nmap.org

Nmap

Who runs Nmap, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest network security scanner alternatives.

Who’s behind it
Not stated
Online since
Unknown
Trackers
Prices
No pricing page
Last price change
–
Closest alternative
Wireshark

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01 · Who’s behind it

Who runs Nmap

Nmap nmap.org

Nmap Free Security Scanner, Port Scanner, & Network Exploration Tool. Download open source software for Linux, Windows, UNIX, FreeBSD, etc.

Wikidata: network discovery and security auditing tool

Company
No imprint we could read
Online since
Not in the Internet Archive
Audience
In English

02 · Privacy

What Nmap tracks

What the homepage loads before you accept or decline cookies. A cookie banner should hold most of it back until you agree, and a tag manager can load more that we don’t see.

tracker that follows visitors

6 of the 19 alternatives below have fewer, 7 have more.

Privacy-friendly alternatives →
Cookie banner
None found
US company
1 tool

03 · Alternatives

Alternatives to Nmap

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Nmap, thumbs down if it isn’t.

Fewer trackers than NmapNo ad trackersRegistered in the EUFree planOnly in English

18 of the 60 sites closest to Nmap match.

  1. 01
    Shodan shodan.io Top 10K English No trackers

    Shodan Search Engine

    Search Engine for the Internet of Things

    Compare Shodan with Nmap →
  2. 02
    Launchpad launchpad.net Top 1K English No trackers

    Launchpad

    software forge

    Compare Launchpad with Nmap →
  3. 03
    tcpdump tcpdump.org English No trackers

    Home | TCPDUMP & LIBPCAP

    Web site of Tcpdump and Libpcap

    Compare tcpdump with Nmap →
  4. 04
    Syncthing syncthing.net Top 10K English No trackers

    Syncthing

    open source continuous file synchronization software

    Compare Syncthing with Nmap →
  5. 05
    Cygwin cygwin.com Top 10K English No trackers

    Cygwin

    Unix subsystem for Windows machines

    Compare Cygwin with Nmap →
  6. 06
    NuGet nuget.org English No trackers

    NuGet Gallery | Home

    The NuGet Gallery is the central package repository for NuGet, the package manager for .NET.

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  7. 07
    erpnext.com English No trackers

    Open Source Cloud ERP Software | ERPNext

    ERPNext is the world's best 100% open source ERP software which supports manufacturing, distribution, retail, trading, services, education & more. Contact us!

    Compare erpnext.com with Nmap →
  8. 08
    VirtualBox virtualbox.org Top 10K English No trackers

    Oracle VirtualBox

    open-source x86 virtualization application

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  9. 09
    Podman podman.io English No trackers

    Podman

    daemonless OCI-compliant container runtime

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  10. 10
    WinMerge winmerge.org English No trackers

    WinMerge - You will see the difference…

    WinMerge is an Open Source differencing and merging tool for Windows. WinMerge can compare both folders and files, presenting differences in a visual text format that is easy to understand and handle.

    Compare WinMerge with Nmap →
  11. 11
    Mozilla mozilla.org Top 100 English No trackers

    Mozilla - Internet for people, not profit (US)

    We’re working to put control of the internet back in the hands of the people using it.

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  12. 12
    Mullvad mullvad.net English No trackers

    Mullvad VPN - Privacy is for the people

    Free the internet from mass surveillance and censorship. Fight for privacy with Mullvad VPN and Mullvad Browser.

    Compare Mullvad with Nmap →
  13. 13
    chrony-project.org English No trackers

    chrony – Introduction

    free NTP software

    Compare chrony-project.org with Nmap →
  14. 14
    Proton proton.me Top 10K English No trackers

    Proton: Privacy by default

    Over 100 million people use Proton to stay private and secure online. Get a free Proton account and take back your privacy.

    Compare Proton with Nmap →
  15. 15
    Firefox firefox.com Top 1K English No trackers

    Firefox: The fast, private browser that keeps you safe — Firefox.com

    The independent browser that has your back. Firefox blocks trackers, has a free built-in VPN, puts you in control of AI, and never sells your personal data.

    Compare Firefox with Nmap →
  16. 16
    CamScanner camscanner.com English No trackers

    CamScanner: AI PDF Scanner, OCR & Online PDF Tools

    CamScanner is a free AI-powered PDF scanner app with OCR and online PDF tools. Scan documents, extract text, convert files, edit PDFs, and sync across devices.

    Compare CamScanner with Nmap →
  17. 17
    Mysterium mysterium.network Top 10K English No trackers

    Open Web Protocol - Mysterium Network

    An open-source ecosystem of protocols, tools and infrastructure to liberate the web. Our node network empowers both builders and users to access free information.

    Compare Mysterium with Nmap →
  18. 18
    Browserleaks browserleaks.org Top 10K English No trackers

    Browserleaks - Check your browser for privacy leaks

    BrowserLeaks is a suite of tools that offers a range of tests to evaluate the security and privacy of your web browser. These tests focus on identifying ways in which websites may leak your real IP address, collect information about your device, and perform a browser fingerprinting.

    Compare Browserleaks with Nmap →

Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles Nmap’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones Nmap uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the order.

04 · History

No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Nmap adds, drops or rewrites shows up here.

05 · Details

How we measure

Alternatives are matched by what sites actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Trackers and the rest of the stack come from the homepage’s code and DNS records.

The full technology stack, the competitor map and search numbers · 4 technologies
Neighbours
k = 60
Sites searched
9,216
Vector
384-d
Query
33 ms

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to Nmap’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.

similarity × popularity

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