# Wireshark

> Inspect captured application and device traffic as decoded protocol fields, with filtering and shared GUI/TShark dissection. Custom dissectors let an analyst encode newly understood packet formats and compare protocol implementations.

- Type: Tool
- Targets: App · Firmware · Protocol
- Category: Protocol analysis tools
- Relationship: Foundation tool
- Sources reviewed: 2026-10-16
- Added to the catalog: 2026-10-16
- Original resource: <https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark>
- Primary source: <https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/blob/e1087b1870cfc7686b229836dda8838c8f45ea0f/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/wireshark/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/wireshark/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/wireshark/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- Use a supported Windows, macOS or Linux/Unix build and a compatible capture file. Live capture additionally needs a supported interface, capture driver and appropriate capture permissions.
- Media support depends on the operating system and hardware. Custom formats need an appropriate dissector; packet inspection does not automatically recover a peer's full implementation.
- Distributed under GNU GPLv2, with additional component notices. The GitLab repository is upstream; GitHub is its official read-only mirror.

## Primary sources

1. <https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/blob/e1087b1870cfc7686b229836dda8838c8f45ea0f/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/wireshark/wireshark/blob/e1087b1870cfc7686b229836dda8838c8f45ea0f/README.md>
3. <https://www.wireshark.org/docs/wsug_html_chunked/ChapterIntroduction.html>
4. <https://www.wireshark.org/docs/wsug_html_chunked/ChIntroPlatforms.html>
5. <https://www.wireshark.org/docs/wsdg_html_chunked/ChapterDissection.html>

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## About this entry

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