porthawk
porthawk is an MIT-licensed command-line port scanner designed as an alternative to Nmap. It performs fast multithreaded network port scans for security professionals, developers, and network administrators.
Overview
4 featuresporthawk is a Penetration testing & red teaming project. It focuses on scanning network ports efficiently without relying on Nmap. It is built as an open-source project for security professionals and network administrators. The project is open source (MIT). It ships for the command line, and it can be self-hosted.
Behind porthawk is Shivaraj P24, and it first shipped in 2026. Development happens publicly on GitHub with 25 commits in the last 90 days. Key capabilities include port scanning, multithreaded scanning, and network discovery.
Summary written by a language model from the project’s public pages.
- Port scanning
- Multithreaded scanning
- Network discovery
- Nmap alternative
Built with & integrations
Trust & compliance
Indexing history
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Frequently asked questions about porthawk
- What does porthawk do?
- Porthawk focuses on scanning network ports efficiently without relying on Nmap. It is catalogued under Penetration testing & red teaming on PulseGate.
- Who is porthawk for?
- porthawk is an open-source project built for security professionals and network administrators.
- Does porthawk have a free plan?
- Yes — porthawk is open source under the MIT license and free to use.
- What platforms does porthawk run on?
- porthawk runs on the command line. It can also be self-hosted.
- Is porthawk still active?
- The GitHub repository shows 25 commits in the last 90 days.
- What are alternatives to porthawk?
- Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include Frida Script Runner, apihunter-bess1lie, and laravel-security-scanner.Frida Script Runnerapihunter-bess1lielaravel-security-scanner
- Who develops porthawk?
- porthawk is developed by Shivaraj P24.
- When did porthawk launch?
- porthawk first shipped in 2026.
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