mfontanini/libtins

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

libtins is a high-level, multiplatform C++ library for network packet sniffing, parsing, and crafting. It provides an efficient, endianness-independent API for building tools that send, receive, and manipulate network packets, with support for protocols like TCP/IP and IEEE 802.11.

Use cases

• sniff and parse TCP packets on a network interface in C++
• craft and send custom network packets
• capture and analyze pcap packet captures
• decrypt WPA2 traffic from wireless captures
• build network security or monitoring tools
• cross-compile a packet sniffer for ARM/MIPS routers

When to choose

• you need a fast, high-level C++ API for packet capture and injection
• you need cross-platform support including Windows, macOS, Linux, and BSD
• you need wireless (802.11/RadioTap) support and WPA2 decryption
• you want endianness-independent packet parsing for embedded devices

When to avoid

• you need a scripting-language library (e.g., Python's Scapy)
• you only need passive packet analysis without crafting
• your project is not C++ or cannot link libpcap/openssl dependencies

Facets

library · maturity stable

parser networking security networking security developer-tools windows bsd cpp cross-platform packet-crafting packet-sniffing pcap libpcap network-analysis 802-11 wpa2-decryption linux macos

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