# irontec/sngrep

Ncurses SIP Messages flow viewer

Repository: https://github.com/irontec/sngrep
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/sngrep
Language: C
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: sip, debug, trace, flow, terminal, pcap, hep, ncurses
Last push: 2026-08-17T19:38:44+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 86/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 62, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4822, "days_push": 16, "days_rel": 40, "gap_med": 280, "n_releases_24m": 2}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1203, forks 226 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:58.546478+00:00)

## What it is
sngrep is a terminal-based (ncurses) tool for capturing, displaying, and analyzing SIP message flows, either live from network traffic or from pcap captures. It helps VoIP engineers debug SIP signaling by visualizing call flows between endpoints.

## Use cases
- debug sip call flows in a terminal
- view sip messages from a pcap capture
- trace live sip signaling on a network interface
- analyze voip call setup failures
- inspect sip dialogs between endpoints
- capture hep/capture packets for sip debugging

## When to choose
- you need a lightweight terminal tool to debug SIP signaling
- you want to visualize SIP call flows without a full packet analyzer
- you work with VoIP infrastructure and need quick pcap analysis

## When to avoid
- you need deep packet analysis beyond SIP (use Wireshark)
- you require a GUI-based analysis environment
- you need to debug non-SIP protocols

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: networking, developer-tools, terminal-ui
- domain: networking, developer-tools
- platform: cli, cross-platform
- tags: sip, voip, pcap, ncurses, debugging, hep, packet-capture, command-line, linux

## Member repositories
- irontec/sngrep (main) score 86

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:58.546478+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 2026-08-30T06:20:30.638966+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/irontec/sngrep (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:58.546478+00:00, sha 2b7814d3fca2)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.