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Nmap

Nmap - the Network Mapper.

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Introduction

Nmap is released under a custom license, which is based on (but not compatible with) GPLv2. The Nmap license allows free usage by end users, and we also offer a commercial license for companies that wish to redistribute Nmap technology with their products. See Nmap Copyright and Licensing for full details.

Features

The pages fetched on 25 Oct 2026 did not include a feature list. The public description was: “Nmap - the Network Mapper.”

Pros

Points stated in the public sources fetched on 25 Oct 2026:

  1. Repository topics: The repository’s GitHub topics include asynchronous, c-plus-plus, libpcap, linux, lua, machine-learning, netcat, network-discovery.

Cons

The pages fetched on 25 Oct 2026 do not publish a limitations list. That absence is not evidence that the tool has no drawbacks. Current issues are tracked at https://github.com/nmap/nmap/issues.

The fetched README did not include a fenced code example. Use the official documentation linked below.

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Pricing

The fetched text says:

Download open source software for Linux, Windows, UNIX, FreeBSD, etc.

No separate price list was found on 25 Oct 2026.

The fetched pages do not name a target audience. Decide fit from the official description and the feature list above.

Conclusion

Nmap is summarized by its public description as: “Nmap - the Network Mapper.”.

No GitHub release was available when this page was rebuilt.

This page was rebuilt on 25 Oct 2026 from nmap.org, github.com. It keeps only what those pages stated. Confirm the current product, license, and price on the official site before you adopt it.