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Nmap vs Angry IP Scanner: catalog facts
Nmap	Angry IP Scanner
Free Free for end users under the Nmap Public Source License. Redistributing Nmap inside a…	Free Free and open source under GPL v2.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line	Windows, macOS, Linux
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	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
The licence is custom, not OSI-approved, and is incompatible with GPLv2 Companies redistributing Nmap in their own products need a commercial OEM licence	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
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Not stated if open source	Open source
License: Nmap Public Source License	License: GPL-2.0
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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