Wireshark

The standard network protocol analyser

About Wireshark

Wireshark is a free, open-source network protocol analyser that captures and inspects packets across hundreds of protocols. Network engineers, developers and security staff use its filters and stream reconstruction to diagnose issues and investigate traffic. Overall, it is built for people who want that kind of job done reliably, without unnecessary complexity, steep learning curves or heavyweight software getting in the way of everyday work.

Wireshark key facts

Category: Developer Tools
Pricing: Free — listed in this directory as a free tool, with no paid plan required to use it.
Focus areas: network, packet, analysis
Official site: wireshark.org

About the Developer Tools category

Editors, platforms, and services developers rely on to build and ship software. The Developer Tools category on Tools Hub currently lists 738 tools. Alongside Wireshark, it includes Fiddler Classic, Charles Proxy, Proxyman, VirtualBox.

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