Tech riderRev. 2 Oct 2026
Unicornscan
- 1Runs onAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web
- 2CostsFree plan
- 3Deploymentcli
- 4Scan scopenetwork
- 5Service detectionYes
- 6OS detectionYes
- 7API accessYes
7 lines stated Written from the maker's own pages: unicornscan.org, github.com
Overview
Unicornscan is ranked #6 of 25 in port scanner software on Specifiction. It runs on API, Linux, macOS, Self-hosted, Web. There is a free plan.
Unicornscan plans and pricing
All plansCompared on port scanner software
- Free plan
- Yesunicornscan.org
- Deployment
- cliunicornscan.org
- Scan scope
- networkunicornscan.org
- Service detection
- Yesunicornscan.org
- OS detection
- Yesunicornscan.org
- API access
- Yesunicornscan.org
Facts
- Purpose
- Unicornscan is an asynchronous stateless network stimulus delivery and response recording tool for scalable, high-speed network reconnaissance.unicornscan.org · 2 Oct 2026
- TCP and UDP scanning
- The getting-started guide documents TCP SYN scans and UDP probes with protocol-specific payloads.github.com · 2 Oct 2026
- Discovery and tracing
- Documented scan modes include local-network ARP discovery and stateless TCP traceroute.github.com · 2 Oct 2026
- Web interface
- Alicorn is a web interface for viewing and analyzing scan results, including scan history, host and port statistics, OS fingerprinting, and network topology visualization.unicornscan.org · 2 Oct 2026
- Database integration
- The pgsqldb module can export scan results to PostgreSQL, which Alicorn uses for data storage.unicornscan.org · 2 Oct 2026
- API
- The Alicorn startup process launches a PostgREST API alongside the web server.unicornscan.org · 2 Oct 2026
- GeoIP
- Optional free DB-IP Lite databases enable country, city, and ASN lookups in scan output and the web interface.unicornscan.org · 2 Oct 2026
- Supported systems
- Prebuilt packages are listed for Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, RHEL-compatible distributions, and macOS via Homebrew or DMG.unicornscan.org · 2 Oct 2026
- Requirements
- The Alicorn web interface requires Docker and PostgreSQL for data storage.unicornscan.org · 2 Oct 2026
- Permissions
- The package guide says Linux capabilities are set automatically so scans can run without root privileges.unicornscan.org · 2 Oct 2026
- Network scope limit
- Compound modes beginning with ARP require targets on the local broadcast domain because ARP requests cannot cross routers.github.com · 2 Oct 2026
- Support
- The install guide points users to the project website and GitHub Issues for support and bug reports.unicornscan.org · 2 Oct 2026
- Creator
- The project README says Unicornscan was created by Jack C. Louis.github.com · 2 Oct 2026
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Sources
- unicornscan.org/docs/install-package· checked 2 Oct 2026
- github.com/robertelee78/unicornscan/blob/main/docs· checked 2 Oct 2026
- github.com/robertelee78/unicornscan· checked 2 Oct 2026
- github.com/robertelee78/unicornscan/blob/main/LICE· checked 2 Oct 2026