# kismetwireless/kismet

Github mirror of official Kismet repository

Repository: https://github.com/kismetwireless/kismet
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/kismet
Language: C++
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: kismet, wi-fi, wids, wireless, sdr
Last push: 2026-08-26T15:29:08+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 77/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3634, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2210, forks 382 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:26.254715+00:00)

## What it is
Kismet is a wireless network detector, sniffer, and intrusion detection system for Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, SDR, and other wireless protocols. It captures and analyzes wireless traffic with a web-based interface and is actively maintained.

## Use cases
- detect nearby wifi networks and devices
- wireless intrusion detection
- capture wifi packets for analysis
- monitor bluetooth and sdr signals
- wardriving and site surveys
- find rogue access points

## When to choose
- you need passive wireless monitoring and IDS on Linux
- you want a mature tool with a web UI for wifi scanning
- you need multi-protocol capture including SDR and Bluetooth

## When to avoid
- you need a simple GUI-only wifi scanner on Windows
- you want active penetration testing attacks rather than passive detection
- you need wired network monitoring

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: monitoring, security, networking, cli, http-server
- domain: security, networking, penetration-testing, osint
- platform: cross-platform, cli
- tags: wifi, wireless-scanning, wids, sdr, packet-capture, wardriving, linux, macos, web-server

## Member repositories
- kismetwireless/kismet (main) score 77

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:26.254715+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 2026-08-30T02:46:10.804493+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/kismetwireless/kismet (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:26.254715+00:00, sha 8f3f50b5c2f6)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.