# Chleba/netscanner

Terminal Network scanner & diagnostic tool with modern TUI

Repository: https://github.com/Chleba/netscanner
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/netscanner
Language: Rust
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: arp, network-analysis, ouilookup, packet-analyser, ping, rust-lang, wifi, wifi-network, packets, networks, scanning
Last push: 2026-07-06T16:38:09+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 83/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 91, release rhythm 80, longevity 71
- inputs: {"age_days": 997, "days_push": 58, "days_rel": 58, "gap_med": 69.5, "n_releases_24m": 7}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1815, forks 54 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:39.935628+00:00)

## What it is
netscanner is a terminal-based network scanner and diagnostic tool with a modern TUI, written in Rust. It supports WiFi network scanning, CIDR pinging with hostname/OUI/MAC lookup, TCP/UDP/ICMP/ARP packet dumping, open TCP port scanning, and CSV export of results.

## Use cases
- scan wifi networks and view signal strength charts from the terminal
- ping an entire CIDR range and see hostnames, MAC addresses, and OUI vendors
- capture and filter TCP, UDP, ICMP, and ARP packets in a TUI
- find open TCP ports on hosts in my local network
- export scanned IPs, ports, and packets to CSV
- count network traffic and view DNS records
- switch between network interfaces for scanning and packet dumping

## When to choose
- you want an interactive terminal UI for network scanning and diagnostics instead of separate CLI tools
- you need combined WiFi scanning, CIDR pinging, port scanning, and packet capture in one tool
- you're on Linux, macOS, or Windows and comfortable running with root privileges

## When to avoid
- you need IPv6 scanning and dumping, which is not yet implemented
- you cannot or prefer not to run tools with root privileges
- you need scriptable, non-interactive output rather than a TUI
- you need a full-featured packet analyzer like Wireshark

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: networking, monitoring, security, terminal-ui, developer-tools
- domain: networking, security, developer-tools
- platform: windows, cli
- tags: network-scanner, tui, packet-capture, wifi-scanning, port-scanning, arp, rust, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- Chleba/netscanner (main) score 83

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:39.935628+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 2026-08-30T03:20:37.191839+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Chleba/netscanner (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:39.935628+00:00, sha a44a5b5b2bf4)
  - registry_crates: https://crates.io/api/v1/crates/netscanner (fetched 2026-08-29T10:59:26.093902+00:00, sha a35b2e8d9b8c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.