Alternatives to Kismet
Wireless detector, sniffer and intrusion detection system for Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and RF. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Kismet
Wireless detector, sniffer and intrusion detection system for Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and RF.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Kismet.
Aircrack-ng
Assess wireless network security with a suite of command-line tools.
Aircrack-ng is a command-line wireless suite that runs on Windows, macOS and Linux and focuses on Wi-Fi capture and testing rather than Bluetooth, Zigbee or SDR sources.
bettercap
Network reconnaissance and man-in-the-middle testing framework.
Bettercap adds active man-in-the-middle testing across Wi-Fi, BLE, HID and Ethernet, and runs on Windows and macOS too, but most of its features are intrusive.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
hcxdumptool
Captures wireless authentication material for offline analysis.
Wifite2
Automated wireless network auditing script.
airgeddon
Menu-driven wireless auditing script for Linux.
Zeek
Network analysis framework that turns traffic into high-level activity logs.
Suricata
Inspect network traffic with an intrusion-detection engine.
