NetSleuth Alternatives

NetSleuth is described as 'opensource network forensics and analysis tool, designed for triage in incident response situations. It can identify and fingerprint network hosts and devices from pcap files captured from Ethernet or WiFi data (from tools like Kismet)' and is a network analyzer in the network & admin category. There are more than 10 alternatives to NetSleuth for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Android, Mac and BSD. The best alternative is Wireshark, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like NetSleuth are NetworkMiner, SmartSniff, PCAPdroid and Pirni Pro.

NetSleuth alternatives are mainly Network Analyzers but may also be Network Monitors or HTTP(S) Debuggers. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of NetSleuth.

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NetSleuth

Free • Open Source
Network Analyzer
Windows

NetSleuth is an opensource network forensics and analysis tool, designed for triage in incident response situations. It can...

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Wireshark
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Free • Open Source
Network Analyzer
Network Monitor
Mac
Windows
Linux
Homebrew
Chocolatey
Flathub
Snapcraft
BSD
53 alternatives to Wireshark
Wireshark is the world's foremost network protocol analyzer. It lets you capture and interactively browse the traffic running on a computer network. It is the de facto (and often de jure) standard across many industries and educational institutions.
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Wireshark Features
Detailed packet analysis
Network Usage History
Support for Android Things
Work Item Tracking
NetworkMiner
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Free • Open Source
Network Analyzer
Network Monitor
Windows
35 alternatives to NetworkMiner
NetworkMiner is a Network Forensic Analysis Tool (NFAT) for Windows. NetworkMiner can parse PCAP files and regenerate/reassemble transmitted files and certificates from PCAP files with HTTP, FTP, SMB, SMB2, TFTP and several other protocols.
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NetworkMiner Features
1. PortableNetworkMiner can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
SmartSniff
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Free • Proprietary
HTTP(S) Debugger
Windows
34 alternatives to SmartSniff
SmartSniff is a packet sniffer that capture TCP/IP packets and display them as sequence of conversations between clients and servers. You can view the TCP/IP conversations in Ascii mode (for text-based protocols, like HTTP, SMTP, POP3 and FTP) or as hex dump (for non-text base...
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SmartSniff Features
1. PortableSmartSniff can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Sockets
PCAPdroid
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Free • Open Source
Network Analyzer
Network Monitor
Android
F-Droid
42 alternatives to PCAPdroid
PCAPdroid is an android app to capture the phone traffic and analyze it remotely (e.g. via Wireshark). The traffic can be easily downloaded from a remote device thanks to the integrated HTTP server, or streamed to a remote UDP receiver.
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PCAPdroid Features
Traffic Monitoring
HTTP Monitoring
Pirni Pro
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Paid • Proprietary
Network Analyzer
iPhone
25 alternatives to Pirni Pro
Pirni Pro is a network security tool designed for iOS, and specifically for iPhone and iPod Touch devices. It is capable of intercepting traffic on a wireless network segment, capturing passwords, and regular expressions entered by the user.
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Pirni Pro Features
Support for regular expressions
Network Scanner
Filtering
Jailbreak required
httpry
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Free • Open Source
Network Monitor
Linux
16 alternatives to httpry
httpry is a tool designed for displaying and logging HTTP traffic. It is not intended to perform analysis itself, but instead to capture, parse and/or log the traffic for later analysis. It can be run in real-time displaying the live traffic on the wire, or as a daemon process...
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httpry Features
Logging
HTTP Monitoring
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HttpCanary
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Freemium • Proprietary
Network Analyzer
Network Monitor
Android
43 alternatives to HttpCanary
HttpCanary supports packets capture and injection. With this app, you can test your mobile Rest APIs very very easy. Besides, HttpCanary provides multiple view browsers, such as raw viewer, hex viewer, preview viewer and so on.
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HttpCanary Features
Traffic Monitoring
Termshark
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Free • Open Source
Mac
Windows
Linux
BSD
51 alternatives to Termshark
If you're debugging on a remote machine with a large pcap and no desire to scp it back to your desktop, termshark can help!
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Termshark Features
Remote Debugging
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AirSnare
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Free • Proprietary
Network Analyzer
Network Monitor
Windows
36 alternatives to AirSnare
AirSnare is another tool to add to your Wireless Intrusion Detection Toolbox. AirSnare will alert you to unfriendly MAC addresses on your network and will also alert you to DHCP requests taking place.

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Discontinued
The official website is no longer available. Last version, 1.5, released in May 2006, can be still downloaded from Download.com
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Appknox
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Paid • Proprietary
Online
Self-Hosted
Software as a Service (SaaS)
44 alternatives to Appknox
Appknox is a mobile app security testing solution to detect and fix vulnerabilities in mobile apps using a combination of automated and manual tests.
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Appknox Features
Static analysis
API Scan
Network Scanner

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