bettercap
brew install bettercap
v2.41.7
GPL-3.0-only
Swiss army knife for network attacks and monitoring
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Runtime dependencies
Build dependencies
Links
- https://www.bettercap.org/
- Brew formula source: Formula/b/bettercap.rb
Caveats
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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