Nmap Alternatives for Linux

There are many alternatives to Nmap for Linux if you are looking for a replacement. The best Linux alternative is Angry IP Scanner, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Nmap and many of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to Nmap are Zenmap, NetPeek, runZero Network Discovery and NmapSI4.

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  1. Angry IP Scanner icon

    Angry IP Scanner

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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.

    58 Angry IP Scanner alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Java
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    • Almost everyone thinks Angry IP Scanner is a great Nmap alternative.

    • Angry IP Scanner is the most popular Linux alternative to Nmap.

    • Angry IP Scanner is the most popular Open Source alternative to Nmap.

    • Angry IP Scanner is Free and Open SourceNmap is also Free and Open Source
    • Angry IP Scanner is LightweightNmap is not according to our users
  2. Zenmap icon

    Zenmap

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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.

    43 Zenmap alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

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

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    • Almost everyone thinks Zenmap is a great Nmap alternative.

    • Zenmap is Free and Open SourceNmap is also Free and Open Source
  4. NetPeek icon

    NetPeek

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

    52 NetPeek alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
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  5. runZero Network Discovery icon

    runZero Network Discovery

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    runZero provides asset inventory and network visibility for security and IT teams. You can discover your entire inventory including managed and unmanaged devices, on-premises and cloud assets, IT and OT infrastructure, endpoints at work and at home.

    43 runZero Network Discovery alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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    • runZero Network Discovery is the most popular SaaS alternative to Nmap.

    • runZero Network Discovery is Freemium and ProprietaryNmap is Free and Open Source
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    NmapSI4

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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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  7. MASSCAN icon

    MASSCAN

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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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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    Fnmap

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    A front-end for the nmap command, similar and partially compatible with zenmap written in Dart+Flutter. Fnmap pretty prints XML output and provides tabular views of the data nmap collects. Fnmap can load XML scan files that are produced directly from the nmap CLI and can also...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Snapcraft
    • Flatpak
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  11. Zeek icon

    Zeek

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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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
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    ZMap

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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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  13. Umit Network Scanner icon

    Umit Network Scanner

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    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
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  14. Scapy

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    Scapy is a powerful interactive packet manipulation program. It is able to forge or decode packets of a wide number of protocols, send them on the wire, capture them, match requests and replies, and much more.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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