Top 10 Open-Source Alternatives to Ethereal

Product categories

Bug Trackers Clean Code Code Analysis Code Coverage Code Quality Developer Tools Error Tracking Log Management Monitoring Tools Performance Monitoring Security Security Monitoring

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to Ethereal are tcpdump, Wireshark, and Zabbix. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.

tcpdump Landing Page
1

tcpdump

tcpdump is a common packet analyzer that runs under the command line.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Monitoring Tools #Log Management #Security
Wireshark Landing Page
2

Wireshark

Wireshark is a network protocol analyzer for Unix and Windows. It lets you capture and interactively browse the traffic running on a computer network.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Monitoring Tools #Log Management #Performance Monitoring 11 social mentions
Zabbix Landing Page
3

Zabbix

Track, record, alert and visualize performance and availability of IT resources
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Free
#Monitoring Tools #Performance Monitoring #DevOps Tools 5 social mentions
SonarQube Landing Page
4

SonarQube

SonarQube, a core component of the Sonar solution, is an open source, self-managed tool that systematically helps developers and organizations deliver Clean Code.
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Freemium
- Free Trial
- $150.0 / Annually
#Code Analysis #Code Review #Code Coverage 1 social mentions
Datadog Landing Page
5

Datadog

See metrics from all of your apps, tools & services in one place with Datadog's cloud monitoring as a service solution. Try it for free.
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Freemium
- Free Trial
- $15.0 / Monthly (per host)
#Monitoring Tools #Log Management #Error Tracking 5 social mentions
Cacti Landing Page
6

Cacti

Cacti is a complete network graphing solution. It provides a fast poller, advanced graph templating, multiple data acquisition methods, and user management features.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Monitoring Tools #Performance Monitoring #Log Management
Sysdig Landing Page
7

Sysdig

Sysdig is an open source, system-level exploration that capture system state and activity from a running Linux instance, then save, filter and analyze.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Security #Monitoring Tools #Developer Tools 2 social mentions
mitmproxy Landing Page
8

mitmproxy

mitmproxy is an SSL-capable man-in-the-middle proxy for HTTP.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Developer Tools #Security #Software Development 81 social mentions
Angry IP Scanner Landing Page
9

Angry IP Scanner

Open-source and cross-platform network scanner designed to be fast and simple to use
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Monitoring Tools #Network Scanning #Network Security 32 social mentions
Ostinato Landing Page
10

Ostinato

Ostinato is a packet crafter and traffic generator for network engineers. Wireshark in Reverse.
Pricing:
- Open Source
- $49.0 / One-off (1 user)
#Monitoring Tools #Security #Security Monitoring 3 social mentions