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bettercap-ui

v1.4.0 open-source

Official web UI for bettercap, the network attack and monitoring framework.

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Summary

bettercap-ui is an open-source, GPL 3-licensed web interface for bettercap, the network attack and monitoring framework, giving it a browser-based dashboard instead of the raw command-line syntax bettercap normally requires. It is built as a submodule of bettercap itself, compiled from source alongside it or installed from a published release artifact, and served locally as the framework's web UI rather than run as a separate standalone service. This suits penetration testers and red teamers already using bettercap for MITM and WiFi work who want a visual layer for tasks like pulling captured WiFi handshakes or monitoring CAN bus events without memorizing its scripting interface. Its README frames it strictly as bettercap's official companion rather than a competitor to other tools. Development has slowed: eight contributors since 2018, seven tracked releases, but no commits in the past year and the last release over a year old.

Official web UI for bettercap, the network attack and monitoring framework.

How bettercap-ui helps

Which devices on this network are visible to bettercap right now, and what is happening to them?

shows the framework's live host and event state in a browser dashboard, so MITM targets, WiFi access points, and traffic events appear visually instead of scrolling through terminal output

Which WiFi handshakes have been captured during an assessment, and how do I get them off the box?

lists captured handshakes with a red key icon that downloads the file directly, without needing to locate it on disk or use a separate command

What is happening on a CAN bus session as it runs?

renders CAN bus events and icons in the same interface, so message activity can be watched as it happens instead of read from raw log lines

Can I tell whether an SSL warning during a MITM session is something to worry about?

surfaces the warning as a dismissable dialog in the UI, flagging it without interrupting the session, though judging its significance is left to the operator

Is the machine I'm pointing my browser at actually running the same UI I built or downloaded?

serves the interface locally as part of the bettercap process itself, so what loads in the browser reflects whatever version was compiled or installed alongside that framework instance

all 8 features, with the evidence for each →

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Features

8 capabilities

Built from bettercap-ui's releases, docs, README and our own runs. “Seen” marks the month we first spotted a release the vendor didn't date.

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  • bettercap-ui covers 1 of the 5 network observation capabilities we track.
All capabilities 8 capabilities
Network node management shipped suggested Enables users to view service port banners and rename device aliases directly from the network map or list. 2 releases · 2 other sources · first seen May 2019

Suggested capability: Attack surface inventory. This is our guess, not confirmed.

release

  • Displays a port banner when viewing node details. v1.3.0 · May 2019 · source · release history
  • Adds ability to edit node aliases by clicking directly on a node name in the UI. v1.3.0 · May 2019 · source · release history

example

  • Identify the service port associated with a device by checking the port banner displayed in its detail view. View the node details page where the port banner is now visible v1.3.0 · May 2019 · source
  • Rename a detected device directly from the network map or list without opening a separate settings panel. Click on any node alias in the bettercap-ui dashboard to open the 'Set Alias' prompt v1.3.0 · May 2019 · source
CAN bus module integration shipped suggested Provides visualization and event handling for CAN bus communications. 2 releases · 1 other source · first seen Mar 2019

Suggested capability: Network traffic analysis. This is our guess, not confirmed.

release

  • Enhances CAN bus module integration with improved icon and event visualization v1.4.0 · Aug 2025 · source · release history
  • Muted events are now persisted across sessions using the browser local storage v1.1.0 · Mar 2019 · source · release history

example

  • Mute specific events in bettercap-ui and have that preference persist when you reload or reopen the dashboard. Steps to mute events: 1. Open bettercap-ui in your browser. 2. Locate an event you wish to suppress. 3. Click the mute option for that event. 4. v1.1.0 · Mar 2019 · source
GPS location visualization shipped Displays GPS coordinates and position data in a dedicated UI tab. 1 release · 1 other source · first seen Mar 2019

release

example

  • View GPS location data in the dedicated tab. Navigate to the gps module and select the `position` tab. v1.2.0 · Mar 2019 · source
UI layout customization shipped Allows users to hide specific UI panels like the omnibar to adjust view space. 1 release · 1 other source · first seen Mar 2019

