/Ninja

Analyze and troubleshoot networks with features such as the Wi-Fi Analyzer, IP Scanner, Port Scanner, Ping Monitor, Traceroute, DNS lookup or LLDP/CDP capture in a unified interface

Primary LanguageC#

Ninja

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An open source tool for managing networks and troubleshooting network problems!

Connect and manage remote systems with Remote Desktop, PowerShell, PuTTY, TigerVNC or AWS (Systems Manager) Session Manager. Analyze and troubleshoot your network and systems with features such as the WiFi Analyzer,IP Scanner, Port Scanner, Ping Monitor, Traceroute, DNS lookup or LLDP/CDP capture in a unfied interface. Hosts (or networks) can be saved in (encrypted) profiles and used across all features.

Code

Documentation

📦 Download

Pre-built and binaries (setup, portable and archive) are available on the with install instructions (e.g. silent install).

Build

  • VisualStudio 2022
  • Based on .NET8 and WPF
$ git clone https://github.com/is-leeroy-jenkins/Ninja.git
$ cd Ninja

Run Ninja.sln

You can build the application like any other .NET / WPF application on Windows.

  1. Make sure that the following requirements are installed:

    • .NET 8.x - SDK
    • Visual Studio 2022 with .NET desktop development and Universal Windows Platform development

  2. Clone the repository with all submodules:

    # Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/is-leeroy-jenkins/Ninja

# Navigate to the repository
cd Ninja

# Clone the submodules
git submodule update --init

  3. Open the project file .\Source\Ninja.sln with Visual Studio or JetBrains Rider to build (or debug) the solution.

    ALTERNATIVE

    With the following commands you can directly build the binaries from the command line:

    dotnet restore .\Source\Ninja.sln

dotnet build .\Source\Ninja.sln --configuration Release --no-restore

🙏 Acknoledgements

Ninja uses the following projects and libraries. Please consider supporting them as well (e.g., by starring their repositories):
#SNMP Library SNMP library for .NET
AirspaceFixer AirspacePanel fixes all Airspace issues with WPF-hosted Winforms.
ControlzEx Shared Controlz for WPF and more
DnsClient.NET Powerful, high-performance open-source library for DNS lookups
Docusaurus Easy to maintain open source documentation websites.
Dragablz Tearable TabControl for WPF
GongSolutions.Wpf.DragDrop An easy to use drag'n'drop framework for WPF
IPNetwork .NET library for complex network, IP, and subnet calculations
LoadingIndicators.WPF A collection of loading indicators for WPF
MahApps.Metro.IconPacks Awesome icon packs for WPF and UWP in one library
MahApps.Metro UI toolkit for WPF applications
NetBeauty2 Move .NET app runtime components and dependencies into a sub-directory
PSDiscoveryProtocol PowerShell module for LLDP/CDP discovery

Code Signing

Ninja uses free code signing provided by SignPath.io and a free code signing certificate from SignPath Foundation.

The binaries and installer are built on AppVeyor directly from the GitHub repository. Build artifacts are automatically sent to SignPath.io via webhook, where they are signed after manual approval by the maintainer. The signed binaries are then uploaded to the GitHub releases page.

Privacy Policy

This program will not transfer any information to other networked systems unless specifically requested by the user or the person installing or operating it.

Ninja has integrated the following services for additional functions, which can be enabled or disabled at the first start (in the welcome dialog) or at any time in the settings:

  • api.github.com (Check for program updates)
  • ipify.org (Retrieve the public IP address used by the client)
  • ip-api.com (Retrieve network information such as geo location, ISP, DNS resolver used, etc. used by the client)

📝 License

Ninja is published under the MIT Public License.

The licenses of the libraries used can be found here.