Wireshark Alternatives for LinuxFiltered by 'Packet generator'

There are many alternatives to Wireshark for Linux if you are looking for a replacement. The best Linux alternative is Scapy, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Wireshark and five of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to Wireshark are Ostinato, PlayCap, packeth and Packémon.

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    Scapy

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    Scapy is a powerful interactive packet manipulation program. It is able to forge or decode packets of a wide number of protocols, send them on the wire, capture them, match requests and replies, and much more.

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Ostinato

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    Ostinato is a network packet and traffic generator and analyzer with a friendly GUI. It aims to be "Wireshark in Reverse" and thus become complementary to Wireshark. It features custom packet crafting with editing of any field for several protocols: Ethernet, 802.

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    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    PlayCap

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    PlayCap 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • tcpdump
    • Wireshark
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    packeth

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    packeth is GUI and CLI packet generator tool for ethernet. Primary it is developed and maintained for Linux, but some ports for Windows and MAC have also be done. It allows you to create and send any possible packet or sequence of packets on the ethernet link.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Packémon

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    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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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Homebrew
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