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