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 Web-based apps. The best Wireshark alternative is tcpdump, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Wireshark are CloudShark, NetworkMiner, Proxyman and Ettercap.

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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, Mac, 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. Mojo Packets icon
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    Mojo Packets™ is web based tool that simplifies trace based analysis and troubleshooting of connectivity/performance issues observed in Wi-Fi (IEEE 802.11) environments.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Wireshark
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  2. Sax2 icon
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    Ax3soft Sax2 is a professional intrusion detection and prevention software (NIDS) which excels at real-time packet capture, 24/7 network monitor, advanced protocol analysis and automatic expert detection.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  3.  6 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  4. Sysdig icon
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    Sysdig is open source, system-level exploration: capture system state and activity from a running Linux instance, then save, filter and analyze. Think of it as strace + tcpdump + lsof + awesome sauce.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  5.  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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  6. SmartSniff icon
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    SmartSniff is a packet sniffer that capture TCP/IP packets and display them as sequence of conversations between clients and servers. You can view the TCP/IP conversations in Ascii mode (for text-based protocols, like HTTP, SMTP, POP3 and FTP) or as hex dump (for non-text base...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  7. Ostinato icon
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    Ostinato is a 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.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  8. TcpLogView icon
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    TcpLogView is a simple utility that monitors the opened TCP connections on your system, and adds a new log line every time that a TCP connection is opened or closed.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  9. 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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  10. zAnti icon
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    Zimperium's zANTI is a mobile penetration testing toolkit that lets security managers assess the risk level of a network with the push of a button.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
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  11. The Network Diagnostic Tool (NDT) is a client/server program that provides network configuration and performance testing to a users desktop or laptop computer. The system is composed of a client program (command line or java applet) and a pair of server programs (a webserver...

    12 Network Diagnostic Tool alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
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