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RustScan

Fast port scanner that hands results to Nmap

Port scanner written in Rust that finds open ports quickly and then pipes them into Nmap for service detection, with a scripting engine of its own.

Open sourceGPL-3.0-only
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What RustScan does

RustScan focuses on one step: finding open ports fast using asynchronous I/O and adaptive batch sizes. Once it has the list, it can automatically call Nmap with those ports for version and script scanning.

It also offers a scripting engine that supports Python, Lua and shell scripts, and is distributed as a single binary and Docker image.

Key features

  • Fast asynchronous port discovery
  • Automatic hand-off to Nmap
  • Scripting engine (Python, Lua, shell)
  • Adaptive learning of batch sizes
  • IPv6 and CIDR support

Licence

GPL-3.0-only · GNU GPL v3 · Open source

Checked by ThreatWire against the repository's licence file on 2026-10-20. GitHub detects: GPL-3.0.

Security of RustScan itself

No published advisory found for RustScan in GitHub repository advisories. That does not mean the tool has no vulnerabilities.

Sources: GitHub repository advisories · checked 2026-10-20.

Categories and tags

Network scanning and analysis#port-scanner#rust#cli#security#pentesting#hacking#port#scanning#networking

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