Alternatives to hcxdumptool
Captures wireless authentication material for offline analysis. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
hcxdumptool
Captures wireless authentication material for offline analysis.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as hcxdumptool.
Aircrack-ng
Assess wireless network security with a suite of command-line tools.
Aircrack-ng is a GPL-2.0 suite with packet capture and adapter testing that runs on Windows and macOS as well as Linux, though many functions need a compatible adapter.
Wifite2
Automated wireless network auditing script.
Wifite2 wraps standard wireless tooling to run a full audit unattended across many targets, rather than focusing on PMKID capture for offline analysis.
airgeddon
Menu-driven wireless auditing script for Linux.
airgeddon is a menu-driven Linux script that manages monitor mode and runs the underlying tool sequence for you, instead of a dedicated capture tool.
Also worth comparing
These listings name hcxdumptool as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
Kismet
Wireless detector, sniffer and intrusion detection system for Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and RF.
hcxdumptool captures wireless authentication material for offline cracking rather than acting as a general detector and IDS.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
hashcat
A GPU password recovery tool used for auditing how weak the password hashes in your own systems actually are.
bettercap
Network reconnaissance and man-in-the-middle testing framework.
John the Ripper
The long-running password auditing tool, whose community jumbo build supports hundreds of hash and cipher types.
