Command-line tool

nmap

brew/nmap

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

Port scanning utility for large networks security network scan

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Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

winget install --id Insecure.Nmap -e
scoop install nmap

macOS

brew install nmap

Linux

brew install nmap

Scan the top 1000 ports of a remote host with various [v]erbosity levels

nmap -v1 ip_or_hostname

Run a ping sweep over an entire [s]ub[n]et or individual hosts very aggressively

nmap -T5 -sn 192.168.0.0/24

Enable OS detection, version detection, script scanning, and traceroute of hosts from a file

sudo nmap -A -iL path/to/file.txt

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