aircrack-ng ☆

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Description:
Next-generation aircrack with lots of new features

Type: Formula | Latest Version: 1.7@1 | Tracked Since: Dec 17, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Security

Tags: wifi security auditing wireless penetration-testing networking

Install: brew install aircrack-ng

About:
Aircrack-ng is a comprehensive suite of tools for Wi-Fi network auditing and security assessment. It enables packet capturing, traffic analysis, and WEP/WPA/WPA2-PSK key cracking capabilities. The suite includes utilities for monitoring, attacking, and testing the security of wireless networks.

Key Features:

Real-time Wi-Fi traffic monitoring and packet capture
WEP and WPA/WPA2-PSK key cracking with various attack methods
Fake access point generation and deauthentication attacks
Wireless network detection and fingerprinting
GPS data logging and integration for network mapping

Use Cases:

Penetration testing and security auditing of wireless networks
Identifying and exploiting vulnerabilities in Wi-Fi encryption
Wireless site surveys and signal monitoring
Educational purposes for learning wireless security concepts

Alternatives:

Kismet – Kismet focuses more on network detection and monitoring, while aircrack-ng specializes in active attacks and key cracking
Reaver – Reaver is specifically designed for WPS brute-force attacks, whereas aircrack-ng provides a broader suite of wireless tools

License: BSD-3-Clause AND GPL-2.0-or-later AND (GPL-2.0-or-later WITH cryptsetup-OpenSSL-exception)

Dependencies: openssl@3, pcre, sqlite

Bottles available for: arm64_tahoe, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, sonoma, arm64_linux, x86_64_linux

Important Notes:

Run `airodump-ng-oui-update` install or update the Airodump-ng OUI file.

Version History

Detected	Rev	Change	Commit
Sep 13, 2025 10:29am	1	VERSION_BUMP	2423e3fa
Nov 17, 2024 4:39pm	1	VERSION_BUMP	35de17c7
Sep 11, 2024 4:46am	1	VERSION_BUMP	f8dfc245