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Projects sharing features with RustScan

30 open-source projects similar to rustscan/rustscan, ranked by shared indexed features. Tags may describe platforms or build tools rather than the same primary purpose. Check each project’s use case, license, and deployment requirements before treating it as a replacement.

  • robertdavidgraham/masscanrobertdavidgraham avatar

    robertdavidgraham/masscan

    25,355View on GitHub↗

    Masscan is a command-line network scanner designed for large-scale discovery and infrastructure reconnaissance. It identifies open ports across specific network segments or the entire internet by probing vast address ranges with high efficiency. The tool functions as an asynchronous packet engine, bypassing standard operating system kernel networking stacks to transmit raw packets directly from application memory. The project distinguishes itself through a specialized architecture that manages millions of concurrent connections by separating packet transmission and reception into independent

    C
    View on GitHub↗25,355
  • owasp/amassOWASP avatar

    OWASP/Amass

    14,722View on GitHub↗

    Amass is a network attack surface mapper and reconnaissance framework designed to discover and map the external, internet-facing infrastructure of a target organization. It functions as an open source intelligence tool that identifies public network boundaries and locates hidden or forgotten subdomains to define an organization's total reachable footprint. The project utilizes passive-source data aggregation from external APIs and public databases alongside active DNS brute-forcing and recursive subdomain expansion. It employs a graph-based asset mapping system to visualize the relationships

    Go
    View on GitHub↗14,722
  • jaykali/maskphishjaykali avatar

    jaykali/maskphish

    3,020View on GitHub↗

    Maskphish is a comprehensive security toolkit that integrates capabilities for digital forensics, network vulnerability scanning, open-source intelligence, penetration testing, and social engineering. It functions as a multi-purpose framework for automating reconnaissance and executing security audits across diverse network environments. The project features a specialized phishing and social engineering toolkit used for cloning websites, masking URLs, and deploying deceptive pages to capture user credentials. It also includes a remote access Trojan builder for generating platform-specific exe

    Shellhackhackinghacking-tool
    View on GitHub↗3,020

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  • nmap/nmapnmap avatar

    nmap/nmap

    13,065View on GitHub↗

    Nmap is a command-line network security scanner and reconnaissance framework designed for infrastructure mapping and security auditing. It functions as a packet crafting utility that probes target systems to identify active hosts, detect open ports, and determine the services and operating systems running on a network. The tool distinguishes itself through its ability to perform raw socket packet injection and stateful connection tracking, allowing it to bypass standard operating system networking stacks. It utilizes an asynchronous concurrency model to manage large-scale network scans and em

    Casynchronousc-plus-pluslibpcap
    View on GitHub↗13,065
  • projectdiscovery/subfinderprojectdiscovery avatar

    projectdiscovery/subfinder

    13,105View on GitHub↗

    Subfinder is a security reconnaissance framework designed for subdomain enumeration and attack surface management. It functions as a discovery engine that identifies and maps internet-exposed infrastructure, cloud-hosted assets, and network ranges to maintain a comprehensive inventory of an organization's digital footprint. The project distinguishes itself through a modular, template-driven scanning engine that executes security checks against discovered assets. It leverages cloud-native asset discovery to query provider APIs and infrastructure metadata, while supporting distributed agent orc

    Gobugbountyhackinghacktoberfest
    View on GitHub↗13,105
  • aboul3la/sublist3raboul3la avatar

    aboul3la/Sublist3r

    10,957View on GitHub↗

    Sublist3r is a subdomain enumeration tool and passive reconnaissance framework designed to discover subdomains by querying search engines and public intelligence sources. It functions as a security tool for identifying the digital footprint of a target domain. The project provides both passive enumeration through multi-source API aggregation and active discovery via a DNS brute force tool. It includes a TCP port scanner to identify active services and open ports on discovered subdomains, facilitating attack surface mapping. The tool can be used as a standalone utility or as a Python security

    Python
    View on GitHub↗10,957
  • bee-san/rustscanbee-san avatar

    bee-san/RustScan

    19,969View on GitHub↗

    RustScan is a high-speed network reconnaissance tool designed for automated port discovery and service enumeration. It functions as an automated vulnerability scanner that identifies open ports and active services across network environments, providing a foundation for mapping attack surfaces and gathering intelligence on target systems. The tool distinguishes itself through its ability to dynamically adjust scanning parameters and concurrency in real-time based on system feedback, ensuring efficient performance while preventing network congestion. It features an extensible architecture that

    Rustdockerhackinghacktoberfest
    View on GitHub↗19,969
  • xtls/realitlscannerXTLS avatar

