Packet Capture Alternatives

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   Edgeshark

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   Discover and capture container network traffic from your comfy desktop Wireshark, using a containerized service and a Wireshark plugin.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (MIT)

   Application type

   • Network Monitor

   Origin

   • Germany
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Self-Hosted
   • Docker
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Mac

   • Germany
   • EU

   

   

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   SmartSniff

    13 likes

   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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   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Proprietary

   Origin

   • Israel

   Platforms

   • Windows

   • Israel

   

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   TcpLogView

    3 likes

   TcpLogView is a simple utility that monitors the opened TCP connections on your system, and adds a new log line every time that a TCP connection is opened or closed.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Proprietary

   Application type

   • Network Monitor

   Origin

   • Israel

   Platforms

   • Windows

   • Israel

   

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   HTTP Debugger

    8 likes

   HTTP Debugger captures and decrypts HTTP/HTTPS from any Windows app without proxy setup — HTTP/2, WebSocket, SSE, gRPC and localhost included. Edit and replay requests, modify traffic on the fly, and let an AI assistant read the session over the built-in MCP server.

   46 HTTP Debugger alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Paid
   • Proprietary

   Application typeApplication types

   • HTTP(S) Debugger
   • Web Debugger

   Platforms

   • Windows

   

   

   

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   Packetyzer

    6 likes

   Packetyzer provides a Windows user interface for the Ethereal packet capture and dissection library. Ethereal is used by network professionals around the world for troubleshooting, analysis, software and protocol development, and education.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Origin

   • United States

   Alerts

   • Discontinued

   Platforms

   • Windows

   • United States

   

   

   

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   Scapy

    6 likes

   Scapy is a powerful interactive packet manipulation program. It is able to forge or decode packets of a wide number of protocols, send them on the wire, capture them, match requests and replies, and much more.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-2.0)

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux

   

   

   

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   Ostinato

    4 likes

   Ostinato is a network packet and traffic generator and analyzer with a friendly GUI. It aims to be "Wireshark in Reverse" and thus become complementary to Wireshark. It features custom packet crafting with editing of any field for several protocols: Ethernet, 802.

   Cost / License

   • Paid
   • Proprietary

   Origin

   • India

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux

   • India

   

   

   

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    iwScanner

     7 likes

    iwScanner is a wireless scanner for linux with an easy to use graphic interface.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Origin

    • International

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux

    • Global

    

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    Colasoft Capsa

     4 likes

    Capsa performs real-time packet capturing, 24/7 network monitoring, protocol analysis, in-depth packet decoding, and automatic expert diagnosis.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    • Network Analyzer

    Platforms

    • Windows

    

    

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    Debookee

     2 likes

    Debookee is the simplest & most powerful network traffic analyzer for macOS.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application typeApplication types

    • Network Monitor
    • Network Analyzer

    Origin

    • United Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Mac

    • United Kingdom

    

    

    

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    York

     2 likes

    Log all traffic on your network card. Analyze and parse network packets. Capture transmitted files and passwords.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    • Network Analyzer

    Platforms

    • Windows

    

    

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    Driftnet

     2 likes

    Driftnet is a program which listens to network traffic and picks out images from TCP streams it observes.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    • Network Analyzer

    Platforms

    • Linux

    

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