Packet Peeper Alternatives for Mac

There are many alternatives to Packet Peeper for Mac if you are looking for a replacement. The best Mac alternative is Wireshark, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to Packet Peeper and seven of them are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to Packet Peeper are babyshark, Edgeshark, Debookee and Cocoa Packet Analyzer.

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  1. Wireshark icon
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    Wireshark is a premier network protocol analyzer used globally in industries and education, offering multi-platform support, deep protocol inspection, powerful display filters, and VoIP analysis. It allows both live capture and offline analysis, supporting various networks and protocols.

    57 Wireshark alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • Homebrew
    • Chocolatey
     
  2. Edgeshark icon
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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

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Mac
     
  3. Debookee icon
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    Debookee is the simplest & most powerful network traffic analyzer for macOS.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  4. Native Cocoa app for capturing and analyzing packets. Similar to Wireshark, but with a native interface (and less features). If you don't like the X11 GTK Wireshark, this is your app.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  5. Termshark icon
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    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!

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  6. TUI tool for generating packets of arbitrary input and monitoring packets on any network interfaces (default: eth0). The list of interfaces to be specified is output when packemon --interfaces is run. This tool works on Windows, macOS, and Linux.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Homebrew
     
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