Ostinato Alternatives

Ostinato is described as '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' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to Ostinato for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and BSD apps. The best Ostinato alternative is Wireshark, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Ostinato are PCAPdroid, babyshark, Edgeshark and Scapy.

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  1. Wireshark icon

    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.

    65 Wireshark alternatives

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    • Snapcraft
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    • Flathub
    • Fedora
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    • Homebrew
    • Chocolatey
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    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

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    • Android
    • F-Droid
    • OpenAPK
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    babyshark

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    Flows-first PCAP TUI (case files, gorgeous UX). Do do do do.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Rust
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  5. 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 (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Mac
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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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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Appknox

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    Appknox is a mobile app security testing solution to detect and fix vulnerabilities in mobile apps using a combination of automated and manual tests.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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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

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
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  11. Ixchariot icon

    Ixchariot

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    Simulates hundreds of real-world protocols across thousands of endpoints, measuring throughput, latency, and response in wired and wireless networks for thorough performance and device assessment before and after deployment, with automated, repeatable test methods.

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  12. AirSnare icon

    AirSnare

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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.

    36 AirSnare alternatives

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
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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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    • Mac
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    • Homebrew
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