xray VS masscan

Compare xray vs masscan and see what are their differences.

xray

XRay is a tool for recon, mapping and OSINT gathering from public networks. (by evilsocket)

masscan

TCP port scanner, spews SYN packets asynchronously, scanning entire Internet in under 5 minutes. (by robertdavidgraham)
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xray masscan
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2,143 22,637
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0.0 7.8
over 1 year ago about 1 month ago
Go C
GNU General Public License v3.0 only GNU Affero General Public License v3.0
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xray

Posts with mentions or reviews of xray. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-03-25.
  • Bruter v1.0.0b
    2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 25 Mar 2023
    Hi folks, I released bruter a golang tool that I enjoyed building:

    It is a simple app that was built as an experiment while dusting my Go skils. It is indeed very much inspired by (https://github.com/evilsocket/xray) (but hey not copied ;)). The tooling can be used to test webservers and validate configurations, but not just!

    What does it do?

    It grabs HostInfo data from Shodan APIs, so you will need a Token to try this out

    It collects banners for various services FTP, SSH, MYSQL, IRC, SMTP

    It collects HTTP headers

    It brute force directories on WebServers and reports results (200, 403)

    It produces a Web UI for presentation

    Check it out and let me know what you think! Feedbacks are very welcome :D

  • Bruter v.1.0.0b -- https://github.com/CyberRoute/bruter
    1 project | /r/golang | 25 Mar 2023
    It is a simple app that was built as an experiment while dusting my Go skils. It is indeed very much inspired by (https://github.com/evilsocket/xray) (but hey not copied ;)). The tooling can be used to test webservers and validate configurations, but not just!
  • Awesome Penetration Testing
    124 projects | dev.to | 6 Oct 2021
    XRay - Network (sub)domain discovery and reconnaissance automation tool.

masscan

Posts with mentions or reviews of masscan. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-22.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing xray and masscan you can also consider the following projects:

Metasploit - Metasploit Framework

RustScan - 🤖 The Modern Port Scanner 🤖

pwntools - CTF framework and exploit development library

zmap - ZMap is a fast single packet network scanner designed for Internet-wide network surveys.

bruter - Brutuer is an OSINT tooling, an experiment to build a reconnaissance simple app to have fun 🕵️‍♂️

amass - In-depth attack surface mapping and asset discovery

mitmproxy - An interactive TLS-capable intercepting HTTP proxy for penetration testers and software developers.

nuclei - Fast and customizable vulnerability scanner based on simple YAML based DSL.

lynis - Lynis - Security auditing tool for Linux, macOS, and UNIX-based systems. Assists with compliance testing (HIPAA/ISO27001/PCI DSS) and system hardening. Agentless, and installation optional.

zgrab2-configurations - A repository for possible zgrab2 configurations

Cppcheck - static analysis of C/C++ code