Wireshark

Wireshark is the world's foremost network protocol analyzer. It lets you capture and interactively browse the traffic running on a computer network.

Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux BSD

Fiddler

Fiddler is a Web Debugging Proxy which logs all HTTP(S) traffic between your computer and the Internet. Fiddler allows you to inspect all HTTP(S) traffic, set breakpoints, and "fiddle" with incoming or outgoing data.

Free Windows

tcpdump

tcpdump is a common packet analyzer that runs under the command line. It allows the user to intercept and display TCP/IP and other packets being transmitted or received over a network to which the computer is attached.

Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux BSD

netcat

Netcat is a featured networking utility which reads and writes data across network connections, using the TCP/IP protocol.

Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux

Nethogs

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. NetHogs does not rely on a special kernel module to be loaded.

Free Open Source Linux Xfce

Microsoft Network Monitor

Microsoft Network Monitor is a packet analyzer. It enables capturing, viewing, and analyzing network data and deciphering network protocols. It can be used to troubleshoot network problems and applications on the network.

Free Windows

Ettercap

Ettercap is a suite for man in the middle attacks on LAN. It features sniffing of live connections, content filtering on the fly and many other interesting tricks. It...

Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux

NetworkMiner

NetworkMiner is a Network Forensic Analysis Tool (NFAT) for Windows. NetworkMiner can be used as a passive network sniffer/packet capturing tool in order to detect operating systems, sessions, hostnames, open ports etc.

Freemium Windows

apptalk.ninja

App and device communication diagnostics tool for better bug tracking & QA. An easy-to-use tool that monitors http, BLE and iBeacon communication over-the-air helping app developers with bug tracking and building more reliable apps.

Freemium iPhone iPad

SmartSniff

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...

Free Windows

CloudShark

A web based platform that lets you view, analyze, and share packet capture files in a browser. Works in Safari for iPad and iPhone.

Commercial Mac OS X Windows Linux Android iPhone Android Tablet iPad Web

iwScanner

iwScanner is a wireless scanner for linux with an easy to use graphic interface. Its designed in Glade and written in python, so it just need PyGTK to run in any...

Free Open Source Linux

Packetyzer

Packetyzer provides a Windows user interface for the Ethereal packet capture and dissection library. Ethereal is used by network professionals around the world for...

Free Open Source Windows

Colasoft Capsa

Capsa performs real-time packet capturing, 24/7 network monitoring, protocol analysis, in-depth packet decoding, and automatic expert diagnosis.

Commercial Windows

Ethereal

Ethereal® is used by network professionals around the world for troubleshooting, analysis, software and protocol development, and education. It has all of the...

Free Open Source Windows Linux

HTTP Debugger

HTTP Debugger Pro - A Professional HTTP Sniffer and Analyzer for Developers

Commercial Windows

Cocoa Packet Analyzer

Native Cocoa app for capturing and analyzing packets. Similar to Wireshark, but with a native interface (and less features). If you don't like the X11 GTK Wireshark...

Free Mac OS X

URL Helper

An url sniffer(HTTP, MMS, RTSP, RTMP) which provide one-step solution to finding the URLs for all streams. Best Features One-step solution to find the URLs ...

Commercial Windows

Pirni Pro

Pirni Pro is a network security tool designed for iOS, and specifically for iPhone and iPod Touch devices. It is capable of intercepting traffic on a wireless network...

Commercial iPhone