PlayCap Alternatives

PlayCap is described as 'Plays back captures made from Wireshark, tcpdump, WinDump, or any libpcap-based application. PlayCap was originally (and still is) a part of IG Scanner by Signal 11 Software, but was spun off as a separate app and released as Open Source software' and is an app in the network & admin category. There are more than 25 alternatives to PlayCap for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and BSD apps. The best PlayCap alternative is Wireshark, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like PlayCap are tcpdump, NetworkMiner, PCAPdroid and Sysdig.

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  1. Wireshark icon

    Wireshark

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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

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • Homebrew
    • Chocolatey
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    • Wireshark is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to PlayCap.

    • Wireshark is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to PlayCap.

    • Wireshark is Free and Open SourcePlayCap is also Free and Open Source
    • Wireshark is Privacy focusedPlayCap is not according to our users
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    tcpdump

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    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.

    27 tcpdump alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  4. NetworkMiner icon

    NetworkMiner

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    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.

    37 NetworkMiner alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    PCAPdroid

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    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.

    44 PCAPdroid alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
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    • PCAPdroid is the most popular Android alternative to PlayCap.

    • PCAPdroid is Free and Open SourcePlayCap is also Free and Open Source
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    Sysdig

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    Sysdig is open source, system-level exploration: capture system state and activity from a running Linux instance, then save, filter and analyze. Think of it as strace + tcpdump + lsof + awesome sauce.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    SmartSniff

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    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...

    36 SmartSniff alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    Appknox

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    Appknox is a mobile app security testing solution to detect and fix vulnerabilities in mobile apps using a combination of automated and manual tests.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once or Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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    • Appknox is the most popular Web-based, SaaS & Self-Hosted alternative to PlayCap.

    • Appknox is the most popular commercial alternative to PlayCap.

    • Appknox is Paid and ProprietaryPlayCap is Free and Open Source
  11. Colasoft Capsa icon

    Colasoft Capsa

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

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  12. Driftnet

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    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

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  13. York

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  14. tcpflow

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    tcpflow, a TCP Flow Recorder, is a program that captures data transmitted as part of TCP connections (flows), and stores the data in a way that is convenient for protocol analysis or debugging. A program like 'tcpdump' shows a summary of packets seen on the wire, but...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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