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About Wifite2
Wifite2 scans for nearby wireless networks and runs the appropriate audit against each one in turn, capturing handshakes and PMKIDs and passing them to cracking tools, so a whole assessment runs without supervision. It wraps the aircrack-ng suite and related tools.
Strengths
- Runs a full wireless audit unattended across many targets
- Wraps the standard wireless tooling rather than reimplementing it
Limitations
- Only for networks you own or are authorised to audit; misuse is criminal
- Requires a wireless adapter that supports monitor mode and injection
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree and open source under the GPL.
- License
- GPL-2.0
- Developer
- kimocoder
- Platforms
- Linux, Command line
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Best suited for
- Automated wireless network auditing script
- Categories
- Security tools
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Selected from the TechWalrus Resource Hub (Cybersecurity & Pentesting); facts checked against the developer's own pages, 3 sources on file.
Alternatives to Wifite2
Compare allSoftware that can replace Wifite2 for an important use case, and what changes if you switch.
airgeddon
Menu-driven wireless auditing script for Linux.
airgeddon is a menu-driven Linux script that handles monitor mode and interface state for you, trading Wifite2's unattended automation for interactive menus.
Aircrack-ng
Assess wireless network security with a suite of command-line tools.
Aircrack-ng is the underlying command-line suite, running on Windows, macOS and Linux, so each capture and test step is run manually rather than automated.
Wifite2 as an alternative
Listings that name Wifite2 as an alternative.
hcxdumptool
Captures wireless authentication material for offline analysis.
Wifite2 wraps standard wireless tooling to run a full audit unattended across many targets, rather than focusing on PMKID capture for offline analysis.
Kismet
Wireless detector, sniffer and intrusion detection system for Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and RF.
Wifite2 automates wireless auditing attacks unattended rather than passively logging and detecting devices.
Similar software
Related functionality, not necessarily a direct replacement.
bettercap
Network reconnaissance and man-in-the-middle testing framework.
hashcat
A GPU password recovery tool used for auditing how weak the password hashes in your own systems actually are.
Kali Linux
Debian-based distribution preloaded with security testing tools.
