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Application to comfortably monitor your network traffic.
Cross-platform. Intuitive. Reliable.

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 _Support Sniffnet's development_ 💖

Sniffnet is completely free, open-source software which needs lots of effort and time to develop and maintain.

If you appreciate Sniffnet, sponsor the project to support its growth.

For sponsorship inquiries, feel free to reach out at [email protected].

A special shout-out to these awesome organizations and folks who are sponsoring Sniffnet:





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Links in the table above will download the latest version of Sniffnet directly from GitHub releases. 
Not what you're looking for? Check out alternative installation methods.

 [!NOTE]

 Remember to also install the required dependencies for your operating system.

 Features

- 💻 choose a network adapter of your PC to inspect
- 🏷️ select a set of filters to apply to the observed traffic
- 📁 import and export comprehensive capture reports as PCAP files
- 📊 view overall statistics about your Internet traffic
- 📈 view real-time charts about traffic intensity
- 🏠 identify connections in your local network
- 🌍 discover the geographical location of remote hosts
- 🌐 find out domain name and ASN of the hosts you are exchanging traffic with
- 📖 identify 6000+ upper layer services, protocols, trojans, and worms
- 🎮 see which programs are generating network bandwidth
- ⭐ save your favorite network hosts, services, and programs
- 📌 keep an eye on your network even when the application is minimized
- ️🔎 search and inspect each of your network connections in real time
- 🔉 set custom notifications to inform you when defined network events occur
- 🚫 import custom IP blacklists to highlight potentially dangerous connections
- 🎨 choose the style that fits you the most, including custom themes support
- ...and more!

 User manual

Do you want to learn more? 
Check out the Sniffnet Wiki, a comprehensive manual to help you
thoroughly master the application from a basic setup to the most advanced functionalities. 
The Wiki includes step-by-step guides, tips, examples of usage, and answers to frequent questions.







 Troubleshooting



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 Missing dependencies

Most of the errors that may arise are likely due to your system missing dependencies
required to correctly analyze a network adapter. 
Check the required dependencies page 
for instructions on how to proceed depending on your operating system.

 Rendering problems

In some circumstances, especially if you 

Top issues

Discussions

Latest release

New features
- Show latency of connections (1194 — fixes 845)

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/6915371c-ab28-4d83-ac03-0c45a40fce16

- Added Hungarian translation 🇭🇺 (1197)
- Added Sinhala translation 🇱🇰 (1239)

 Improvements
- Support CIDR ranges in imported IP blacklists (1181)
- Show number of IP addresses and CIDR ranges in imported IP blacklists (1183)
- Add relevant keywords to the .desktop file (1248)
- Updated some of the existing translations to v1.5:
  - Ukrainian (1039)
  - German (1122)
  - French (1123)
  - Spanish (1140)
  - Indonesian (1145)
  - Swed