pyshark VS Wireshark

Compare pyshark vs Wireshark and see what are their differences.

pyshark

Python wrapper for tshark, allowing python packet parsing using wireshark dissectors (by KimiNewt)

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. (by wireshark)
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pyshark Wireshark
5 10
2,123 6,635
- 2.5%
3.4 10.0
24 days ago 4 days ago
Python C
MIT License GNU General Public License v3.0 only
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pyshark

Posts with mentions or reviews of pyshark. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-07-26.

Wireshark

Posts with mentions or reviews of Wireshark. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-02-01.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing pyshark and Wireshark you can also consider the following projects:

scapy - Scapy: the Python-based interactive packet manipulation program & library. Supports Python 2 & Python 3.

mitmproxy - An interactive TLS-capable intercepting HTTP proxy for penetration testers and software developers.

nfstream - NFStream: a Flexible Network Data Analysis Framework.

mtr - Official repository for mtr, a network diagnostic tool

PF_RING - High-speed packet processing framework

Sysdig - Linux system exploration and troubleshooting tool with first class support for containers

hotwire - Hotwire allows you to study network traffic of a few popular protocols in a simple way

Dripcap

wifite2 - Rewrite of the popular wireless network auditor, "wifite" - original by @derv82

Winshark - A wireshark plugin to instrument ETW

etl2pcapng - Utility that converts an .etl file containing a Windows network packet capture into .pcapng format.

grml - Grmls core configuration files for zsh, vim, screen…