Wireshark Alternatives

Wireshark is described as 'Foremost network protocol analyzer with multi-platform support, deep protocol inspection, VoIP analysis, and extensive file format compatibility' and is a leading network analyzer in the network & admin category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Wireshark for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and iPhone apps. The best Wireshark alternative is tcpdump, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Wireshark are CloudShark, Fiddler, Intercepter-NG and NetworkMiner.

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Wireshark alternatives are mainly Network Analyzers, but if you're looking for Network Monitors or HTTP(S) Debuggers 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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    Arcai.com’s NetCut-Defender, –The only one tool can 100% guaranteed success protect you and your user away from arcai.com’s netcut cut (or alike) ARP SPOOFing.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
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    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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    A free, cybersecurity-focused online tool that analyzes PCAP files and generates clear reports highlighting suspicious behaviors, security vulnerabilities, and other notable network events.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Homebrew
     
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    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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    Driftnet is a program which listens to network traffic and picks out images from TCP streams it observes.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    PsPing is a command-line utility for measuring network performance. In addition to standard ICMP ping functionality, it can report the latency of connecting to TCP ports, the latency of TCP and UDP round-trip communication between systems, and the TCP or UDP bandwidth available...

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    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Netcat is a featured networking utility which reads and writes data across network connections, using the TCP/IP protocol. It is designed to be a reliable "back-end" tool that can be used directly or easily driven by other programs and scripts.

    22 netcat alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    Wireshark functions on the lower levels of the OSI model and its main feature is dumping all network traffic for all ports and protocols on various OSI levels. netcat is basically a network service/client system, it serves or listens on a specified port for text-based data (like cat)

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    network service or client not a monitoring tool

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    • This alternative is disputed. netcat is a legitimate Wireshark alternative, but it might have issues that some users think are important.

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