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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 six of them are so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting alternatives to Wireshark are PCAPdroid, Nethogs, RawCap and G-Earth.

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Wireshark alternatives are mainly Network Monitors, but if you're looking for Network Analyzers you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Android, iPhone, iPad, Mac, Linux, iPhone + Network Monitoring and iPhone + Network Analyzer. 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

    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.

    38 NetworkMiner alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Files extracted from a PCAP
     
  2. PCAPdroid icon

    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.

    45 PCAPdroid alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
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  4. Nethogs

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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Xfce
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  5. RawCap icon

    RawCap

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    G-Earth

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    Cross-platform Habbo packet manipulator.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
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  7. Edgeshark icon

    Edgeshark

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Mac
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    • Edgeshark is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Wireshark.

    • Edgeshark is Free and Open SourceWireshark is also Free and Open Source
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