Alternatives to bettercap
Network reconnaissance and man-in-the-middle testing framework. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
bettercap
Network reconnaissance and man-in-the-middle testing framework.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as bettercap.
Responder
LLMNR, NBT-NS and mDNS testing tool for internal network assessments.
Responder focuses on LLMNR, NBT-NS and mDNS poisoning with rogue authentication servers on Linux, and does not cover Wi-Fi, Bluetooth or CAN bus reconnaissance.
mitmproxy
An intercepting proxy that decrypts, displays and lets you modify HTTP and HTTPS traffic, with a console, a web interface and a scriptable command-line version.
mitmproxy concentrates on intercepting and modifying HTTP and HTTPS traffic with console, web and Python scripting interfaces, but lacks bettercap's wireless and network-layer reconnaissance.
Aircrack-ng
Assess wireless network security with a suite of command-line tools.
Aircrack-ng is a command-line wireless security suite for packet capture and adapter testing rather than a broad multi-protocol framework.
Kismet
Wireless detector, sniffer and intrusion detection system for Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and RF.
Kismet passively sniffs Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and RF as an intrusion detection system, on Linux only.
Also worth comparing
These listings name bettercap as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
airgeddon
Menu-driven wireless auditing script for Linux.
bettercap is a broader reconnaissance and man-in-the-middle framework covering Wi-Fi, Bluetooth Low Energy, CAN bus and Ethernet, and it runs on Windows, macOS and Linux.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Zeek
Network analysis framework that turns traffic into high-level activity logs.
Wifite2
Automated wireless network auditing script.
Impacket
Python library and tool collection for working with network protocols.
netdiscover
An ARP scanner that finds hosts on a local network by active or passive discovery.
