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Angry IP Scanner vs Nmap: catalog facts
Angry IP Scanner	Nmap
Free Free and open source under GPL v2.	Free Free for end users under the Nmap Public Source License. Redistributing Nmap inside a…
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
Scans a local network or an internet range, by range, random selection or an address file Extensible through data fetchers for hostname, MAC address, ports and more	Host discovery, port scanning, service and version detection and OS fingerprinting in one tool The Nmap Scripting Engine adds hundreds of Lua scripts for specific checks
Needs a Java runtime, which the packaged builds bundle but the bare jar does not The macOS build has been looking for a maintainer since 2019	The licence is custom, not OSI-approved, and is incompatible with GPLv2 Companies redistributing Nmap in their own products need a commercial OEM licence
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Not stated if open source
License: GPL-2.0	License: Nmap Public Source License
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 20, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 20, 2026

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