Kismet (software)

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Kismet

Web UI
Developer(s)	Mike Kershaw (dragorn)
Stable release	2023-07-R1[1] / July 20, 2023; 14 months ago (2023-07-20)
Repository	github.com/kismetwireless/kismet
Written in	C++
Operating system	Cross-platform
Type	Packet sniffer
License	GPL
Website	www.kismetwireless.net

Kismet is a network detector, packet sniffer, and intrusion detection system for 802.11 wireless LANs. Kismet will work with any wireless card which supports raw monitoring mode, and can sniff 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, and 802.11n traffic. The program runs under Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, and macOS. The client can also run on Microsoft Windows, although, aside from external drones (see below), there's only one supported wireless hardware available as packet source.

Distributed under the GNU General Public License,^[2] Kismet is free software.