    XTLS/RealiTLScanner

    2,993View on GitHub↗

    RealiTLScanner is a TLS configuration scanner and network security auditor designed to identify security settings across IP addresses and domains. It functions as a target discovery tool that analyzes TLS configurations to find compatible endpoints and evaluate server security postures. The project distinguishes itself as a geolocation-enhanced network scanner, appending geographic location data and country codes to discovered security configurations using a local location database. This allows for the geographic mapping of servers by combining TLS scan results with GeoIP data. The tool supp

    Go
    View on GitHub↗2,993
  • hackerschoice/thc-tips-tricks-hacks-cheat-sheethackerschoice avatar

    hackerschoice/thc-tips-tricks-hacks-cheat-sheet

    3,853View on GitHub↗

    This project is a comprehensive command-line reference and toolkit designed for Linux system administration and network security assessment. It provides a collection of technical snippets and operational guides focused on managing remote environments, orchestrating shell sessions, and executing administrative tasks through native terminal utilities. The repository distinguishes itself by offering specialized techniques for stealthy operations and infrastructure manipulation. It covers methods for establishing encrypted tunnels to bypass firewalls, obfuscating process identities and command hi

    Shell
    View on GitHub↗3,853
  • projectdiscovery/naabuprojectdiscovery avatar

    projectdiscovery/naabu

    5,766View on GitHub↗

    Naabu is a port scanner library and tool that probes hosts for open ports using SYN, CONNECT, and UDP methods to identify active services. It functions as a Go library for embedding port scanning into programs, and as a standalone tool that accepts targets as hostnames, IP addresses, CIDR ranges, or ASN numbers. The tool discovers live hosts before scanning, filters ports by range or top lists, and can integrate with Nmap for service version detection. The project distinguishes itself through its SYN-based port probing approach that sends TCP SYN packets and analyzes responses without complet

    Gocdn-exclusionhacktoberfestnmap
    View on GitHub↗5,766
  • lcvvvv/kscanlcvvvv avatar

    lcvvvv/kscan

    4,286View on GitHub↗

    kscan is a network security scanner and service fingerprinter used to discover active hosts and open ports. It functions as a network protocol analyzer and internal network mapper to identify reachable gateways and analyze the network surface area of target environments. The tool integrates external asset discovery by retrieving target hosts through external intelligence services and verifying their availability. It also operates as a credential brute force tool, testing authentication strength across multiple protocols using automated username and password dictionaries. The project covers n

    Go
    View on GitHub↗4,286
  • prowler-cloud/prowlerprowler-cloud avatar

    prowler-cloud/prowler

    13,049View on GitHub↗

    Prowler is an automated cloud infrastructure security scanner and posture management tool. It evaluates cloud environments and infrastructure-as-code templates against security benchmarks to identify misconfigurations, vulnerabilities, and compliance gaps that could compromise system integrity. The platform distinguishes itself through graph-based attack path analysis, which identifies chains of misconfigurations that create exploitable routes for unauthorized access. It utilizes a plugin-based execution model to perform state-based assessments of live environments and static analysis of conf

    Pythonawsazurecis-benchmark
    View on GitHub↗13,049
  • blacklanternsecurity/bbotblacklanternsecurity avatar

    blacklanternsecurity/bbot

    9,929View on GitHub↗

    This project is an open-source intelligence reconnaissance framework and recursive attack surface mapper. It functions as a containerized security scanner designed to map public-facing infrastructure, perform subdomain enumeration, and automate the gathering of open-source intelligence. The system employs a recursive discovery engine to iteratively explore target infrastructure, utilizing a plugin-based module architecture to extend scanning capabilities. It integrates third-party APIs for data enrichment and applies YARA rules across discovered assets to identify specific vulnerability patte

    Python
    View on GitHub↗9,929
  • spectralops/netzspectralops avatar

    spectralops/netz

    399View on GitHub↗

    Discover internet-wide misconfigurations while drinking coffee

    Go
    View on GitHub↗399
  • gouveaheitor/nipeGouveaHeitor avatar

    GouveaHeitor/nipe

    2,345View on GitHub↗

    An engine to make Tor network your default gateway

    Perl
    View on GitHub↗2,345
  • lanmaster53/recon-nglanmaster53 avatar

    lanmaster53/recon-ng

    5,698View on GitHub↗

    recon-ng is an open source intelligence reconnaissance framework designed to automate the collection and aggregation of public information. It is a modular intelligence tool that utilizes a system of pluggable modules to harvest target data, resolve DNS queries, and parse web content. The framework is built as an API-driven tool with a programmatic interface to integrate with other security workflows. It is provided as a containerized application, using Docker to ensure a consistent environment for running reconnaissance tasks and managing a persistent data store. Its capabilities cover exte

