nc - Netcat for Android

2.1.5

Werebug

3.25

55 reviews

10,000+
Downloads

Free

The TCP/IP Swiss-Army Knife packaged for your Android device!

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nc - Netcat for Android brings a compact TCP/IP toolkit to Android by wrapping the ncat binary from Nmap. It enables opening TCP connections, listening on ports, sending and receiving UDP datagrams, and executing system commands via sockets. It is not an official Nmap app and is not ranked in any top lists.

Pros & Cons

Free to use (price: Free)
Open-source with source code available on GitHub
Lightweight APK (~7 MB) suitable for on-device networking tasks
Active maintenance evidenced by recent upgrade to ncat 7.98

Not an official Nmap app
Not ranked in top app lists
Uses DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION which may be notable for security/audit considerations

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About nc - Netcat for Android

nc - Netcat for Android is a tools app developed by Werebug.

Download Statistics

nc - Netcat for Android has been downloaded 21 thousand times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 610 times.

User Ratings

nc - Netcat for Android is rated 3.25 out of 5 stars. The rating is based on 55 ratings.

App Information

nc - Netcat for Android is FREE to download. The APK download size is 7.27 MB. The latest version available is 2.1.5. The last update was on April 20, 2026.

Technical Requirements

nc - Netcat for Android requires Android 4.4+ or higher. The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play December 2019.

Description

This application is a simple wrapper around the ncat binary cross-compiled for Android from the Nmap source. This is not an official Nmap application.

Ncat is a powerful networking tool, it allows you to perform a variety of operations, such as (and absolutely not limited to):

- Open TCP connections
- Listen on TCP ports
- Send UDP datagrams
- Receive UDP datagrams
- Execute system commands and redirect IO to sockets.

If you have never used nc, ncat (or any other netcat implementation before), chances are you don't need this app, but to give you an idea, using the above examples you can remotely control your phone from your computer and remotely control your computer from your phone if you know what you are doing.

The options offered by ncat are too many for me to test all of them. If you encounter any bug while using the app, please open an issue on Github.

Source code for this application is available here: https://github.com/ruvolof/nc-for-android.

Recent changes:
Upgrading ncat to version 7.99 and openssl to version 3.5.6.
Fix bug with trailing spaces in ncat command.
Fix bug with CPU spinning when no data was transmitted.

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More data about nc - Netcat for Android

Price	Free to download
Total downloads	21 thousand
Recent downloads	610
Rating	3.25 based on 55 ratings
Ranking	Not ranked
Version	2.1.5
APK size	7.27 MB
Number of libraries	22
Designed for Android	4.4+
Suitable for	Everyone
Ads	NO ads

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Google Play Rating history and histogram

Downloads over time

nc - Netcat for Android has been downloaded 21 thousand times. Over the past 30 days, it averaged 20 downloads per day.

Changelog of nc - Netcat for Android

Apr 20, 2026UpdateVersion 2.1.5
Aug 27, 2025UpdateVersion 2.1.4
Jun 20, 2025UpdateVersion 2.1.3
May 11, 2025UpdateVersion 2.1.1
Mar 23, 2025Installs10,000+ installs
Oct 18, 2024UpdateVersion 2.1.0
May 30, 2024UpdateVersion 2.0.2
Apr 10, 2024Installs5,000+ installs
Mar 5, 2024UpdateVersion 2.0.1
Aug 20, 2023UpdateVersion 2.0.0
Jun 18, 2023UpdateVersion 1.1.2
Dec 28, 2022UpdateVersion 1.1
Oct 29, 2022UpdateVersion 1.0
Nov 23, 2021UpdateVersion 1.0
Nov 7, 2021Installs1,000+ installs
Jun 20, 2021Installs500+ installs
Dec 15, 2019New AppVersion 1.0 in TOOLS for Free

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Developer information for Werebug

Werebug

ruvolof@gmail.com

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Comments on nc - Netcat for Android for Android

★★★★★ Muhammad Rahimi · Nov 30, 2021

Handy tool when net cat on termux isn't working

★★★★★ Gvts Bleed · Jan 29, 2025

Amazing app 👏. It's very well done and just perfect if needing a nc listener

★★★★☆ Aron Cullberg · Mar 13, 2025

It autoscrolls to the top when new messages come in (at the bottom) otherwise it works as expected. Edit: I have changed my score from 2 to 4 since the bug I encountered seems to be nonreproducable. I will take the time to attempt to try to figure out the cause and then come back and update this later.

★★★★★ Heitor Msb · Apr 20, 2024

Helpful for debug my tpc connection server, tnx for the app.

★★★★★ Pakistani Boy · Jan 5, 2022

The net at app is good for use but developer I want to say that learn me how to hack android and control it from another android

★☆☆☆☆ Aditya Developer · Feb 25, 2021

Wrong syntax error even I write as shown

★☆☆☆☆ Kasper Føns · Jan 30, 2021

Cannot connect to hostnames, only IP addresses work.

★☆☆☆☆ rree terteg · Aug 12, 2022

Your app doesn't support simple interactive copy text

Google Play Rankings for nc - Netcat for Android

This app is not ranked

Technologies used by nc - Netcat for Android

nc - Netcat for Android is requesting 2 permissions and is using 23 libraries.

Permissions

Network communication

full network access

Extra

com.werebug.androidnetcat.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

Ad network libraries

None found

Social libraries

None found

Development tools

Android Jetpack core

Android Architecture Components

Android Jetpack VersionedParcelable Android Jetpack Annotations Android Library Icon

Android Jetpack Annotations Android Jetpack Widgets Android Library Icon

Android Jetpack Widgets Android Jetpack AppCompat Android Library Icon

Android Jetpack AppCompat AndroidX Activity Android Library Icon

AndroidX Activity Android Activity Saved State Android Library Icon

Android Activity Saved State AndroidX Loader Android Library Icon

AndroidX Loader

Android Transition Support Library

Android Support Library collections Kotlin Android Library Icon

Kotlin

Android Support VectorDrawable

AndroidX Legacy: Support Library core utils AndroidX Cursor Adapter Android Library Icon

AndroidX Cursor Adapter

AndroidX Local Broadcast Manager

Android Support Library Print

Android Support Library Document File

AndroidX Legacy: Support Library core UI

Android Support Library Async Layout Inflater JetBrains Annotations Android Library Icon

JetBrains Annotations IntelliJ IDEA Android Library Icon

IntelliJ IDEA

Trust & Safety: Permissions include INTERNET and DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION. The app is open-source with a GitHub source, which supports transparency. It is not an official Nmap app. APK size is approximately 7 MB.

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