# odedshimon/BruteShark

Network Analysis Tool

Repository: https://github.com/odedshimon/BruteShark
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/bruteshark
Language: C#
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: hacking, pcap-files, pcap, cyber, network-analysis, hashcat, bruteforce, sniffing, kerberos, netcore, network-diagram, neo4j, pcapng, sniffer, opensource, hacktoberfest, hacktoberfest2021
Last push: 2023-04-10T15:30:02+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2390, "days_push": 1241, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3395, forks 357 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:59.210440+00:00)

## What it is
BruteShark is an open-source Network Forensic Analysis Tool (NFAT) that deeply inspects network traffic from PCAP/PCAPng files or live captures. It extracts passwords and password hashes (convertible to Hashcat format), reconstructs TCP sessions, and builds network maps.

## Use cases
- analyze pcap files for security weaknesses
- extract password hashes from network captures
- reconstruct tcp sessions from pcap
- convert captured hashes to hashcat format for brute force
- build a network diagram from traffic
- live capture and inspect network traffic
- network forensic analysis of kerberos authentication

## When to choose
- you need to analyze PCAP files for credentials, hashes, or session content
- you want a free open-source alternative to commercial NFAT tools
- you need both a GUI (Windows) and CLI (Windows/Linux) analyzer
- you want reusable .NET libraries for network traffic analysis

## When to avoid
- you need real-time intrusion detection or continuous network monitoring
- you require a maintained tool with frequent updates (latest release 2023)
- you need deep packet analysis beyond what its modules cover
- you want a non-.NET or scriptable Python-based analysis stack

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: security, networking, parser, cryptography, developer-tools
- domain: security, networking, penetration-testing, reverse-engineering
- platform: windows, cli, cross-platform
- tags: network-forensics, pcap-analysis, nfat, password-extraction, hashcat, packet-capture, tcp-session-reconstruction, network-map, csharp, linux

## Member repositories
- odedshimon/BruteShark (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:59.210440+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:38:57.959614+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/odedshimon/BruteShark (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:59.210440+00:00, sha dd3263752516)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.