    Python
    View on GitHub↗5,698
  • michenriksen/aquatonemichenriksen avatar

    michenriksen/aquatone

    5,940View on GitHub↗

    Aquatone is a web screenshot reconnaissance tool that captures full-page screenshots of web services discovered during network reconnaissance and groups them by visual similarity. It scans a list of hosts or domains for HTTP and HTTPS services on common and custom ports to find responsive web endpoints, then takes full-page screenshots of those pages for quick review. The tool accepts piped input from other tools and extracts URLs, domains, and IP addresses using regex pattern matching, making it pipeline-friendly for integration into existing workflows. It can also read XML output from Nmap

    Go
    View on GitHub↗5,940
  • six2dez/reconftwsix2dez avatar

    six2dez/reconftw

    7,226View on GitHub↗

    reconftw is an attack surface management framework and reconnaissance workflow orchestrator designed to automate the discovery, mapping, and monitoring of external digital assets. It operates as a modular tool-chain pipeline that coordinates a sequence of security tools to perform intelligence gathering and vulnerability scanning. The project distinguishes itself through a cloud-native deployment model that parallelizes scanning workloads across a fleet of remote VPS instances to bypass local resource constraints. It utilizes container-based environment isolation to ensure consistent executio

    Shellbug-bountybugbountybugbounty-tool
    View on GitHub↗7,226
  • borntoberoot/networkmanagerBornToBeRoot avatar

    BornToBeRoot/NETworkManager

    8,054View on GitHub↗

    NETworkManager is a comprehensive suite of network administration tools designed for the deployment, monitoring, and diagnostic management of enterprise networks. It provides a centralized interface for subnet management, IP address configuration, and wireless network analysis. The project distinguishes itself by integrating a multi-protocol remote administration client that supports SSH, RDP, VNC, Telnet, and PowerShell sessions within a unified tabbed interface. It further differentiates its capabilities through hardware-level discovery using LLDP and CDP frames, alongside the ability to en

    C#aws-ssmdnsdns-lookup
    View on GitHub↗8,054
  • angryip/ipscanangryip avatar

    angryip/ipscan

    5,017View on GitHub↗

    ipscan is a cross-platform network auditor and Java-based network scanner used for discovering networked devices and exporting scan results. It functions as an IP address range scanner and a TCP/UDP port scanner to identify active hosts and open services on a network. The application features a plugin-based fetcher architecture that allows the integration of custom data collection fetchers to retrieve specific hardware or software information from discovered hosts. Its broader capabilities include local network discovery, network port auditing, and the creation of network asset inventories.

    Java
    View on GitHub↗5,017
  • urbanadventurer/whatweburbanadventurer avatar

    urbanadventurer/WhatWeb

    6,424View on GitHub↗

    WhatWeb is a web application fingerprinting tool that identifies the technology stack powering a website by scanning HTTP responses and page content. It matches responses against a library of over 1800 signatures to detect CMS platforms, JavaScript libraries, web servers, embedded devices, and third-party addons, while also extracting technical metadata such as software versions, user accounts, and module names. The tool operates through a plugin-based detection framework that supports both passive and aggressive scanning modes. Passive plugins analyze existing HTTP headers and page content w

    Rubyapplication-securityappsechacking
    View on GitHub↗6,424
  • google/tsunami-security-scannergoogle avatar

    google/tsunami-security-scanner

    8,584View on GitHub↗

    Tsunami Security Scanner is a network vulnerability scanner and security auditor designed to identify high-severity flaws across network assets. It functions as an asynchronous security probe engine that utilizes automated probes and specialized detection logic to find critical weaknesses and prioritize remediation efforts. The project is distinguished by a plugin-based scanning engine, which uses a modular architecture of interchangeable detection plugins to identify vulnerabilities. This extensibility allows for the development and integration of custom security plugins to expand the variet

    Java
    View on GitHub↗8,584
  • zhzyker/exphubzhzyker avatar

    zhzyker/exphub

    4,282View on GitHub↗

    Exphub is a CVE exploit script library and enterprise software vulnerability suite designed to verify and exploit known security flaws in server environments such as WebLogic, Struts2, Tomcat, and JBoss. It functions as a remote code execution toolkit and a web shell deployment framework for triggering unauthorized command execution and establishing persistent access on remote systems. The project includes specialized utilities for internal network reconnaissance, specifically using server-side request forgery to scan for open ports and services. It further provides mechanisms for bypassing a

