Wireshark
Capture and inspect network traffic in real time. The industry-standard protocol analyzer for troubleshooting and security.
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Use it free
Open the official tool or demo — no account needed.
Self-host it
Run the open-source version on your own infrastructure.
What is Wireshark?
Wireshark is a free network packet analyzer tool used by security professionals and researchers.
How it works
How Wireshark works — see the article below for details on this security tools tool.
How to use it
- 1Open the Wireshark tool, enter your input, and get your result instantly.
What it can do
- network packet analyzer
Use cases
Assumptions and limitations
Assumptions
- source: https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark
- license: GPL-2.0 — free to use
- privacy: Self-hosted — you control your data
Limitations
- For authorized use only — use on systems you own or have explicit permission to test.
- Self-hosted — requires setup, maintenance, and your own infrastructure.
- Relies on an external source (gitlab.com); availability depends on that service.
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Understanding the result
Capture and inspect network traffic in real time. The industry-standard protocol analyzer for troubleshooting and security.
Tool details
- Clearly flagged when a network request is needed.
- No account, no sign-up, and no tracking of your content.
- Powered by (MIT).
- Built with
- (https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark)
- License
- MIT
- Runs locally
- No — requires a network request
- Verification
- Not yet verified
- Input
- Query
- Output
- Text
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- Built with
- License
- MIT
Open-source project
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References
- / — GitHub Repository
Upstream project · GitHub
- GPL-2.0 License
Upstream project