# bettercap/bettercap

The Swiss Army knife for 802.11, BLE, HID, CAN-bus, IPv4 and IPv6 networks reconnaissance and MITM attacks.

Repository: https://github.com/bettercap/bettercap
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/bettercap
Homepage: https://www.bettercap.org/
Language: Go
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: password-sniffer, mitm, rogue-ap, wifi, hacking, security, spoofing, proxy, wifi-security, deauthentication-attack, dot11, network-attacks, monitoring, pmkid, wpa2, redteam, ble, mousejack, hid, redteaming
Last push: 2026-08-13T13:47:49+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 88/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 97, release rhythm 71, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3160, "days_push": 20, "days_rel": 114, "gap_med": 76.0, "n_releases_24m": 9}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 19865, forks 1713 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:29.342154+00:00)

## What it is
bettercap is a Go-based, all-in-one framework for network reconnaissance and man-in-the-middle attacks across WiFi, Bluetooth Low Energy, wireless HID devices, CAN-bus, and IPv4/IPv6 Ethernet networks. It is extensible with modules and a web UI, targeting security researchers, red teamers, and reverse engineers.

## Use cases
- perform wifi reconnaissance and deauthentication attacks
- capture wpa2 handshakes and pmkid hashes
- run a man-in-the-middle attack on a local network
- sniff bluetooth low energy devices
- hijack wireless hid devices like mice and keyboards
- set up a rogue access point
- probe and spoof can-bus traffic in vehicles

## When to choose
- you need an all-in-one toolkit for wifi, BLE, HID, and CAN-bus attacks
- you are doing red team engagements or wireless security assessments
- you want an extensible framework with modules and a web UI instead of separate single-purpose tools

## When to avoid
- you only need passive network monitoring without attack capabilities
- you need a purely defensive IDS or vulnerability scanner
- you cannot get hardware access, since modules like wifi.recon require direct radio access

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: security, penetration-testing, networking, proxy, monitoring, cli
- domain: security, penetration-testing, networking
- platform: windows, bsd, go, cli
- tags: wifi, mitm, bluetooth-low-energy, ble, hid, can-bus, deauthentication, rogue-ap, pmkid, wpa2, red-team, sniffing, spoofing, reconnaissance, mousejack, command-line, linux, macos, android, docker

## Member repositories
- bettercap/bettercap (main) score 88

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:29.342154+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 2026-08-29T16:59:24.671768+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/bettercap/bettercap (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:29.342154+00:00, sha 75d2ee7aba6b)
  - homepage: https://www.bettercap.org/ (fetched 2026-08-29T07:58:01.442038+00:00, sha 890f041276ef)
  - site_page: https://www.bettercap.org/project/installation (fetched 2026-08-29T07:58:01.452076+00:00, sha 011109e4ba53)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.