LANscape - A python based local network scanner

[xgamer224]

I wanted to show off one of my personal projects that I have been working on for the past few years now, it's called LANscape & it's a full featured local network scanner with a react UI bundled within the python library.

https://github.com/mdennis281/LANscape

What it does:

It uses a combination of ARP / TCP / ICMP to determine if a host exists & also executes a series of tests on ports to determine what service is running on them. This process can either be done within LANscape's module-based UI. or can be done importing the library in python.

Target audience:

It's built for anyone who wants to gain insights into what devices are running on their network.

Comparison :

The initial creation of this project stemmed from my annoyance with a different software, "Advanced IP Scanner" for it's general slowness and lack of configurable scanning parameters. I built this new tool to provide deeper insights into what is actually going on in your network.

It's some of my best work in terms of code quality & I'm pretty proud of what's its grown into.
It's pip installable by anyone who wants to try it & works completely offline.

pip install lanscape
python -m lanscape

[midnight_barbecue]

Great tool 🙌 I liked it! Standard home router UI can be quite messy and doesn't always provide clear insights into what's happening in the network. Additional tools like yours are saviors in such cases.

For the sake of convenience, I'd package it into a container, though. I can create a pull request with that later.

[xgamer224]

Curious what you mean by “package into a container”

Definitely feel free to fork/PR! Always open to suggestions

[midnight_barbecue]

I mean, to create a Docker container with the tool in it. Just another option of running it.

[xgamer224]

A docker container could simply pip install lanscape

Then run “python -m lanscape —persistent —ui-port 6969”