Apps to Network Discovery

OCS Inventory NG is a comprehensive open-source solution for IT asset management and software deployment. It enables organizations to automatically discover and inventory hardware and software assets across their network, streamline patch management, and facilitate unattended software installations.

IPCop was a Linux distribution meticulously crafted to transform standard PC hardware into a robust, user-friendly firewall appliance. Designed with simplicity in mind, it provided essential network security features for small offices and homes.

Cacti is a comprehensive network graphing and monitoring solution built upon the power of RRDTool. It provides a flexible and scalable platform for collecting, storing, and visualizing time-series data, making it an essential tool for network administrators to gain insights into performance and identify potential issues.

Pandora FMS offers comprehensive monitoring for networks, servers, applications, and cloud environments within an enterprise context. It provides a flexible and scalable platform for IT operations teams to ensure business continuity and optimize performance through detailed insights, alerts, and reporting.

Angry IP Scanner is a free, open-source network scanner designed for speed and simplicity. It quickly scans IP addresses and ports across any range, making it an essential tool for network administrators and users needing to discover devices on their network.

Zabbix is a robust enterprise-class open-source solution for real-time monitoring of millions of metrics collected from tens of thousands of servers, virtual machines, and network devices. It provides a highly flexible and scalable platform for comprehensive IT infrastructure monitoring.

Nmap is a free and open-source utility for network discovery and security auditing. It utilizes raw IP packets to determine what hosts are available on the network, what services (application name and version) those hosts are offering, what operating systems (and OS versions) they are running, what type of packet filters/firewalls are in use, and dozens of other characteristics. It is command-line driven, though official GUI versions are also available.