Aircrack-ng vs Pentographer

Aircrack-ng is a free suite of command-line tools for assessing Wi-Fi network security. It captures packets and exports data to text files for processing with third-party tools, and checks wireless cards and drivers for capture and injection capabilities. The toolset also covers frame injection and replay, monitor-mode control, wireless-network graphing, and cracking WEP and WPA PSK keys, including WPA 1 and 2. The project says its command-line format allows heavy scripting. Aircrack-ng is open source under GPL v2, BSD 3 Clause, and OpenSSL licenses, and can be compiled without OpenSSL. It runs on Linux, macOS, Windows, and self-hosted deployments, with significant caveats for Windows: compatibility is only with Airpcap, and the Windows 1.7 download requires users to develop their own wireless-card DLLs, which are not included or supported. Chipset support is also incomplete, and some functions may not work even with a supported chipset. The downloads page lists version 1.7. Only the latest stable release is supported. The project directs users to documentation and community channels, not email support, and warns against accessing networks that do not belong to them.

Pentographer is an open-source platform for managing security assessments, from findings and evidence through client reports. Findings can carry CVSS scores, risk and status tracking, evidence attachments, version history, and playbook links. Users can build reusable checklists mapped to OWASP, PTES, or their own framework; OWASP Top 10 (2021) is built in. Claude can draft finding descriptions and remediation from tester notes, evidence images, and playbook context, with review required before saving and an Anthropic API key required. Pentographer creates branded reports with customizable templates and executive summaries, exporting to Word and PDF. Team workspaces provide owner, admin, member, and viewer roles, including read-only viewers. A GraphQL API handles projects, findings, and playbooks, while an MCP server supports Claude Desktop, Cursor, and compatible clients. Free cloud and MIT-licensed self-hosted plans are listed; self-hosting requires Node.js 20+ and PostgreSQL.