Software

Nmap

by Nmap Project · Modified GNU GPLv2

Nmap ("Network Mapper") is a free and open source utility for network discovery and security auditing.

Record

Latest version
7.80
Official page
https://nmap.org
Minimum Windows
10.0.0.0
Package identifier
Insecure.Nmap

Official downloads

These URLs are the ones Nmap Project declares in its own manifest. We do not proxy or shorten them, and we do not host a copy.

Verify the file you downloaded

Run this against the file on disk. If the output does not match the hash below, the file is not what Nmap Project published. Delete it.

Windows · PowerShell

Get-FileHash "nmap-7.80-setup.exe" -Algorithm SHA256

macOS · Linux

shasum -a 256 "nmap-7.80-setup.exe"

Expected output

3b4d726bd366e7439367fa78a186dfa9b641d3b2ad354fd915581b6567480f94

Got a different hash, or one you cannot place? Paste it into the hash checker and it will tell you which program and version it belongs to, past releases included.

How we scored this 100 out of 100

SignalFindingPoints
SHA-256 hash published1 of 1 installers ship a SHA-256 hashWithout a published hash there is no way to prove the file you downloaded is the file the publisher built.30 / 30
Binary provenance1 on the publisher's own domainThe strongest signal against a repackaged installer: the file should come from the publisher, not from a mirror nobody vouches for.35 / 35
Served over HTTPS1 of 1 over HTTPSAn installer fetched over plain HTTP can be modified in transit.15 / 15
Licence declaredModified GNU GPLv2A declared licence tells you what you are actually allowed to do with the software.5 / 5

Is Nmap safe to download?

Yes, in the sense we can actually verify: the installer downloads from nmap.org, which is a domain we have tied to Nmap Project.

The installer on this page comes with the SHA-256 Nmap Project declared, so you do not have to take our word for it: hash the file you downloaded and compare.

What this does not tell you is whether the software itself is any good, or whether you want what it does once installed. A publisher can ship something you would rather not run and the download is still authentic. We answer the question we can measure and leave the other one to you.

If Windows says “Windows protected your PC” when you run it, that is SmartScreen reporting reputation, not a malware verdict — it shows up on perfectly legitimate software from small publishers and on releases that are simply new. The reverse matters more: no warning does not mean the file was checked.

How the 100/100 score is calculated · why the source matters more than the reputation

Install Nmap with winget

Windows ships with a package manager, and this program is in it. The identifier below is the one Microsoft's repository uses, which is also where the download URL and hash on this page come from.

Install

winget install --id Insecure.Nmap --exact

Upgrade later

winget upgrade --id Insecure.Nmap

Why --exact: without it winget matches on name as well as identifier, and a search that returns more than one package makes it stop and ask rather than install. Pinning the identifier is what makes the command safe to put in a script.

Not installing anything, or getting an error back? The commands that actually come up covers upgrading everything at once, what --include-unknown is for, and why winget can be missing from a machine that should have it.

Old versions of Nmap1 with hashes

The version history of Nmap, each release with the download URL the publisher declared at the time and the SHA-256 to check it against. Useful when an update breaks something and you need to downgrade to a build that worked.

We do not host any of these files and never re-upload them, which is the difference between this and an old-version download site.

7.60

  • nmap-7.60-setup.exe32-bitofficial URL

    5DBE89981A8D567E5B9B935FBF8019885E7347F45C5AF69CAB21E8DCAFEE3393

Publishers take old builds offline without warning, so a link here can stop working even though the hash stays correct forever. If you already have the file, the hash is what matters: it tells you whether what you have is what they published.

Every version on record2

Every Nmap version with a published manifest, newest first. The most recent ones are listed above with their file names and hashes.

  • 7.80
  • 7.60

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Matched on the categories Nmap Project and others declare in their own manifests, so the grouping is theirs rather than ours. Each one has its official URL and hash on the same terms as this page.

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