper Features
1. Password RecoveryJohn the Ripper can help you recover your passwords for software applications and hardware devices.
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Most users think John the Ripper is a great alternative to Cain & Abel.
ophcrack
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Free • Open Source
Windows
Linux
BSD
8 alternatives to ophcrack
Ophcrack is a Windows Password cracker based on Rainbow Tables.

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Cracks LM and NTLM Windows hashes Free tables available for Windows XP, Vista and 7 Brute-force module for simple passwords Audit mode and CSV export Real-time graphs to analyze the pas.
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ophcrack Features
1. Password Recoveryophcrack can help you recover your passwords for software applications and hardware devices.
Ettercap
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Free • Open Source
Network Analyzer
Mac
Windows
Linux
17 alternatives to Ettercap
Ettercap is a suite for man in the middle attacks on LAN. It features sniffing of live connections, content filtering on the fly and many other interesting tricks.
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Ettercap Features
Network Tools
Based on Ubuntu
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Most users think Ettercap is a great alternative to Cain & Abel.
hashcat
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Free • Open Source
Windows
Linux
12 alternatives to hashcat
The World's Fastest CPU/GPU powered password cracker.
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hashcat Features
1. Portablehashcat can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
2. Password Recoveryhashcat can help you recover your passwords for software applications and hardware devices.
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Intercepter-NG
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Free • Proprietary
Network Analyzer
Network Monitor
Mac
Windows
Linux
Android
iPhone
Android Tablet
BSD
iPad
10 alternatives to Intercepter-NG
Intercepter-NG is a multifunctional network toolkit for various types of IT specialists.
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Intercepter-NG Features
1. PortableIntercepter-NG can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
2. Root requiredRequires root to use Intercepter-NG, mainly relevant for Android apps.
Jailbreak required
Discontinued
App unavailable on Play Store and website is flagged by modern browsers as potentially malicious.
Warning
Website blocked by modern browsers as possible trojan.

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Trinity Rescue Kit
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Free • Proprietary
Linux
28 alternatives to Trinity Rescue Kit
Trinity Rescue Kit or TRK is a free live Linux distribution that aims specifically at recovery and repair operations on Windows machines, but is equally usable for Linux recovery issues. Since version 3.
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Trinity Rescue Kit Features
1. Password RecoveryTrinity Rescue Kit can help you recover your passwords for software applications and hardware devices.
Windows repair
Offline NT Password & Registry Editor
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Free • Open Source
Windows
Linux
13 alternatives to Offline NT Password & Registry Editor
Windows stores its user information, including crypted versions of the passwords, in a file called 'sam', usually found in \windows\system32\config. This file is a part of the registry, in a binary format previously undocumented, and not easily accessible.
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Offline NT Password & Registry Editor Features
1. PortableOffline NT Password & Registry Editor can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
2. Password RecoveryOffline NT Password & Registry Editor can help you recover your passwords for software applications and hardware devices.
Registry Editor
Discontinued
The last update was in 2014.
reaver
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Free • Open Source
Linux
10 alternatives to reaver
Reaver implements a brute force attack against Wifi Protected Setup (WPS) registrar PINs in order to recover WPA/WPA2 passphrases. Reaver has been designed to be a robust and practical attack against WPS, and has been tested against a wide variety of access points and WPS...
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Network Scanner
Network Tools