Top 9 C packet-capture Projects

Wireshark

10 6,617 10.0 C

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.

Project mention: Wireshark & tcpdump: A Debugging Power Couple | dev.to | 2024-04-09

To begin with Wireshark, visit their official website for the download. The installation process is straightforward, but attention should be paid to the installation of command-line tools, which may require separate steps. Upon launching Wireshark, users are greeted with a selection of network interfaces as seen below. Choosing the correct interface, such as the loopback for local server debugging, is crucial for capturing relevant data.

npcap

12 2,839 7.8 C

Nmap Project's Windows packet capture and transmission library

Project mention: GNS3 ethernet cloud error | /r/gns3 | 2023-05-28

Might be related to this: https://github.com/nmap/npcap/issues/628 https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/18414

WorkOS

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The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.
tcpdump

2 2,546 9.5 C

the TCPdump network dissector

Project mention: How do I debug a LAN connection issue on Linux | /r/techsupport | 2023-06-09

libpcap

10 2,505 9.6 C

the LIBpcap interface to various kernel packet capture mechanism

Project mention: How do remote interfaces work in wireshark? | /r/wireshark | 2023-06-07

As long as your custom service used the rpcap protocol I'd expect it to be possible. You may find this GitHub page informative, since it includes some rpcap source code and one of the main Wireshark developers appears to be a contributor there.

Divert

4 2,230 0.0 C

WinDivert: Windows Packet Divert
netsniff-ng

2 1,150 0.0 C

A Swiss army knife for your daily Linux network plumbing.
etl2pcapng

7 584 3.1 C

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

www.influxdata.com sponsored

Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.
netmon_cli

3 9 0.0 C

A simple and lightweight terminal packet sniffer.
Kendo

1 4 7.5 C

Kendo - Powerful Network Packet Capture & Protocol Analysis Software 🚀 Real-time & offline analysis with MFC & WinPcap. Comprehensive protocol parsers & display filters. Efficient packet management. Shortcut keys for seamless user interaction. Explore network traffic effortlessly!

Project mention: Kendojitsu- a Network Analysis Tool | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-12-20

NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020).