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bettercap vs Kismet: catalog facts
bettercap	Kismet
Free The software is free under its open-source licence. Hosting, hardware and external…	Free The software is free under its open-source licence. Hosting, hardware and external…
Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line	Linux
One tool covers Wi-Fi, Bluetooth Low Energy, wireless HID, CAN bus and Ethernet reconnaissance, with scriptable proxies…	It passively captures across Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Zigbee and software-defined radio sources at once, logging everything to…
Nearly everything it does is intrusive, so it belongs only on networks you are explicitly authorised to test.	It needs a capture-capable adapter in monitor mode, and the configuration is genuinely involved.
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0	License: GPL-2.0
Not stated if an account is 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 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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