Top 4 Open-Source Alternatives to Packet Peeper

Packet Peeper

Packet Peeper is a free network protocol analyzer (packet sniffer) for Mac OS X.

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Bug Trackers Crash Reporting Error Tracking Exception Monitoring Log Management Monitoring Tools Performance Monitoring Productivity Security Testing

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to Packet Peeper are Wireshark, netcat, and Datadog. 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.

Wireshark Landing Page
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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
netcat Landing Page
2

netcat

Netcat is a featured networking utility which reads and writes data across network connections...
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Monitoring Tools #Log Management #Productivity 7 social mentions
Datadog Landing Page
3

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
tcpdump Landing Page
4

tcpdump

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