kbandla/dpkt
fast, simple packet creation / parsing, with definitions for the basic TCP/IP protocols observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
23/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 5201
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 768
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1159 stars · 273 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
dpkt is a Python library for fast, simple network packet creation and parsing, with definitions for basic TCP/IP protocols. It is commonly used to decode pcap files and raw packet captures for network analysis and security research.
Use cases
- parse pcap files in python
- decode tcp/ip packets from a capture
- build custom network packets programmatically
- analyze network traffic for security research
- extract http or dns requests from packet captures
When to choose
- you need fast, low-level packet parsing in pure Python
- you want to decode pcap captures without external tools
- you need to construct or dissect TCP/IP protocol headers
When to avoid
- you need live packet capture or injection (use scapy instead)
- you need high-level protocol analysis or GUI tooling
- you need actively developed features or frequent updates
Facets
library · maturity maintenance
parser networking serialization networking security developer-tools python cross-platform packet-parsing pcap tcp-ip network-forensics protocol-decoding
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/kbandla/dpkt · fetched 2026-08-28 · a3febf53be7c
- registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/dpkt/json · fetched 2026-08-29 · b82e8e9740d9
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| kbandla/dpkt | main | 23 |
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