Shoal 2.0 is out

A few months ago I made Shoal, its a very fast terminal LAN discovery tool that shows its work: every device detail says which probe found it, what was sent and what came back. It was designed with AV Networks in mind allowing users to quickly identify that PTZ camera or Projector with an old IP still on it, not being discover-able sitting off subnet, or that has a self assigned IP.
It also shows users what AV services that device runs - Dante, NDI etc to quickly identify the device you are looking for.
Release 2 is now out as v2.0.1.

Whats New since 1.0

• Windows support, through Npcap
• Wireshark export: record every packet Shoal sends and hears as a pcapng file (w or --pcap FILE)
• Switch interfaces with i, and Shoal asks before sweeping anything larger than a /22
• Remove devices that have stopped answering (d and D)
• Six new dark themes
• Easier installs: Homebrew, .deb, .rpm and Arch packages, and an install script
• Network access is set up once with shoal --setup, so no more sudo on every run, and shoal --upgrade updates Shoal however you installed it
• Fixes, including devices that leave the network now turning red after a rescan

How to Get it

• Homebrew, on macOS 13 or later and Linux: brew install bt10011/tap/shoal

• Linux packages, the Windows zip and the install script all can be found at: https://github.com/BT10011/shoal/releases/latest

• Already on 1.0? Run sudo shoal --update

Terminal Based APP
This is a terminal based app, a TUI... you will need to run it in your OS pre-built terminal program.

Every release is built by GitHub Actions, with checksums you can verify. Please only scan networks you own or are allowed to test.

https://github.com/BT10011/shoal

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MultiCam Video Stream AI Director
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See the platform demo (simulated cameras, nothing to install): https://mcvsaid.github.io
What it does, with screenshots: https://github.com/MCVSAID/mcvsaid-app

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Developer support provided to beta testers.

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