Changelog

v3.0.0 2026-01-06

Desktop GUI Application with Professional Installers

Added

• Desktop GUI Application (Electron) — Modern cross-platform desktop app with dark/light themes, real-time scanning, device management, topology visualization, and security dashboard.
• macOS Installers — Full .pkg installer with component selection (GUI, CLI, or both), plus .dmg files for Intel and Apple Silicon.
• Windows Installers — NSIS installer with component selection and portable ZIP archive.
• Installer Build System — Automated build scripts for creating professional installers on all platforms.

Fixed

• Bash 3.2 compatibility for macOS default shell (removed bash 4+ features)
• Config files now stored in ~/.netscan for proper user permissions
• CLI wrapper script installation issues

Downloads

• NetScan-3.0.0-Installer.pkg (macOS GUI+CLI)
• NetScan-3.0.0.dmg (macOS Intel)
• NetScan-3.0.0-arm64.dmg (macOS Apple Silicon)
• NetScan-3.0.0-Setup.exe (Windows)
• NetScan-CLI-3.0.0.pkg (macOS CLI only)

v2.1.0 2026-01-06

Network Intelligence Suite - Device fingerprinting, topology visualization, security auditing, and automation.

Added

• Device Fingerprinting (fingerprint.py) — Intelligent device type detection using MAC vendor, open ports, and TTL analysis.
• Network Topology (topology.py) — Visualize your network structure with ASCII art, interactive HTML (vis.js), or DOT format.
• Security Audit (security.py) — Comprehensive vulnerability assessment with 50+ risky port signatures and SSL/TLS verification.
• Wake-on-LAN (wol.py) — Remote device power management with magic packets.
• Scheduled Scanning (scheduler.py) — Automated scans with native cron (Linux) or launchd (macOS) integration.
• Export Reports (export.py) — Multi-format export to CSV, styled HTML, JSON, and PDF.

v2.0.0 2024-01-15

Major release with Rust performance module, Docker support, and comprehensive documentation website.

✨ Added

• Rust performance module — Optional 10-100x speedup for MAC normalization, CIDR expansion, and port scanning
• Docker support — Multi-stage Dockerfile, docker-compose.yml, and helper script
• Documentation website — Comprehensive static docs with search, syntax highlighting, and responsive design
• Python wrapper (fast_core.py) — Automatic fallback to pure Python if Rust not compiled
• Build script (build_rust.sh) — Easy compilation of Rust module
• New CLI flags — --json, --csv, --report, --threads
• Environment variables — Configure behavior via NETSCAN_* variables

🔄 Changed

• Installer rewritten — Comprehensive one-command installer with better error handling
• Menu system — Improved interactive menu with more options
• Output formats — Standardized JSON and CSV output across all commands
• Documentation — Consolidated all docs into website format

🐛 Fixed

• Python helper CLI arguments now work correctly from scanner.sh
• Web server kill option added to menu
• MAC address normalization edge cases
• Interface detection on macOS with multiple interfaces

📦 Dependencies

• Python 3.7+ (was 3.6+)
• Optional: Rust 1.70+ for performance module
• Optional: Docker 20.10+ for containerized deployment

v1.5.0 2024-01-01

Web interface improvements and monitoring enhancements.

✨ Added

• Real-time network monitoring with -m flag
• Desktop notifications for new devices (--notify)
• Web interface scan history
• Export to XML format
• Vendor search functionality (--vendor)

🔄 Changed

• Web interface redesign with modern UI
• Improved scan performance with parallel execution
• Better error messages for common issues

🐛 Fixed

• Web server stability improvements
• Memory leak in long-running scans
• Hostname resolution timeout issues

v1.4.0 2023-12-15

Port scanning and enhanced reporting.

✨ Added

• Full scan with port detection (-f flag)
• HTML report generation (--report)
• Service detection for common ports
• Custom port specification (--ports)

🔄 Changed

• Scan output now shows open ports
• JSON output includes port information

v1.3.0 2023-12-01

Web interface and Python API.

✨ Added

• Web interface (-w flag)
• Python API for programmatic access
• Batch MAC lookup (-b flag)
• Cache for faster repeated lookups

🔄 Changed

• Modular Python helper structure
• Improved OUI database parsing

v1.2.0 2023-11-15

Network scanning capabilities.

✨ Added

• Network scanning (-s flag)
• Auto-detect local network
• Interface selection (-i flag)
• JSON output (--json)
• CSV output (--csv)

🔄 Changed

• Interactive menu with scan options
• Improved hostname detection

v1.1.0 2023-11-01

Python helpers and installation improvements.

✨ Added

• Python helper scripts for MAC lookup
• Installation script (install.sh)
• OUI database auto-update
• Support for different MAC formats

🔄 Changed

• Moved from pure Bash to Bash + Python hybrid
• Improved MAC address validation

v1.0.0 2023-10-15

Initial release.

✨ Added

• MAC address lookup via OUI database
• Interactive menu interface
• Local OUI database
• Basic command-line interface