pwntools VS masscan

Compare pwntools vs masscan and see what are their differences.

masscan

TCP port scanner, spews SYN packets asynchronously, scanning entire Internet in under 5 minutes. (by robertdavidgraham)
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pwntools masscan
8 64
11,435 22,564
1.8% -
9.1 7.8
5 days ago about 1 month ago
Python C
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later GNU Affero General Public License v3.0
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pwntools

Posts with mentions or reviews of pwntools. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-11-13.
  • Awesome CTF : Top Learning Resource Labs
    72 projects | /r/TutorialBoy | 13 Nov 2021
    Pwntools - CTF Framework for writing exploits.
  • Awesome Penetration Testing
    124 projects | dev.to | 6 Oct 2021
    Pwntools - Rapid exploit development framework built for use in CTFs.
  • What is Calypso?
    4 projects | dev.to | 4 Mar 2021
    One library that I may eventually make which will probably not be an officially maintained library but which I will maintain myself will be a partial or full port of pwntools (a library written in Python for CTFs) to Calypso. For more information on CTFs, atan made a pretty cool post about them:

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 pwntools and masscan you can also consider the following projects:

RustScan - 🤖 The Modern Port Scanner 🤖

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

amass - In-depth attack surface mapping and asset discovery

Metasploit - Metasploit Framework

zgrab2-configurations - A repository for possible zgrab2 configurations

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

pwndbg - Exploit Development and Reverse Engineering with GDB Made Easy

one_gadget - The best tool for finding one gadget RCE in libc.so.6

angr - A powerful and user-friendly binary analysis platform!

padding-oracle-attacker - 🔓 CLI tool and library to execute padding oracle attacks easily, with support for concurrent network requests and an elegant UI.

gophish - Open-Source Phishing Toolkit

SQLMap - Automatic SQL injection and database takeover tool