Open Source Nmap AlternativesTop IP Scanners & Network Monitors like Nmap

The best open source alternative to Nmap is Angry IP Scanner. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Nmap and many of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Nmap are Zenmap, NetPeek, Port Authority and NETworkManager by BornToBeRoot.

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  1. Angry IP Scanner icon
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    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

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Java
     
  2. Zenmap icon
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    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

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    It is not an alternative to Nmap because it is GUI for Nmap.

    • Zenmap is Free and Open SourceNmap is also Free and Open Source
  3. NetPeek icon
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    A modern libadwaita-based network scanner for GNOME that helps you discover devices on your local network.

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
     
  4. NETworkManager is a powerful tool for managing networks and troubleshoot network problems! It includes a variety of tools such as an IP scanner, Port Scanner, Ping Monitor, WiFi analyzer, PuTTY/RemoteDesktop with tabs or an LLDP/CDP capture (and many more) in a unified user...

    54 NETworkManager by BornToBeRoot alternatives

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    • Windows
    • Chocolatey
     
  5. NmapSI4 icon
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    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.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. MASSCAN icon
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    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

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  7. Zeek icon
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    Zeek is a powerful network analysis framework that is much different from the typical IDS you may know.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  8. ZMap icon
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    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.

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    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  9. NeDI icon
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    NeDi can discover your network on a regular basis. It allows you to locate and track all connected devices, monitor traffic or broad-

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
  10. 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

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    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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