Packet generator
# Packet generator

A packet generator or packet builder is a type of software that generates random packets or allows the user to construct detailed custom packets. Depending on the network medium and operating system, packet generators utilize raw sockets, NDIS function calls, or direct access to the network adapter kernel-mode driver.

This is useful for testing implementations of IP stacks for bugs and security vulnerabilities.

## Comparison

### General Information

| Title | Author | OS | Interface | Link | License |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| AnetTest | Anton Titov | Windows, Unix | CLI | AnetTest | GPL |
| Bit-Twist | Addy Yeow Chin Heng | Windows, Linux, BSD, Mac OS X | CLI | Bit-Twist | GPLv2 |
| Cat Karat packet builder | Valery Diomin, Yakov Tetruashvili | Windows | GUI | Cat Karat packet builder | Packet Builder License |
| Colasoft Packet Builder | Colasoft | Windows | GUI | Colasoft Packet Builder | Packet Builder License: Freeware |
| CommView Packet Generator | TamoSoft | Windows | GUI | For Ethernet For Wi-Fi | Proprietary EULA |
| IP Sorcery | Josiah Zayner | Unix | CLI and GUI | IP Sorcery | GPL |
| Nemesis | Jeff Nathan | Windows, Unix | CLI | Nemesis | BSD |
| Ostinato | Srivats P | Windows, Linux, BSD, Mac OS X | GUI and API | | GPLv3 |
| Packet Construction Set | George Neville-Neil | Linux, BSD, Mac OS X | CLI | PCS | BSD-like |
| Packet Sender | Dan Nagle | Windows, Linux, Mac OS X | CLI and GUI | Packet Sender | GPLv2 |
| Pktgen | Linux Foundation | Linux | CLI | Pktgen | GPLv2 |
| packETH | Miha Jemec | Linux | GUI and CLI | packETH | GPLv3 |
| pierf | Pieter Blommaert | Windows(Cygwin)/Linux | CLI | pierf | free BSD |
| rain | Michael Behan | Linux, *BSD | CLI | rain | free GPLv2 |
| Scapy | Philippe BIONDI | Linux/Unix/Windows | CLI | Scapy | GPLv2 |
| targa3 | Mixter | Linux, Unix | CLI | targa3 | ? |
| UMPA | Adriano Monteiro Marques | Cross-platform (Python) | ? | UMPA | GPLv2 |
| trafgen | Daniel Borkmann | Linux | CLI | netsniff-ng | GPLv2 |
| xcap | cxxxap | Windows | GUI | xcap | Free |
| Simple Packet Sender (SPS) | h0h1r4um | Linux | GUI | SPS | GPLv3 |
| WARP17 | Juniper Networks | Linux | CLI and API | WARP17 | BSD |
| Wirefloss | Wirefloss | Web page | GUI | Wirefloss | Free |

* ↑ Custom: free for personal use