release

example

  • Hide the omnibar to maximize view space. In the UI, toggle the `omnibar` visibility setting to hide it. v1.2.0 · Mar 2019 · source
Artifact distribution shipped Publishes compiled release artifacts to GitHub for deployment. 1 release · first seen Aug 2025

release

  • Publishes a compiled release artifact to GitHub for easier deployment v1.4.0 · Aug 2025 · source · release history
WiFi handshake capture shipped suggested Captures WiFi handshakes and allows direct download via the UI. 1 release · first seen Aug 2025

Suggested capability: Wireless monitor-mode capture. This is our guess, not confirmed.

release

  • Enables direct download of captured WiFi handshakes by clicking the red key icon in the UI v1.4.0 · Aug 2025 · source · release history
System resource monitoring shipped Displays backend CPU and memory usage metrics within the UI advanced panel. 1 release · first seen Apr 2019

release

  • Adds CPU and MEM usage data from the backend API to the advanced panel in the UI v1.2.1 · Apr 2019 · source · release history
Session recording and replay shipped Captures network session activity for later review and replays recorded sessions. 1 release · first seen Mar 2019

Shared capability: Packet replay

release

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Score card

  1. Shipping velocity releases a month, last 12 months
  2. Documentation quality release-notes rubric, 0–100
  3. Breaking-change discipline how rarely a release breaks users, and notice given
  4. Maintenance risk quiet time against its own cadence, maintainers
  5. Innovation & surface new capabilities, API and MCP surface
  6. Community health
  7. Contributor trend distinct committers, this year against last
  8. Maintainer concentration bus factor now against a year ago
  9. Issue backlog trend issues closed per issue opened, 12 months
  10. Responsiveness median time to a maintainer’s first reply

Nine scores for bettercap-ui, each built from the releases, notes and API history this site tracks — and, on Researcher and Business, where it stands among every measured tool in its category and how that has moved.

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How this is scored
  • Shipping velocity — releases a month over the last 12 months, on a log scale where 16 a month scores 100. Needs 3 releases in the window.
  • Documentation quality — the release-notes rubric published on the analytics page, unchanged.
  • Breaking-change discipline — the share of releases carrying a breaking change (none scores 100, half or more scores 0). Only projects that label breaking changes are measured: a clean record cannot be told from an unlabelled one.
  • Maintenance risk — quiet time measured against the tool's own release cadence (quiet longer than 90 days and three typical gaps scores 0), plus the number of active maintainers and whether contributors are growing, where known. Higher is lower risk.
  • Innovation & surface — new capabilities in the feature ledger this year, API and MCP operations added, and the share of commits that are features: the mean of whichever we hold.
  • Community health (open-source tools only) — each is a direction, not a size: contributors this year against last, the bus factor now against a year ago, and issues closed per issue opened, where steady scores 50, doubled 100 and halved 0; plus the median time to a maintainer's first reply (an hour scores about 100, a month or more 0). A commercial card has no repository and carries none of the four.
  • Documented delivery (commercial tools) — when a vendor's documented new capabilities have slowed against its own baseline, that counts against the overall standing as heavily as two low dimensions. Steady delivery, or too little history to judge, leaves the standing alone; it is never a sixth score.
  • Open-source tools are scored on repository signals; commercial tools on their published changelog. Ranks compare tools within one category and one profile and need at least five measured peers; the overall standing needs three ranked dimensions. Best-in-breed or consolidator is a shape, not a quality, and is never scored.

