# evilsocket/bettercap

DEPRECATED, bettercap developement moved here: https://github.com/bettercap/bettercap

Repository: https://github.com/evilsocket/bettercap
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/evilsocket-bettercap
Homepage: http://www.bettercap.org/
License Family: other
Topics: bettercap, mitm, man-in-the-middle, spoofing, security, security-audit, tls, proxy, ettercap, sslstrip
Archived: true
Last push: 2018-02-27T19:08:13+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4245, "days_push": 3109, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2490, forks 331 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:55.765320+00:00)

## What it is
bettercap is a network attack and reconnaissance framework, described as a Swiss Army knife for WiFi, BLE, HID hijacking, CAN-bus, and IPv4/IPv6 MITM attacks. This specific repository is the deprecated legacy (pre-2.0) version; development has moved to the bettercap/bettercap repository.

## Use cases
- perform man-in-the-middle attacks on a network
- audit wifi networks for security testing
- spoof traffic and strip ssl/tls for pentesting
- sniff and intercept network traffic during a security audit
- reconnaissance of ipv4 and ipv6 networks

## When to choose
- you specifically need the legacy pre-2.0 bettercap for compatibility with old scripts or tutorials

## When to avoid
- you want an actively maintained tool - use the bettercap/bettercap repository instead
- you need support or bug fixes - this repo is deprecated and unsupported
- you are starting a new security project

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: abandoned
- function: penetration-testing, proxy, networking, security, cli
- domain: security, penetration-testing, networking
- platform: windows, bsd, cli, go
- tags: mitm, man-in-the-middle, spoofing, sslstrip, wifi-recon, deprecated, ettercap-alternative, network-audit, command-line, linux, macos, android, docker

## Member repositories
- evilsocket/bettercap (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:55.765320+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 2026-08-30T02:27:49.000689+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/evilsocket/bettercap (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:55.765320+00:00, sha 6a61b57ac300)
  - homepage: http://www.bettercap.org/ (fetched 2026-08-29T10:10:03.870740+00:00, sha 8c3202f8f8f0)
  - site_page: https://www.bettercap.org/project/installation (fetched 2026-08-29T10:10:03.879878+00:00, sha 011109e4ba53)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.