Pilot it+151 this weekโ˜… 20,340 ยท 1,378 forks

Fast port scanner written in Rust

Worth a timeboxed spike before you bet on it.

Who it's for

Small security teams needing network scanning

What it replaces

Nmap or manual port checks

The catch

GPL-3.0 license may limit commercial use

Your first hour

Run RustScan in a test Docker container

Licence check

GPL-3.0. This is a copyleft or source-available licence with obligations attached. Read the LICENSE file before shipping it inside a commercial product.

This is a reading of the licence label, not legal advice.

The numbers

Stars20,340
Forks1,378
Stars added (7d)+151
Open issues61
LanguageRust
LicenceGPL-3.0
Last pushUpdated 3 days ago
Project age6 years old

Maintainers describe it as: โ€œ๐Ÿค– The Modern Port Scanner ๐Ÿค–โ€

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RustScan, in short

Should a small team use RustScan?
Pilot it. Worth a timeboxed spike before you bet on it. Small security teams needing network scanning
What does RustScan actually do?
Fast port scanner written in Rust
What does RustScan replace?
Nmap or manual port checks
What is the downside of RustScan?
GPL-3.0 license may limit commercial use
Can RustScan be used in a commercial product?
Its licence is GPL-3.0, which carries obligations or restrictions for commercial use. Read the LICENSE file, and get a lawyer's read before you ship it inside a product you sell.

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Stars, forks, licence and last-push data from the public GitHub API, refreshed August 29, 2026. The verdict is NoizeOff's editorial opinion for a team of 2โ€“20, not advice from the project's maintainers, and not legal advice on licensing. We are not affiliated with bee-san.

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