nibble Norwegian Backend Systems

Use this command to install nibble:

winget install --id=backendsystems.nibble -e

Nibble is a CLI tool for local network scanning that focuses on speed and ease of use. Select a network interface, and Nibble scans your local subnet. Lists hosts, hardware manufacturer, open ports and their services.

Nibble is a CLI tool for local network scanning that focuses on speed and ease of use.

Select a network interface, and Nibble scans your local subnet. Lists hosts, hardware manufacturer, open ports and their services.

Nibble demo

Lightning fast scans using lightweight threads
Stealthy, emits no network signals before a scan is started
Colors uses your terminal theme colors
Skips loopback and irrelevant adapters
Defaults to SSH, Telnet, HTTP, HTTPS, SMB, RDP, and more
Can be set to a list of custom ports that are stored for future use
Target mode for targeted network scans
Reads service banners on open ports (for example, OpenSSH or nginx versions)
Looks up hardware vendors:
- Raspberry Pi, Ubiquiti, Apple and 40,000 other vendor ids

History

See past scans, the found hosts and re-scan all hosts ports. hotkey: r
History remembers your position between sessions, so jump right back in to your last viewed scan.

Nibble history

Hotkeys

↑/↓/←/→, w/s/a/d, h/j/k/l: selection Enter: confirm p: select ports r: history t: target mode q: cancel Ctrl+C: quit ?: help

Mouse

Full mouse support. Click to select, click again to confirm. Scroll to navigate lists. Hold Shift and drag to select text.

Nibble click interface

Installation

Manual download:

Pre-built binaries for Linux, macOS and Windows (amd64/arm64) are available on the Releases page.

Package managers:

go (https://go.dev/):

go install github.com/backendsystems/nibble@latest

apt (Ubuntu, Mint, Pop!_OS, Zorin, Elementary, KDE Neon):

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:backendsystems/ppa
sudo apt install nibble

dnf (Fedora, RHEL, CentOS Stream):

sudo dnf copr enable @backendsystems/nibble
sudo dnf install nibble

aur (Arch Linux):

yay -S nibble-bin

brew (macOS):

brew install backendsystems/tap/nibble

🪟 winget (Windows):

winget install backendsystems.nibble

pip:

pipx install nibble-cli

npm:

npm install -g @backendsystems/nibble

or run without install

npx @backendsystems/nibble

Usage

Run the CLI with nibble, select a network interface.
Interface icons: 🔌Ethernet, 📶Wi-Fi, 📦Container, 🔒VPN.

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License

This project is MIT licensed. See the LICENSE file for details.

Note: The "nibble" name and branding assets are excluded from this license, see the sepperate LICENSE for branding terms.