hcxtools VS aircrack-ng

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

hcxtools

A small set of tools to convert packets from capture files to hash files for use with Hashcat or John the Ripper. (by ZerBea)
wlan wpa Wpa2 Raspberry Pi Hashcat Handshake hccapx Pcap wlan-traffic john-the-ripper pcapng wifi-security penetration-testing-framework Wifi
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aircrack-ng

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

Posts with mentions or reviews of hcxtools. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-16.
  • 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$
  • Some Pwnagotchi Pr0n ;-)
    2 projects | /r/pwnagotchi | 4 Jan 2023
    I really, really would love to get DiscoHash working but the pre-req of getting hcxtools built on the Pwnagotchi is currently broken.
  • Wifite Issues
    4 projects | /r/linuxquestions | 7 Apr 2022
    [!] Warning: Recommended app hcxpcaptool was not found. install @ https://github.com/ZerBea/hcxtools
  • How do i perform pmkid on ap?
    2 projects | /r/HowToHack | 8 Feb 2022
  • pcap file wont be converted
    1 project | /r/pwnagotchi | 16 Jul 2021
    > git clone https://github.com/ZerBea/hcxtools.git
  • 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#

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.

What are some alternatives?

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

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

pwnagotchi - (⌐■_■) pwnagotchi

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

hcxdumptool - Small tool to capture packets from wlan devices.

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

esp8266_deauther - Affordable WiFi hacking platform for testing and learning

sngrep - Ncurses SIP Messages flow viewer

openbsm - OpenBSM open audit implementation

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

pgaudit - PostgreSQL Audit Extension

hcxtools vs esp32-wifi-penetration-tool aircrack-ng vs esp32-wifi-penetration-tool hcxtools vs pwnagotchi aircrack-ng vs bettercap hcxtools vs hcxdumptool aircrack-ng vs hcxdumptool hcxtools vs wifite2 aircrack-ng vs esp8266_deauther hcxtools vs sngrep aircrack-ng vs openbsm hcxtools vs hashcat aircrack-ng vs pgaudit