PcapPlusPlus Alternatives

PcapPlusPlus is described as 'Multiplatform C++ library for capturing, parsing and crafting of network packets. It is designed to be efficient, powerful and easy to use' and is an app in the development category. There are four alternatives to PcapPlusPlus for Windows. The best PcapPlusPlus alternative is WinPcap, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like PcapPlusPlus are Npcap, WinDivert and Win10Pcap.

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  1. WinPcap icon
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    WinPcap is the first successful port of libpcap (originally developed for Unix-like operating systems) for Windows.

    6 WinPcap alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
    • WinPcap is the most popular Windows alternative to PcapPlusPlus.

    • WinPcap is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to PcapPlusPlus.

    • WinPcap is Free and Open SourcePcapPlusPlus is also Free and Open Source
  2. Npcap icon
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    Npcap is a packet capture (and sending) library for Windows by the Nmap Project. It implements the open Pcap API using a custom Windows kernel driver alongside our Windows build of the excellent libpcap library.

    4 Npcap alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  3. WinDivert icon
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    WinDivert allows user-mode applications to capture/modify/drop network packets sent to/from the Windows network stack.

    12 WinDivert alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Win10Pcap is written as a personal project by Daiyuu Nobori, a Ph.D student of Computer Science of University of Tsukuba, Japan. The many parts of Win10Pcap was from WinPcap.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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