aircrack-ng VS hcxdumptool

Compare aircrack-ng vs hcxdumptool and see what are their differences.

aircrack-ng

WiFi security auditing tools suite (by aircrack-ng)
wifi-security Suite Wifi Security Audit Hostapd FreeRADIUS
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hcxdumptool

Small tool to capture packets from wlan devices. (by ZerBea)
Pcap wifi-security Raspberry Pi pcapng Hashcat john-the-ripper penetration-testing-framework Wifi
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aircrack-ng

Posts with mentions or reviews of aircrack-ng. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-03.

hcxdumptool

Posts with mentions or reviews of hcxdumptool. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-03.
  • What linux tool should I use to dump wireless/wifi packets to a file for later analysis with Wireshark? Dumpcap, hcxdumptool, tcpdump, something else?
    1 project | /r/HowToHack | 5 Nov 2023
  • Official /r/rust "Who's Hiring" thread for job-seekers and job-offerers [Rust 1.70]
    9 projects | /r/rust | 3 Jun 2023
    I contribute to open-source WiFi cybersecurity related projects such as aircrack-ng and hcxdumptool. Besides that, embedded systems are close to my heart so I always work on some STM32 or ESP32 based side project. Some of them are available on GitHub:
  • How to capture a handshake, I own a macOS
    5 projects | /r/hacking | 16 May 2023
    . . .´ · . . · `. wifite 2.2.5 : : : (¯) : : : automated wireless auditor `. · ` /¯\ ´ · .´ https://github.com/derv82/wifite2 ` /¯¯¯\ ´ [!] Error: Required app iwconfig was not found. install @ apt-get install wireless-tools [!] Warning: Recommended app bully was not found. install @ https://github.com/aanarchyy/bully [!] Warning: Recommended app pyrit was not found. install @ https://github.com/JPaulMora/Pyrit/wiki [!] Warning: Recommended app hcxdumptool was not found. install @ https://github.com/ZerBea/hcxdumptool [!] Warning: Recommended app hcxpcaptool was not found. install @ https://github.com/ZerBea/hcxtools [!] At least 1 Required app is missing. Wifite needs Required apps to run main:~ lung$
  • Best WiFi Adapters for Kali Linux
    1 project | /r/hacking | 5 Apr 2023
  • Evil twin attack with two network adapters
    1 project | /r/Hacking_Tutorials | 20 Nov 2022
  • hcxdumptool: when do i have enough info to stop capturing?
    1 project | /r/HowToHack | 27 Oct 2022
  • Wifite Issues
    4 projects | /r/linuxquestions | 7 Apr 2022
    [!] Warning: Recommended app hcxdumptool was not found. install @ https://github.com/ZerBea/hcxdumptool
  • Not a script kiddie | Wanting advice on learning to use pre-installed tools
    1 project | /r/Kalilinux | 27 Feb 2022
    Wireshark OUI lookup = https://www.wireshark.org/tools/oui-lookup.html —-------------------------------------------THE-NEW-WAY—----------------------------------------- Hashcat Install hcxdumptool git clone https://github.com/ZerBea/hcxdumptool cd hcxdumptool sudo apt-get install libcurl4-openssl-dev libssl-dev pkg-config =install missing dependencies Make =make software Make install =make install software Sudo apt install hcxtools
  • How do i perform pmkid on ap?
    2 projects | /r/HowToHack | 8 Feb 2022
  • At least 1 Required app is missing. Wifite needs Required apps to run
    7 projects | /r/Ubuntu | 26 Apr 2021
    [!] Error: Required app aircrack-ng was not found. install @ https://www.aircrack-ng.org/install.html [!] Error: Required app iwconfig was not found. install @ apt-get install wireless-tools [!] Error: Required app ifconfig was not found. install @ apt-get install net-tools [!] Warning: Recommended app reaver was not found. install @ https://github.com/t6x/reaver-wps-fork-t6x [!] Warning: Recommended app bully was not found. install @ https://github.com/aanarchyy/bully [!] Warning: Recommended app pyrit was not found. install @ https://github.com/JPaulMora/Pyrit/wiki [!] Warning: Recommended app tshark was not found. install @ apt-get install wireshark [!] Warning: Recommended app hashcat was not found. install @ https://hashcat.net/hashcat/ [!] Warning: Recommended app hcxdumptool was not found. install @ https://github.com/ZerBea/hcxdumptool [!] Warning: Recommended app hcxpcaptool was not found. install @ https://github.com/ZerBea/hcxtools [!] Warning: Recommended app macchanger was not found. install @ apt-get install macchanger [!] At least 1 Required app is missing. Wifite needs Required apps to run root@localhost:~/wifite2#

What are some alternatives?

When comparing aircrack-ng and hcxdumptool you can also consider the following projects:

esp32-wifi-penetration-tool - Exploring possibilities of ESP32 platform to attack on nearby Wi-Fi networks.

wifite2 - Rewrite of the popular wireless network auditor, "wifite"

bettercap - The Swiss Army knife for 802.11, BLE, IPv4 and IPv6 networks reconnaissance and MITM attacks.

hcxtools - A small set of tools to convert packets from capture files to hash files for use with Hashcat or John the Ripper.

esp8266_deauther - Affordable WiFi hacking platform for testing and learning

hashcat - World's fastest and most advanced password recovery utility

RaspberryPi-GPIO-Audio - 2019-2024: Audio DAC interfaced through Raspberry Pi GPIO such as i2s for two Waveshare Wolfson WM8960 Audio DAC modules with i2c control.

openbsm - OpenBSM open audit implementation

Pyrit - The famous WPA precomputed cracker, Migrated from Google.

pgaudit - PostgreSQL Audit Extension

bully

aircrack-ng vs esp32-wifi-penetration-tool hcxdumptool vs wifite2 aircrack-ng vs bettercap hcxdumptool vs hcxtools aircrack-ng vs esp8266_deauther hcxdumptool vs hashcat aircrack-ng vs hcxtools hcxdumptool vs RaspberryPi-GPIO-Audio aircrack-ng vs openbsm hcxdumptool vs Pyrit aircrack-ng vs pgaudit hcxdumptool vs bully