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Wireshark

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Wireshark is a premier network protocol analyzer used globally in industries and education, offering multi-platform support, deep protocol inspection, powerful display filters, and VoIP analysis. It allows both live capture and offline analysis, supporting various networks and protocols.

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License model

  • FreeOpen Source

Country of Origin

  • US flagUnited States

Platforms

  • Mac
  • Windows
  • Linux
  • BSD
  • Snapcraft
  • Flathub
  • Homebrew
  • Chocolatey
4.4 / 5 Avg rating (13)
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Features

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  1.  Detailed packet analysis
  2.  Network Usage History
  3.  Support for Android Things
  4.  Work Item Tracking
  5.  Website Monitoring
  6.  Command line interface

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  • EmilE1337, Hardware5286, Bobby_Reggine and rolrx liked Wireshark
    12 days ago
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    20 days ago
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Comments and Reviews

   
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Top Positive Comment
Josh Borison
Mar 2, 2025
0

Not super easy to use, but perfect for troubleshooting network connectivity issues

Top Negative Comment
Sorin Sbarnea
Nov 7, 2020
-3

Something is really dodgy about last release of wireshark 3.4.0, the DMG is damaged (broken!)

anselmus
Jul 11, 2024
0

Very feature complete tool. Negatives are its complexity for simple tasks and the frustration to get it running sometimes.

Oscar Sanderson
Jul 20, 2021
0

Wireshark is class when it comes to monitoring your network for weird activity. I use this so I know what my computer is actually connecting to. Does require some knowledge to use it though

Guest
Dec 25, 2019
0

I like it because it has so many features...

John Fastman
Mar 10, 2017
2

Allows you to figure out who and which software is using your network. Helps detect intruders and software that spies on you.

karlblass
Mar 7, 2017
1

For a network guy you have to have this software. Learn to use it. It's really fun.

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What is Wireshark?

Wireshark is the world's foremost network protocol analyzer. It lets you capture and interactively browse the traffic running on a computer network. It is the de facto (and often de jure) standard across many industries and educational institutions.

Wireshark has a rich feature set which includes the following:

-Deep inspection of hundreds of protocols, with more being added all the time -Live capture and offline analysis -Standard three-pane packet browser -Multi-platform: Runs on Windows, Linux, OS X, Solaris, FreeBSD, NetBSD, and many others -Captured network data can be browsed via a GUI, or via the TTY-mode TShark utility -The most powerful display filters in the industry -Rich VoIP analysis -Read/write many different capture file formats: tcpdump (libpcap), Pcap NG, Catapult DCT2000, Cisco Secure IDS iplog, Microsoft Network Monitor, Network General Sniffer® (compressed and uncompressed), Sniffer® Pro, and NetXray®, Network Instruments Observer, NetScreen snoop, Novell LANalyzer, RADCOM WAN/LAN Analyzer, Shomiti/Finisar Surveyor, Tektronix K12xx, Visual Networks Visual UpTime, WildPackets EtherPeek/TokenPeek/AiroPeek, and many others -Capture files compressed with gzip can be decompressed on the fly -Live data can be read from Ethernet, IEEE 802.11, PPP/HDLC, ATM, Bluetooth, USB, Token Ring, Frame Relay, FDDI, and others (depending on your platform) -Decryption support for many protocols, including IPsec, ISAKMP, Kerberos, SNMPv3, SSL/TLS, WEP, and WPA/WPA2 -Coloring rules can be applied to the packet list for quick, intuitive analysis -Output can be exported to XML, PostScript®, CSV, or plain text

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Wireshark information

  • Developed by

    US flagWireshark Foundation
  • Licensing

    Open Source and Free product.
  • Rating

    Average rating of 4.4 (13 ratings)
  • Alternatives

    55 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English

Our users have written 9 comments and reviews about Wireshark, and it has gotten 919 likes

Wireshark was added to AlternativeTo by jerryji on Apr 17, 2009 and this page was last updated Feb 13, 2025.