Packet Capture AlternativesNetwork Analyzers & Network Monitors like Packet Capture

Packet Capture is described as 'Packet capture/Network traffic sniffer app with SSL decryption. Not that feature rich yet, but it's a powerful debugging tool especially when developing an app' and is a network analyzer in the network & admin category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Packet Capture for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and iPhone apps. The best Packet Capture alternative is Wireshark, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Packet Capture are mitmproxy, tcpdump, Nethogs and netcat.

Packet Capture 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 Packet Capture.

Packet Capture

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Packet capture/Network traffic sniffer app with SSL decryption. Not that feature rich yet, but it's a powerful...

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Wireshark
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Free • Open Source
Network Analyzer
Network Monitor
Mac
Windows
Linux
BSD
Snapcraft
Flathub
Homebrew
Chocolatey
52 Wireshark alternatives
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.
- - Wireshark is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Packet Capture.
- - Wireshark is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Packet Capture.
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Wireshark Features
Detailed packet analysis
Network Usage History
Support for Android Things
Work Item Tracking
mitmproxy
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Free • Open Source
HTTP(S) Debugger
Web Debugger
Mac
Windows
Linux
22 mitmproxy alternatives
mitmproxy is an SSL-capable man-in-the-middle proxy for HTTP. It provides a console interface that allows traffic flows to be inspected and edited on the fly. It also features mitmdump, a commandline tool that provides a tcpdump-like interface for saving, viewing and...
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mitmproxy Features
SSL
Debugging
tcpdump
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Free • Open Source
Network Analyzer
Mac
Windows
Linux
BSD
22 tcpdump alternatives
tcpdump is a common packet analyzer that runs under the command line. It allows the user to intercept and display TCP/IP and other packets being transmitted or received over a network to which the computer is attached.
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tcpdump Features
Bib Tex Sniffer
Nethogs
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Free • Open Source
Linux
Xfce
21 Nethogs alternatives
NetHogs is a small 'net top' tool. Instead of breaking the traffic down per protocol or per subnet, like most tools do, it groups bandwidth by process.
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Nethogs Features
Traffic Monitoring
Network activity
netcat
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Free • Open Source
Network Monitor
Mac
Windows
Linux
20 netcat alternatives
Netcat is a featured networking utility which reads and writes data across network connections, using the TCP/IP protocol. It is designed to be a reliable "back-end" tool that can be used directly or easily driven by other programs and scripts.
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netcat Features
Connect
Tunnel
Peer-To-Peer
Network Tools
Discontinued
The last version (0.7.1) was released in January 2004.
Ettercap
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Free • Open Source
Network Analyzer
Mac
Windows
Linux
17 Ettercap alternatives
Ettercap is a suite for man in the middle attacks on LAN. It features sniffing of live connections, content filtering on the fly and many other interesting tricks.
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Ettercap Features
Network Tools
Based on Ubuntu
NetworkMiner
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Free • Open Source
Network Analyzer
Network Monitor
Windows
34 NetworkMiner alternatives
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.
Microsoft Network Monitor
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Free • Proprietary
Network Monitor
Windows
25 Microsoft Network Monitor alternatives
Microsoft Network Monitor is a packet analyzer. It enables capturing, viewing, and analyzing network data and deciphering network protocols. It can be used to troubleshoot network problems and applications on the network.
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PCAPdroid
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Free • Open Source
Network Analyzer
Network Monitor
Android
F-Droid
41 PCAPdroid alternatives
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.
- - PCAPdroid is the most popular Android alternative to Packet Capture.
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PCAPdroid Features
Traffic Monitoring
HTTP Monitoring
HTTP Debugger
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Paid • Proprietary
Web Debugger
HTTP(S) Debugger
Windows
38 HTTP Debugger alternatives
HTTP Debugger Pro - A Professional HTTP Sniffer and Analyzer for Developers.
- - HTTP Debugger is the most popular commercial alternative to Packet Capture.
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HTTP Debugger Features
HTTP Monitoring
Support of TFS
SmartSniff
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Free • Proprietary
HTTP(S) Debugger
Windows
33 SmartSniff alternatives
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
Intercepter-NG
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Free • Proprietary
Network Analyzer
Network Monitor
Mac
Windows
Linux
Android
iPhone
Android Tablet
BSD
iPad
10 Intercepter-NG alternatives
Intercepter-NG is a multifunctional network toolkit for various types of IT specialists.
- - Intercepter-NG is the most popular iPhone, iPad & Android Tablet alternative to Packet Capture.
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Intercepter-NG Features
1. PortableIntercepter-NG can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
2. Root requiredRequires root to use Intercepter-NG, mainly relevant for Android apps.
Jailbreak required
Discontinued
App unavailable on Play Store and website is flagged by modern browsers as potentially malicious.
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