# GyulyVGC/sniffnet

Comfortably monitor your network traffic 🕵️‍♂️

Repository: https://github.com/GyulyVGC/sniffnet
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/sniffnet
Homepage: https://sniffnet.app
Language: Rust
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: network-analysis, networking, packet-sniffer, rust-crate, linux, macos, packet-capture, rust, windows, security, utility, application, network, network-monitoring, packet-analyser, pcap, iced, gui, tool
Last push: 2026-08-26T20:21:57+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 89/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 70, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1494, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 42, "gap_med": 98, "n_releases_24m": 6}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 40763, forks 1936 (observed 2026-08-28T04:12:08.326214+00:00)

## What it is
Sniffnet is a free, open-source cross-platform GUI application for monitoring and analyzing network traffic, written in Rust. It lets users inspect packets, track bandwidth usage, filter traffic, and export PCAP reports with an intuitive interface available in 26 languages.

## Use cases
- monitor my network traffic in real time
- see which applications and hosts I'm exchanging data with
- check my bandwidth usage
- capture and export packets as PCAP files
- apply filters to inspect specific network traffic
- get notifications about network events

## When to choose
- you want a user-friendly GUI alternative to Wireshark or tcpdump
- you need a cross-platform packet sniffer on Linux, macOS, or Windows
- you prefer a security-audited, privacy-focused open-source tool
- you want real-time traffic overview with charts and host details

## When to avoid
- you need deep protocol-level packet dissection like Wireshark offers
- you need headless or CLI-only packet capture for servers
- you require scripted/automated analysis pipelines rather than interactive monitoring

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: networking, monitoring, gui, security
- domain: networking, security, developer-tools, privacy
- platform: windows, rust, cross-platform
- tags: packet-sniffer, network-monitoring, pcap, traffic-analysis, iced-gui, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- GyulyVGC/sniffnet (main) score 89

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:08.326214+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 2026-08-29T16:23:23.037626+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/GyulyVGC/sniffnet (fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:08.326214+00:00, sha 138c107f2a4a)
  - homepage: https://sniffnet.app (fetched 2026-08-29T07:46:25.271394+00:00, sha 5b1b3d3a4df6)
  - registry_crates: https://crates.io/api/v1/crates/sniffnet (fetched 2026-08-29T07:46:25.280817+00:00, sha ad4a663a7110)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.