ngrep VS tcpdump

Compare ngrep vs tcpdump and see what are their differences.

ngrep

ngrep is like GNU grep applied to the network layer. It's a PCAP-based tool that allows you to specify an extended regular or hexadecimal expression to match against data payloads of packets. It understands many kinds of protocols, including IPv4/6, TCP, UDP, ICMPv4/6, IGMP and Raw, across a wide variety of interface types, and understands BPF filter logic in the same fashion as more common packet sniffing tools, such as tcpdump and snoop. (by jpr5)
Sniffer grepping
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tcpdump

the TCPdump network dissector (by the-tcpdump-group)
Pcap pcapng packet-capture Sniffer Tcpdump Libpcap berkeley-packet-filter bsd-packet-filter Bpf Auditing Security Troubleshooting
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ngrep tcpdump
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847 2,552
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0.0 9.5
7 months ago about 15 hours ago
C C
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later GNU General Public License v3.0 or later
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ngrep

Posts with mentions or reviews of ngrep. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects.

tcpdump

Posts with mentions or reviews of tcpdump. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-04-03.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing ngrep and tcpdump you can also consider the following projects:

libpcap - the LIBpcap interface to various kernel packet capture mechanism

ChameleonMini - The ChameleonMini is a versatile contactless smartcard emulator compliant to NFC. The ChameleonMini was developed by https://kasper-oswald.de. The device is available at https://shop.kasper.it. For further information see the Getting Started Page https://rawgit.com/emsec/ChameleonMini/master/Doc/Doxygen/html/_page__getting_started.html or the Wiki tab above.

Wireshark - Read-only mirror of Wireshark's Git repository at https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark. ⚠️ GitHub won't let us disable pull requests. ⚠️ THEY WILL BE IGNORED HERE ⚠️ Upload them at GitLab instead.

esp_wifi_repeater - A full functional WiFi Repeater (correctly: a WiFi NAT Router)

binwalk - Firmware Analysis Tool

proxmark3 - Iceman Fork - Proxmark3

wavedrom - :ocean: Digital timing diagram rendering engine

DDOS-RootSec - DDOS Archive by RootSec (Scanners, BotNets (Mirai and QBot Premium & Normal and more), Exploits, Methods, Sniffers)

bitfield - :cake: bit field diagram renderer

switch-lan-play - Enjoy games with your friends as if you were on a LAN.

ob-bitfield - Generate bitfield diagrams using org-babel

ngrep vs libpcap tcpdump vs libpcap ngrep vs ChameleonMini tcpdump vs Wireshark ngrep vs esp_wifi_repeater tcpdump vs binwalk ngrep vs proxmark3 tcpdump vs wavedrom ngrep vs DDOS-RootSec tcpdump vs bitfield tcpdump vs switch-lan-play tcpdump vs ob-bitfield