The Best 48 Wireshark Alternatives

  • tcpdump icon

    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 icon

    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 icon

    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 icon

    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

  • Intercepter-NG icon

    Intercepter-NG

    Intercepter-NG is a multifunctional network toolkit for various types of IT specialists. The main purpose is to recover *interesting* data from the network stream and perform different kinds of MiTM attacks.

    Free Windows Linux Android iPhone Android Tablet BSD iPad Mac

    Portable Jailbreak required Root required
  • apptalk.ninja icon

    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 icon

    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

    Portable Sockets
  • CloudShark icon

    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 icon

    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

  • Scapy icon

    Scapy

    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.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux

  • Colasoft Capsa icon

    Colasoft Capsa

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

    Commercial Windows

  • AppScope icon

    AppScope

    AppScope is a tool for networked mobile applications to instantly capture comprehensive bug reports containing screen video, network data and system logs.

    Freemium Mac OS X Android iPhone iPad

  • HTTP Debugger icon

    HTTP Debugger

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

    Commercial Windows

  • HTTPNetworkSniffer icon

    HTTPNetworkSniffer

    Packet sniffer tool that captures all HTTP requests/responses sent between the Web browser and the Web server and displays them in a simple table.

    Free Windows

  • httpry icon

    httpry

    httpry is a tool designed for displaying and logging HTTP traffic. It is not intended to perform analysis itself, but instead to capture, parse and/or log the traffic...

    Free Open Source Linux

  • WebSiteSniffer icon

    WebSiteSniffer

    WebSiteSniffer is a packet sniffer tool that captures all Web site files downloaded by your Web browser while browsing the Internet, and stores them on your hard drive...

    Free Windows