Alternatives to masscan
Other tools in this directory that do similar work, with a verified install command for each. masscan itself: install masscan.
whisper.cpp
Port of OpenAI's Whisper model in C/C++
grype
A vulnerability scanner for container images and filesystems
bumblebee
Read-only developer endpoint scanner for on-disk package, extension, and developer-tool metadata, built to check exposure to known software supply-cha
flex
The Fast Lexical Analyzer - scanner generator for lexing in C and C++
pgrok
Poor man's ngrok - a multi-tenant HTTP/TCP reverse tunnel solution through SSH remote port forwarding
GZDoom
GZDoom is a feature centric port for all Doom engine games, based on ZDoom, adding an OpenGL renderer and powerful scripting capabilities
uncover
Quickly discover exposed hosts on the internet using multiple search engines
hcxtools
A small set of tools to convert packets from capture files to hash files for use with Hashcat or John the Ripper
dislocker
FUSE driver to read/write Windows' BitLocker-ed volumes under Linux / Mac OSX
sitefetch
Fetch an entire site and save it as a text file (to be used with AI models)
Mac Sai
Mac Sai: the open-source Mac cleaner, optimizer, and malware scanner. A free, Apple-notarized alternative to CleanMyMac, built with Swift 6 and SwiftU
sdlpop
An open-source port of Prince of Persia, based on the disassembly of the DOS version
scrcpy
Display and control your Android device
go
The Go programming language
node
Node.js JavaScript runtime ✨🐢🚀✨
rust
Empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software
typescript
TypeScript is a superset of JavaScript that compiles to clean JavaScript output
openai-whisper
Robust Speech Recognition via Large-Scale Weak Supervision
deno
A modern runtime for JavaScript and TypeScript
neovim
Vim-fork focused on extensibility and usability
nvm
Node Version Manager - POSIX-compliant bash script to manage multiple active node.js versions
uv
An extremely fast Python package and project manager, written in Rust
Syncthing
Open Source Continuous File Synchronization
ripgrep
ripgrep recursively searches directories for a regex pattern while respecting your gitignore
How we picked these
We match on what the tool does and how it installs, then order by how widely each project is used. We're not saying these are better or worse than masscan — that depends on what you're building. We're saying they're the projects people reach for in the same situations, and each one has an install command we checked against its documentation.
masscan is developed by its own authors and this page is an independent reference; we are not affiliated with or sponsored by any project listed, and nothing here is a paid placement.