Open Source Shodan Alternatives

The best open source alternative to Shodan is Censys. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Shodan and eight of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Shodan are IVRE, wapiti, LeakIX and Natlas.

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Shodan alternatives are mainly Vulnerability Scanners, but if you're looking for Network Monitors or Penetration Testing Tools you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Free, Open Source, Free + Penetration Testing and Free + Vulnerability Scanner. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Shodan.
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  1. Censys icon
     24 likes

    Censys is a search engine that allows computer scientists to ask questions about the devices and networks that compose the internet.

    24 Censys alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    Comments about Censys as an Alternative to Shodan
    Guest
    Positive
    0

    no limit on number of searches, lots of filters

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Positive
    0

    Fresher data, more ports scanned

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Censys icon
    Censys icon
    • Most users think Censys is a great Shodan alternative.

    • Censys is Freemium and Open SourceShodan is Freemium and Proprietary
  2. IVRE icon
     24 likes

    Network recon framework, including a web interface to browse Nmap scan results.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
     
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    17
    Comments about IVRE as an Alternative to Shodan
    nm17
    Positive
    0

    Great for indexing local networks and such

    Guest
    Positive
    0

    Because it's an open-source framework for scanning, indexing and researching data about connected device... Like Shodan.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Positive
    0

    Because it's completely free and open-source and works exactly like Shodan.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    IVRE icon
    IVRE icon
    • Some users think IVRE is a great Shodan alternative, some don't.

    • IVRE is Free and Open SourceShodan is Freemium and Proprietary
  3. wapiti icon
     7 likes

    Wapiti allows you to audit the security of your web applications. Wapiti is a command line tool.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. LeakIX icon
     4 likes

    LeakIX is a search engine indexing open hosts on the internet. It focuses on listing the databases and table names and keeps a history of every successful connection.

    7 LeakIX alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
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    Comments about LeakIX as an Alternative to Shodan
    Guest
    Positive
    0

    Has less data but is free for all. Also table names (mysql), collection names (mongo), index names ( elasticsearch ) and topic ( kafka ) names are searchable.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    khen_su
    Positive
    0

    Simple, too the point indexer with nice querying capacities

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    LeakIX icon
    LeakIX icon
    • Most users think LeakIX is a great Shodan alternative.

    • LeakIX is Free and Open SourceShodan is Freemium and Proprietary
  5. Natlas icon
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    Natlas is an open source project designed to provide scalable network scanning and an interface to search through the results. For more information, visit github.com/natlas/natlas

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  6. Vega icon
     2 likes

    Vega is a free and open source scanner and testing platform to test the security of web applications. Vega can help you find and validate SQL Injection, Cross-Site Scripting (XSS), inadvertently disclosed sensitive information, and other vulnerabilities.

    8 Vega alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  7. skipfish icon
     13 likes

    A fully automated, active web application security reconnaissance tool. Key features: High speed: pure C code, highly optimized HTTP handling, minimal CPU footprint - easily achieving 2000 requests per second with responsive targets.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  8. Grabber is a web application scanner. Basically it detects some kind of vulnerabilities in your website.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
     
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