# aircrack-ng/aircrack-ng

WiFi security auditing tools suite

Repository: https://github.com/aircrack-ng/aircrack-ng
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/aircrack-ng
Homepage: https://aircrack-ng.org
Language: C
License: GPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: wifi-security, suite, wifi, security, audit, hostapd, freeradius
Last push: 2026-06-12T15:28:42+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 62/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 87, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3098, "days_push": 82, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 7541, forks 1352 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:00.642972+00:00)

## What it is
Aircrack-ng is a complete suite of command-line tools for assessing WiFi network security, covering packet capture, injection, monitor mode, and WEP/WPA-PSK key cracking. It works primarily on Linux but also runs on Windows, macOS, and the BSDs.

## Use cases
- audit the security of a WiFi network
- crack WPA/WPA2-PSK passwords from captured handshakes
- capture raw 802.11 packets in monitor mode
- inject and replay wireless frames for testing
- set up fake access points to test clients
- check whether a WiFi card supports capture and injection

## When to choose
- you need a scriptable, command-line WiFi security auditing toolkit
- you are doing authorized wireless penetration testing or security research
- you want mature, widely supported tooling across Linux, macOS, and BSD

## When to avoid
- you need a graphical WiFi auditing tool out of the box
- you are auditing non-wireless (wired) networks
- you lack a compatible wireless card with monitor mode and injection support

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: security, penetration-testing, cli, networking
- domain: security, penetration-testing, networking
- platform: windows, bsd, cli, cross-platform
- tags: wifi, wpa-cracking, wep, packet-capture, packet-injection, monitor-mode, wireless-audit, 802.11, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- aircrack-ng/aircrack-ng (main) score 62

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:00.642972+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:37:25.401659+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/aircrack-ng/aircrack-ng (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:00.642972+00:00, sha b5661d1e3f0f)
  - homepage: https://aircrack-ng.org (fetched 2026-08-29T08:32:37.259186+00:00, sha 20feab7e4610)
  - site_page: https://aircrack-ng.org/install.html (fetched 2026-08-29T08:32:37.261855+00:00, sha c79f4b1a779d)
  - site_page: https://aircrack-ng.org/documentation.html (fetched 2026-08-29T08:32:37.263886+00:00, sha 798be2c07ca9)
  - site_page: https://aircrack-ng.org/doku.php?id=changelog (fetched 2026-08-29T08:32:37.265816+00:00, sha 650cab83e3e3)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.