arp-scan – minimalistic ARP scan tool

arp-scan-rs is a command-line network discovery tool written in Rust.

It performs ARP-based scans of local IPv4 networks to identify live hosts and report details such as IP addresses, MAC addresses, hostnames, and hardware vendor information.

This is free and open source software.

Key Features

  • Lists available network interfaces before starting a scan.
  • Supports configurable scan settings including interface selection, network range, timeouts, intervals, retries, and bandwidth limits.
  • Offers predefined scan profiles including default, fast, stealth, and chaos.
  • Provides MAC vendor lookups using an IEEE OUI reference file.
  • Exports scan results in JSON, YAML, and CSV formats.
  • Supports VLAN tagging and custom ARP packet fields for specialised scanning scenarios.

Website: github.com/kongbytes/arp-scan-rs
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Developer: kongbytes
License: GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 or later

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