Wireshark
The world's leading network protocol analyzer
Wireshark is a free, open-source network protocol analyzer that allows users to capture and inspect traffic running on computer networks. It supports deep inspection of hundreds of protocols across Windows, macOS, Linux, and UNIX platforms. The project is maintained by the Wireshark Foundation and backed by a large global community of contributors.
Wireshark captures live network packets and lets users interactively browse and inspect protocol-level details of traffic on their network
Network engineers, security professionals, and developers who need to analyze and debug network traffic
Background.
- Status
- launched
- Business model
- open-source
- Company
- Wireshark Foundation
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