Command-line tool

aircrack-ng

brew/aircrack-ng

Checked 25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC · Listing refreshed from Homebrew, winget, npm, Scoop and cargo; npm packages checked against OSV.dev

Next-generation aircrack with lots of new features

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At a glance

Type

Command-line tool

Install on

macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

macOS

brew install aircrack-ng

Linux

brew install aircrack-ng

Crack key from capture file using [w]ordlist

aircrack-ng -w path/to/wordlist.txt path/to/capture.cap

Crack key using multiple CPU threads from capture file using [w]ordlist

aircrack-ng -p number -w path/to/wordlist.txt path/to/capture.cap

Crack key from capture file using [w]ordlist and the access point's [e]ssid

aircrack-ng -w path/to/wordlist.txt -e extended_ssid path/to/capture.cap

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