The world`s foremost network protocol analyzer for Mac

Wireshark for Mac

Wireshark for Mac

  -  66 MB  -  Open Source
The Ethereal network protocol analyzer has changed its name to Wireshark for Mac. The name might be new, but the software is the same. Wireshark's powerful features make it the tool of choice for network troubleshooting, protocol development, and education worldwide.

Wireshark for macOS was written by networking experts around the world, and is an example of the power of open source. The app is used by network professionals around the world for analysis, troubleshooting, software and protocol development and education.

The program has all of the standard features you would expect in a protocol analyzer, and several features not seen in any other product. Its open source license allows talented experts in the networking community to add enhancements.

Features and Highlights
  • Deep inspection of hundreds of protocols, with more being added all the time
  • Live capture and offline analysis
  • Standard three-pane packet browser
  • Multi-platform: Runs on Windows, Linux, macOS, Solaris, FreeBSD, NetBSD, and many others
  • Captured network data can be browsed via a GUI, or via the TTY-mode TShark utility
  • The most powerful display filters in the industry
  • Rich VoIP analysis
  • Read/write many different capture file formats: tcpdump (libpcap), Pcap NG, Catapult DCT2000, Cisco Secure IDS iplog, Microsoft Network Monitor, Network General Sniffer® (compressed and uncompressed), Sniffer® Pro, and NetXray®, Network Instruments Observer, NetScreen snoop, Novell LANalyzer, RADCOM WAN/LAN Analyzer, Shomiti/Finisar Surveyor, Tektronix K12xx, Visual Networks Visual UpTime, WildPackets EtherPeek/TokenPeek/AiroPeek, and many others
  • Capture files compressed with gzip can be decompressed on the fly
  • Live data can be read from Ethernet, IEEE 802.11, PPP/HDLC, ATM, Bluetooth, USB, Token Ring, Frame Relay, FDDI, and others (depending on your platform)
  • Decryption support for many protocols, including IPsec, ISAKMP, Kerberos, SNMPv3, SSL/TLS, WEP, and WPA/WPA2
  • Coloring rules can be applied to the packet list for quick, intuitive analysis
  • Output can be exported to XML, PostScript®, CSV, or plain text
Also Available: Download Wireshark for Windows

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What's new in this version:

Fixed:
The following vulnerabilities have been fixed:
- wnpa-sec-2025-01 Bundle Protocol and CBOR dissector crash

The following bugs have been fixed:
- Crash when sorting columns during capture with display filter active
- OSS-Fuzz 384757274: Invalid-bool-value in dissect_tcp
- Test failure in 4.4.2/4.4.3: test_sharkd_req_follow_http2
- Regression in extcap interface toolbar
- Clicking outside columns in TCP tab of Statistics → Conversations window causes crash
- FTBFS with Ubuntu development (25.04) release
- DNS enable_qname_stats crash Wireshark when QDCOUNT == 0
- Windows: Android extcap plugin fails with "Broken socket connection" if there are no new packets for 2sec
- TECMP: Calculation of lifecycle start in Status message is wrong
- MQTT v5.0 properties total length presentation is incorrect
- TShark doesn’t resolve addresses in custom "hosts" files
- Incorrect JA4 fingerprint with empty ciphers

New and Updated Features:
New Protocol Support:
- There are no new protocols in this release

Updated Protocol Support:
- CESoETH, DNS, IEEE 1609.2, ISOBUS, ITS, MPLS, MQTT, PDU Transport, RTP, TCP, TECMP, WebSocket, and WSMP

New and Updated Capture File Support:
CLLog, EMS, and ERF:
Updated File Format Decoding Support:
- There is no updated file format support in this release