Fing: Quick Network Scanning for When You Don’t Have Time to Explain General Overview Fing started as a mobile network scanner — something light, quick, and to the point. Over time, it evolved into a multi-platform toolkit for discovering devices, identifying rogue endpoints, and answering one of the most annoying IT questions: “What’s on this network, and why is it here?”

It’s not a replacement for Nmap or enterprise-level discovery engines, but it doesn’t try to be. Instead, Fing is for those

PRTG: Sensor-by-Sensor Monitoring That Just Gets the Basics Right General Overview PRTG isn’t trying to be clever. It doesn’t run AI anomaly detectors or feed logs into neural graphs. Instead, it focuses on watching the things that actually break: disks filling up, switches not responding, response times creeping up. And it does that with a model that’s been oddly consistent — one sensor, one thing to monitor.

The whole structure revolves around sensors. Want to track ping latency? That’s a sen

LANState: Visual Network Map with Built-In Tools for Real-Time Admin Tasks General Overview LANState is a network mapping and monitoring tool designed to give admins a live, interactive view of what’s happening on their LAN. Its strength isn’t in handling complex WANs or integrating with cloud APIs — it’s in fast, local visibility with actionable context.

The core idea is simple: scan the network, build a live topology map, and let the admin interact with nodes directly. Need to ping something?

NetworkMiner: Passive Network Sniffer for Forensics and Asset Fingerprinting General Overview NetworkMiner is a passive network traffic analyzer focused on extraction — not traffic shaping, blocking, or active probing. It listens, captures, and dissects packets without generating any. That makes it particularly useful in forensic analysis, threat hunting, and asset fingerprinting where stealth and data preservation matter more than speed or volume.

Unlike tools designed for intrusion detection