aeScan

Adaptive Efficient Scanner — A fast and simple network scanner in C that detects active hosts on your local network and scans open ports.

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Features

• Automatically detects your local IPv4 network and subnet mask
• Pings all hosts on the local network to find active devices
• Resolves hostnames for detected IP addresses
• Performs multi-threaded port scanning (1-65535) on selected hosts
• Colorful console output for better readability
• Lightweight and written in C with pthreads for concurrency

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Requirements

• Linux or Unix-like system
• GCC compiler
• POSIX threads (pthread)
• Network tools (e.g., ping) available in PATH

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Installation

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/TristanBaliteau/aeScan.git

Compile with:

make

Install system-wide so you can run aescan from anywhere:

sudo make install

Remove the installed executable from the system:

sudo make uninstall

Remove compiled files:

make clean