Aircrack-ng

Aircrack-ng is ranked #8 of 34 in penetration testing software on The Geeks Club. It runs on Linux, macOS, Self-hosted, Windows. There is a free plan.

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Aircrack-ng Free Full software suite · no license fee aircrack-ng.org · 29 Sept 2026

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Free plan: Yes
Deployment: on-prem
Web app testing: No
API testing: No
Network testing: Yes
Mobile testing: No
Finding management: No
Evidence capture: No

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Aircrack-ng

Purpose: Aircrack-ng is a suite of tools for assessing Wi-Fi network security.
Monitoring: Its monitoring tools capture packets and export data to text files for processing with third-party tools.
Testing: The suite checks wireless cards and driver capabilities for capture and injection.
Cracking: The suite includes tools for cracking WEP and WPA PSK keys, including WPA 1 and 2.
Command line: All tools are command-line programs, which the project says allows heavy scripting.
Toolset: The documented tools include packet capture, frame injection and replay, monitor-mode control, wireless-network graphing, and WEP/WPA/WPA2-PSK key cracking.
Platforms: The project says it works primarily on Linux and also lists Windows, macOS, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, Solaris, and eComStation 2.
Windows limitation: The compatibility page says Microsoft Windows is only supported with Airpcap, and the Windows 1.7 download requires users to develop their own wireless-card DLLs, which are not included or supported.
Hardware compatibility: The project says not all wireless chipsets are supported, and some functions may not work even with a supported chipset.
License: Aircrack-ng is open source under GPL v2, BSD 3 Clause, and OpenSSL licenses, and it can be compiled without OpenSSL if that license is not accepted.
Security reporting: The project requests coordinated disclosure of security issues by email and says not to open bug reports or pull requests for those reports.
Supported versions: The security policy says only the latest stable release is supported.
Support: The project directs users to its wiki, tool documentation, manpages, FAQ, troubleshooting pages, forum, and IRC, and says it does not provide support over email.
Responsible use: The getting-started guide says the project does not support or endorse accessing networks that do not belong to the user and warns that illegal activity can result in a permanent ban from its forum or IRC.
Price from: Free

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aircrack-ng.org· checked 29 Sept 2026
aircrack-ng.org/documentation.html· checked 29 Sept 2026
aircrack-ng.org/downloads.html· checked 29 Sept 2026
aircrack-ng.org/doku.php· checked 29 Sept 2026
aircrack-ng.org/license.html· checked 29 Sept 2026
aircrack-ng.org/security.html· checked 29 Sept 2026
aircrack-ng.org/support.html· checked 29 Sept 2026
aircrack-ng.org/doku.php· checked 29 Sept 2026