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ADRecon vs BloodHound Community Edition: catalog facts
ADRecon	BloodHound Community Edition
Free Free to download from the GitHub repository.	Freemium The Community Edition is free and open source. BloodHound Enterprise is paid.
Windows, Command line	Windows, Linux, Web, Self-hosted
Single PowerShell script with nothing to install Produces a formatted Excel report of the domain	Turns abstract directory permissions into concrete, visible attack paths Used by defenders to close paths as much as by testers to find them
Excel report formatting depends on Microsoft Excel Intended for authorized testing and auditing of environments you are permitted to assess	Collection requires directory access and should be run only with authorisation The graph database stack takes real setup effort
Downloadable app	Downloadable app, Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License not stated
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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