Wireshark AlternativesOnly apps from the EU

The best alternative to Wireshark is NetworkMiner, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Wireshark and eight of them are so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting alternatives to Wireshark are PCAPdroid, RawCap, Nethogs and Proxygen.

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Wireshark alternatives are mainly Network Analyzers, but if you're looking for Network Monitors or Web Debuggers you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Android, Mac, iPhone, Linux, Open Source, iPhone + Network Analyzer and Android + Network Monitoring. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Wireshark.
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  1. NetworkMiner icon
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    NetworkMiner is a Network Forensic Analysis Tool (NFAT) for Windows. NetworkMiner can extract transmitted files and certificates from PCAP files containing HTTP, FTP, SMB, SMB2, TFTP and several other protocols.

    43 NetworkMiner alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  2. PCAPdroid icon
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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.

    45 PCAPdroid alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
    • OpenAPK
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  3. RawCap icon
     1 like

    Windows command-line sniffer for network activity, using raw sockets.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  4.  21 likes

    NetHogs is a small 'net top' tool. Instead of breaking the traffic down per protocol or per subnet, like most tools do, it groups bandwidth by process.

    26 Nethogs alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Xfce
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  5. Proxygen icon
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    Proxygen is the best HTTP proxy tool for testing apps and debugging remote API endpoints right on your iPhone, iPad and Mac. And it’s built to delight you while doing it.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  6. Edgeshark icon
     1 like

    Discover and capture container network traffic from your comfy desktop Wireshark, using a containerized service and a Wireshark plugin.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Mac
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  7. G-Earth icon
     2 likes

    Cross-platform Habbo packet manipulator.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
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  8. Fluxzy Desktop is an HTTP and HTTPS debugging proxy for Windows, macOS, and Linux. If you already use Fiddler, Charles, or Proxyman, you know the drill: capture traffic, inspect requests and responses, tweak them, replay them. Fluxzy does all of that, with support for HTTP/1.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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