Zenmap

Security & privacy

Free source-available softwareEditorial overview
A CLOSER LOOK

What is Zenmap?

Zenmap is a graphical frontend to Nmap for constructing repeatable scans and reviewing their results. It includes scan profiles, command construction, and result comparisons. It is aimed at administrators learning or organizing authorized network scans.

Scan profiles

Command construction

Result comparisons

Is it a good fit?

Best suited to

Administrators learning or organizing authorized network scans

Before you choose

The Flatpak package cannot run privileged scans as root. Scan completeness depends on target responses, network filtering, and selected options.

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Zenmap uses the Nmap Public Source License and is generally free for end users, including commercial use. Source is available, but commercial product integration and redistribution are restricted; OEM and bundled Npcap terms are separate.

Ongoing end-user use is free under NPSL. This is source-available software, not an unrestricted open source license; commercial redistribution and bundled components can have separate requirements.

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The useful parts. The trade-offs.

Why consider it

Brings scan profiles and command construction into the same workflow.

Build a scan profile for the target range, save its results, and compare a later run to identify changes that deserve further investigation.

What to keep in mind

The Flatpak package cannot run privileged scans as root.

Scan completeness depends on target responses, network filtering, and selected options.

How to use it well

Zenmap fits administrators learning or organizing authorized network scans. Build a scan profile for the target range, save its results, and compare a later run to identify changes that deserve further investigation.

The Flatpak package cannot run privileged scans as root. Scan completeness depends on target responses, network filtering, and selected options. Match the configuration to your needs, and keep recoverable copies of important settings or keys.

A few things you might be wondering.

Is Zenmap free?

Zenmap uses the Nmap Public Source License and is generally free for end users, including commercial use. Source is available, but commercial product integration and redistribution are restricted; OEM and bundled Npcap terms are separate.

Can I use Zenmap for scan profiles?

Yes. Zenmap includes scan profiles. Build a scan profile for the target range, save its results, and compare a later run to identify changes that deserve further investigation.

Can the Flatpak edition run privileged scans as root?

The Flatpak package cannot run privileged scans as root.

Can Zenmap be bundled into a commercial product without separate licensing?

The NPSL generally restricts commercial product integration and redistribution. Review the provider’s OEM terms and the separate terms for any bundled components before redistribution.

Where can I check the latest prices?

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