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.
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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WebSiteSniffer is a packet sniffer tool that captures all Web site files downloaded by your Web browser while browsing the Internet, and stores them on your hard drive under the folder that you choose.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Windows
MicroOLAP TCPDUMP is a clone of tcpdump , the most used network sniffer/analyzer for UNIX, compiled with the original tcpdump code (http://www.tcpdump.org/), and MicroOLAP Packet Sniffer SDK.
Network Spoofer lets you change websites on other people's computers - from your phone.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Android
- Android Tablet
Network Spoofer is the most popular Android Tablet alternative to PlayCap.
- Network Spoofer is Free and Open Source
28 Pirni Pro alternativesPirni Pro is a network security tool designed for iOS, and specifically for iPhone and iPod Touch devices. It is capable of intercepting traffic on a wireless network segment, capturing passwords, and regular expressions entered by the user.
Pirni Pro is the most popular iPhone alternative to PlayCap.
- Pirni Pro is Paid and Proprietary
EtherPEG is a free program for the Macintosh that shows you all the JPEGs (and GIFs) going by on your network.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Windows
Timesketch is an open-source tool for collaborative forensic timeline analysis. Using sketches you and your collaborators can easily organize your timelines and analyze them all at the same time. Add meaning to your raw data with rich annotations, comments, tags and stars.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Docker
- Self-Hosted
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AirSnare is another tool to add to your Wireless Intrusion Detection Toolbox. AirSnare will alert you to unfriendly MAC addresses on your network and will also alert you to DHCP requests taking place.
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.
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45 HttpCanary alternativesHttpCanary is a powerful HTTP/HTTPS/HTTP2/WebSocket/TCP/UDP packets capture and analyzer app designed for Android platform.
Cost / License
- Freemium (Pay once)
- Proprietary
Application types
Platforms
- Android
justniffer is a TCP sniffer. It reassembles and reorders packets and displays the tcp flow in a customizable way. It can log network traffic in web server log format. It can also log network services performances and extract http content.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Linux
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