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Online Port Scanner

Check which ports are open, closed or filtered on any host — free, instant, right from your browser.

Port categories

Ports to scan11 / 50

How the port scanner works

Pick a host & ports

Enter a host you have permission to scan and choose port categories or custom ranges.

We connect to each port

Our server attempts a real TCP connection to every port, concurrently.

See the full breakdown

View each port as open, closed or filtered, with the likely service running on it.

What each port status means

Open

Something is actively listening on this port and accepted our connection.

Closed

The host is reachable but nothing is listening — the connection was refused.

Filtered

No response at all — usually a firewall silently dropping the connection.

Frequently asked questions

What does a port scanner actually check?

It tries to open a TCP connection to each port on a host. If the connection succeeds the port is open, if it's actively refused it's closed, and if there's no response at all it's usually filtered by a firewall.

Is it legal to scan a port?

Scanning hosts you own or have explicit permission to test is standard security practice. Scanning third-party systems without permission can violate their terms of service or local law — only scan hosts you're authorized to test.

Why do some ports show as 'filtered' instead of 'open' or 'closed'?

Filtered means our connection attempt got no response at all — usually because a firewall is silently dropping the packets rather than actively refusing the connection.

Why is there a limit on how many ports I can scan?

We cap each scan at 50 ports and rate-limit requests to keep the tool fast and fair for everyone, and to prevent it being used to scan large ranges on hosts that haven't agreed to be tested.

Does an open port mean my server is insecure?

Not by itself — plenty of open ports (like 443 for HTTPS) are supposed to be open. What matters is whether each open port is running something you intend to expose, and whether it's properly secured and up to date.