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bettercap

brew install bettercap v2.41.7 GPL-3.0-only

Swiss army knife for network attacks and monitoring

504
30-day installs · #1739
1.7k
90-day · #1729
7.0k
365-day · #1667

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bettercap requires root privileges so you will need to run `sudo bettercap`.
You should be certain that you trust any software you grant root privileges.
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