WinPcap Alternatives

WinPcap is described as 'The first successful port of libpcap (originally developed for Unix-like operating systems) for Windows' and is an app in the development category. There are six alternatives to WinPcap for Windows, Linux, Android and Mac. The best WinPcap alternative is PcapPlusPlus, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like WinPcap are Npcap, Microsoft Network Monitor, WinDump and WinDivert.

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

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WinPcap alternatives page was last updated Dec 4, 2023
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    PcapPlusPlus

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    PcapPlusPlus is a multiplatform C++ library for capturing, parsing and crafting of network packets. It is designed to be efficient, powerful and easy to use.

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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Android

    PcapPlusPlus Features

    1.  C++
    2.  Multiplatform
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    • PcapPlusPlus is the most popular Windows, Android, Mac & Linux alternative to WinPcap.

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

    • PcapPlusPlus is Free and Open SourceWinPcap is also Free and Open Source
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    Npcap

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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

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    Microsoft Network Monitor

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    Microsoft Network Monitor is a packet analyzer. It enables capturing, viewing, and analyzing network data and deciphering network protocols. It can be used to troubleshoot network problems and applications on the network.

    26 Microsoft Network Monitor alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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  5. WinDump

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    WinDump is the Windows version of tcpdump, the command line network analyzer for UNIX. WinDump is fully compatible with tcpdump and can be used to watch, diagnose and save to disk network traffic according to various complex rules.

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    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    WinDump Features

    1.  Network activity
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    WinDivert

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

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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  7. Win10Pcap

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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.

    4 Win10Pcap alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
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