    Pythoncve-2020-10199cve-2020-10204cve-2020-11444
    View on GitHub↗4,282
  • projectdiscovery/katanaprojectdiscovery avatar

    projectdiscovery/katana

    15,584View on GitHub↗

    Katana is a web crawler and spider designed for security reconnaissance and web application mapping. It functions as a utility for identifying endpoints, forms, and API structures across web targets by combining standard HTTP request traversal with headless browser automation to render dynamic, JavaScript-heavy content. The tool distinguishes itself through its ability to maintain authenticated sessions and handle complex web interactions, such as automated form submission and captcha resolution. It provides granular control over the discovery process, allowing users to define specific crawl

    Goclicrawlergocrawler
    View on GitHub↗15,584
  • hakluke/hakrawlerhakluke avatar

    hakluke/hakrawler

    4,993View on GitHub↗

    Hakrawler is a command-line web spider tool designed for security reconnaissance, built to crawl target websites and extract hyperlinks along with JavaScript file references. As a focused reconnaissance utility, it collects every discoverable URL and script source from a given domain, mapping the attack surface for penetration testing and vulnerability assessment. The tool differentiates itself through its concurrent architecture: a fixed-size goroutine pool fetches pages in parallel, while CSS selectors parse HTML to extract anchor and script references. A depth-aware recursion limiter preve

    Gobugbountycrawlinghacking
    View on GitHub↗4,993
  • bettercap/bettercapbettercap avatar

    bettercap/bettercap

    18,855View on GitHub↗

    Bettercap is a modular framework designed for network reconnaissance, security testing, and the execution of man-in-the-middle attacks. It functions as a comprehensive utility for surveying wired and wireless network segments, identifying connected devices, and analyzing communication protocols through real-time traffic interception and manipulation. The platform distinguishes itself through an event-driven architecture that coordinates network state changes and packet-level data through a centralized message pipeline. It provides a programmable scripting engine and an API for orchestrating s

    Gobledeauthentication-attackdot11
    View on GitHub↗18,855
  • 1n3/sn1per1N3 avatar

    1N3/Sn1per

    10,049View on GitHub↗

    Sn1per is a vulnerability management platform and penetration testing orchestrator designed to automate reconnaissance, vulnerability scanning, and exploit verification. It functions as a dockerized security toolkit that coordinates multiple tools into a unified automated pipeline to identify security flaws across network and web assets. The platform features an attack surface manager for discovering internet-facing assets through OSINT, DNS enumeration, and certificate transparency. It distinguishes itself with an AI-powered security analyzer that uses large language models to summarize scan

    Shellattack-surfaceattack-surface-managementattacksurface
    View on GitHub↗10,049
  • testssl/testssl.shtestssl avatar

    testssl/testssl.sh

    8,912View on GitHub↗

    testssl.sh is a network security tool and SSL/TLS security scanner used to audit server configurations. It functions as a diagnostic utility that validates supported ciphers and protocols to identify cryptographic vulnerabilities and flaws in encrypted communication. The tool is available as both a command-line utility and a dockerized security scanner, allowing for execution in isolated environments without the need for local dependency installation. Its capabilities cover SSL configuration auditing and TLS server security analysis. The system exports scan results into structured reports a

    Shellcipherclient-simulationcsv
    View on GitHub↗8,912
  • owasp/nettackerOWASP avatar

    OWASP/Nettacker

    5,258View on GitHub↗

    Nettacker is an automated penetration testing framework designed to orchestrate reconnaissance, port scanning, and vulnerability detection. It functions as a network reconnaissance tool and vulnerability scanner that identifies open ports, fingerprints services, and checks systems against databases of known security flaws. The framework distinguishes itself by combining a web application crawler for discovering hidden paths via fuzzing with a vulnerability management system that persists scan results in a database to track historical assessments. It also includes specialized capabilities for

    Pythonautomationbruteforcecve
    View on GitHub↗5,258
  • projectdiscovery/nucleiprojectdiscovery avatar

    projectdiscovery/nuclei

    29,189View on GitHub↗

    Nuclei is a modular security scanning framework designed for automated vulnerability detection and infrastructure reconnaissance. It functions as a template-driven engine that executes security checks across diverse network protocols, allowing users to define custom detection logic to identify vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and exposed assets. The platform distinguishes itself through its highly extensible architecture, which supports distributed scanning, headless browser automation for dynamic web content, and out-of-band interaction monitoring to detect blind vulnerabilities. It integ

    Goattack-surfacecve-scannerdast
    View on GitHub↗29,189