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Wireshark
Sign in to saveWireshark is free and open-source packet analyzer software. It is used for computer network analysis and troubleshooting, software and communications protocol development, and education. Originally named Ethereal, the project was renamed Wireshark in May 2006 due to trademark issues.
Key facts
- Software.name
- Wireshark
- Software.logo
- File:Wireshark Logo.svg
- Software.screenshot
- 300px|Wireshark GUI
- Software.caption
- Wireshark GUI
- Software.author
- Gerald Combs
- Software.developer
- The Wireshark team
- Software.released
- 1998
- Software.operating system
- Cross-platform
- Software.programming language
- C, C++, Lua
- Software.genre
- Packet analyzer
- Software.license
- GPL-2.0-or-later
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.ethereal.com
- Image
- Wireshark 3.6 screenshot.png
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- Commons category
- Wireshark
- software version identifier
- 4.6.4
- source code repository URL
- gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark.git
- language of work or name
- English language
- user manual URL
- www.wireshark.org/docs
- programmed in
- C
- Commons gallery
- Wireshark
- inception
- 1998-00-00
- IRC channel URL
- irc://irc.freenode.net/wireshark
- copyright license
- GNU General Public License, version 2.0 or later
- issue tracker URL
- gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues
- GUI toolkit or framework
- GTK
- Stack Exchange tag
- ja.stackoverflow.com/tags/wireshark
- operating system
- cross-platform
- mailing list archive URL
- www.wireshark.org/lists/wireshark-bugs
- official blog URL
- www.wireshark.org/blog
- input device
- pointing device
- social media followers
- 2825
- official wiki URL
- wiki.wireshark.org
- FAQ URL
- www.wireshark.org/faq
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Functionality
- History
- Features
- Security
- Color coding
- Simulation packet capture
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
Wireshark is free and open-source packet analyzer software. It is used for computer network analysis and troubleshooting, software and communications protocol development, and education. Originally named Ethereal, the project was renamed Wireshark in May 2006 due to trademark issues.
Wireshark is cross-platform, using the Qt widget toolkit in current releases to implement its user interface, and using pcap to capture packets; it runs on Linux, macOS, BSD, Solaris, some other Unix-like operating systems, and Microsoft Windows. There is also a terminal-based (non-GUI) version called TShark. Wireshark, and the other programs distributed with it such as TShark, are free software, released under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 or any later version.
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