Kismet has several Python modules which help when scripting against the Kismet server or Kismet data; these modules are being spun into their own repositories for easier inclusion in PyPy and similar.
Kismet is an open source sniffer, WIDS, wardriver, and packet capture tool for Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, BTLE, wireless thermometers, airplanes, power meters, Zigbee, and more. Kismet runs on Linux, macOS, and Windows (via WSL).
The new Kismet 2018 beta version is here, and is a tremendous rewrite of the project to update device support, user interface, scriptability, external tool integration, and to expand Kismet beyond just Wi-Fi.
Kismet is a wireless network detector, sniffer, and intrusion detection system. Kismet works with Wi-Fi (IEEE802.11) cards, as well as Bluetooth devices for scanning dicoverable BT and BTLE devices, the RTL-SDR radio for detecting wireless sensors, thermometers, and switches, and a growing collection of other capture hardware.
Kismet has the option to be installed as a suid-root tool. To configure network interfaces, the Kismet capture process needs root privileges. These can be granted by running all of Kismet as root (sudo kismet), or by installing the capture tools as suid-root.
Kismet has deep dependencies on the Posix (ie, Unix-based) libraries and environment, and as such, does not run directly on Windows platforms. It is possible to run Kismet inside the WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) environment, either in WSL1 or WSL2.
Kismet user documentation # The Kismet README has the information you need about installing, compiling, configuring, and running Kismet. Kismet API documentation # Kismet has a rich REST-like API with full JSON records, streamig pcap-ng, and websocket pub/sub endpoints.
Jul 20, 2023 · Download # You can get the 2023-07-R1 release from the Kismet downloads page, where you can get both the source and packages for several distributions. Changes and Updates # This release rolls in a number of fixes and improvements, collected over the past year, including: New dark mode in the web UI!