Release-note detail over time

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Releases

5 entries

  1. August 20251
  3. May 20191
  5. April 20191
  7. March 20192

    5 entries

    1. v1.4.0 Aug 19, 2025 · release notes

      bettercap UI v1.4.0 adds downloadable WiFi handshakes, CAN bus visualization, and dismissable SSLSSLA cryptographic protocol for encrypting network connections, now deprecated in favor of TLS but whose name persists colloquially. Cyber tools reference it when handling HTTPS or other encrypted-channel inspection and termination. warnings

      └──▷ GET THIS VERSION 
      $ git clone --branch v1.4.0 https://github.com/bettercap/ui.git
# already have the repo? check out this version:
$ git checkout v1.4.0
      • Enables direct download of captured WiFi handshakes by clicking the red key icon in the UI
      • Enhances CAN bus module integration with improved icon and event visualization
      • Adds dismissable SSL warning dialog for improved usability
      • Publishes a compiled release artifact to GitHub for easier deployment

      4 details in Everything

    2. v1.3.0 May 2, 2019 · release notes

      v1.3.0 adds alias editing via click and port banners to the bettercap-ui dashboard

      └──▷ GET THIS VERSION 
      $ git clone --branch v1.3.0 https://github.com/bettercap/ui.git
# already have the repo? check out this version:
$ git checkout v1.3.0
      └──▷ HOW TO FIND IT
      Rename a detected device directly from the network map or list without opening a separate settings panel.
      📍Click on any node alias in the bettercap-ui dashboard to open the Set Alias prompt
      Identify the service port associated with a device by checking the port banner displayed in its detail view.
      📍View the node details page where the port banner is now visible
      • Adds ability to edit node aliases by clicking directly on a node name in the UI.
      • Displays a port banner when viewing node details.

      2 details in Everything

    3. v1.2.1 Apr 17, 2019 · release notes

      bettercap-ui v1.2.1 adds CPUCPUThe main general-purpose processor in a computer. It runs application instructions and coordinates work with memory and other hardware./MEM usage and open ports reporting to the advanced panel API

      └──▷ GET THIS VERSION 
      $ git clone --branch v1.2.1 https://github.com/bettercap/ui.git
# already have the repo? check out this version:
$ git checkout v1.2.1
      • Adds CPU and MEM usage data from the backend API to the advanced panel in the UI

      1 detail in Everything

    4. v1.2.0 Mar 30, 2019 · release notes

      bettercap-ui v1.2.0 adds omnibar hiding, GPS position tab, and session record/replay.

      └──▷ GET THIS VERSION 
      $ git clone --branch v1.2.0 https://github.com/bettercap/ui.git
# already have the repo? check out this version:
$ git checkout v1.2.0
      └──▷ HOW TO FIND IT
      Hide the omnibar to maximize view space.
      📍In the UI, toggle the omnibar visibility setting to hide it.
      View GPS location data in the dedicated tab.
      📍Navigate to the gps module and select the position tab.
      • omnibar can now be hidden
      • New position tab for the gps module
      • Implemented record and replay session feature

      3 details in Everything

    5. v1.1.0 Mar 27, 2019 · release notes

      bettercap-ui v1.1.0 adds session-persisted muted events via browser local storage

      └──▷ GET THIS VERSION 
      $ git clone --branch v1.1.0 https://github.com/bettercap/ui.git
# already have the repo? check out this version:
$ git checkout v1.1.0
      └──▷ HOW TO FIND IT
      Mute specific events in bettercap-ui and have that preference persist when you reload or reopen the dashboard.
      📍Steps to mute events: 1. Open bettercap-ui in your browser. 2. Locate an event you wish to suppress. 3. Click the mute option for that event. 4. Reload the page; the event will remain muted because it is stored in local storage.

    Project health

    Issue, contributor and maintainer activity in bettercap/ui, 2023-10 – 2026-09, as of 2026-09-25. Twelve-month figures first; the trend lines run the whole window.

    1. Contributors 0 −1 vs prior 12 months
    2. Maintainers 0 +0 joined · −1 left, last 12 months
    3. Bus factor 0 committers behind half the commits
    4. Community-filed 100% of issues opened, last 12 months
    5. Median time to close not measured issues closed, last 12 months
    6. Open backlog 2 of 39 issues ever filed
    1. Issues opened / month 0 · 0 communitymaintainers
    2. Open backlog 2
    3. Contributors / month 0
    4. Commits / month 0
    5. Stars 369
    Issue themes, last 12 months
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