Wireshark

Wireshark Foundation and contributors · Inspect network packets, capture traffic and analyze protocols with filters, statistics and companion command-line tools.

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Latest version4.6.95 days ago · Oct 7

Download size147MBarm64 / x86_64 · dmg

Release cadenceEvery 2 weeks1 release in 30 days

System and architecture

System requirements: Not confirmed

Platform availability

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{
  "macos": {}
}

Tap: homebrew/cask
Also known as: Wireshark · wireshark · wireshark-app
Installer packages: Install ChmodBPF.pkg Add Wireshark to the system path.pkg
Commands: dumpcap editcap androiddump ciscodump randpktdump sshdump udpdump wifidump idl2wrs mergecap mmdbresolve randpkt rawshark reordercap sharkd capinfos text2pcap tshark dftest captype
Download URL: www.wireshark.org/download/osx/all-versions/Wireshark%204.6.9.dmg
SHA-256: 10bd54ccdc3f4045…
Homebrew definition: github.com/homebrew/homebrew-cask/blob/HEAD/Casks/w/wireshark-app.rb
formulae.brew.sh: formulae.brew.sh/cask/wireshark-app
Source code: gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark

Installation and removal contents

Uninstall uninstall

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{
  "uninstall": [
    {
      "early_script": {
        "args": [
          "-pkg",
          "$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/Caskroom/wireshark-app/4.6.9/Remove Wireshark from the system path.pkg",
          "-target",
          "/"
        ],
        "executable": "/usr/sbin/installer",
        "must_succeed": false,
        "sudo": true
      },
      "launchctl": "org.wireshark.ChmodBPF",
      "pkgutil": "org.wireshark.*"
    }
  ]
}

Install pkg
Source file: Install ChmodBPF.pkg
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```
{
  "pkg": [
    "Install ChmodBPF.pkg"
  ]
}
```
Install pkg
Source file: Add Wireshark to the system path.pkg
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```
{
  "pkg": [
    "Add Wireshark to the system path.pkg"
  ]
}
```
Install app
Source file: Wireshark.app
Declared destination: /Applications/Wireshark.app
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```
{
  "app": [
    "Wireshark.app"
  ],
  "target": "/Applications/Wireshark.app"
}
```
Install binary
Source file: $APPDIR/Wireshark.app/Contents/MacOS/dumpcap
Declared destination: $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/bin/dumpcap
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```
{
  "binary": [
    "$APPDIR/Wireshark.app/Contents/MacOS/dumpcap"
  ],
  "target": "$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/bin/dumpcap"
}
```
Install binary
Source file: $APPDIR/Wireshark.app/Contents/MacOS/editcap
Declared destination: $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/bin/editcap
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```
{
  "binary": [
    "$APPDIR/Wireshark.app/Contents/MacOS/editcap"
  ],
  "target": "$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/bin/editcap"
}
```
Install binary
Source file: $APPDIR/Wireshark.app/Contents/MacOS/extcap/androiddump
Declared destination: $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/bin/androiddump
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```
{
  "binary": [
    "$APPDIR/Wireshark.app/Contents/MacOS/extcap/androiddump"
  ],
  "target": "$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/bin/androiddump"
}
```
Install binary
Source file: $APPDIR/Wireshark.app/Contents/MacOS/extcap/ciscodump
Declared destination: $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/bin/ciscodump
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```
{
  "binary": [
    "$APPDIR/Wireshark.app/Contents/MacOS/extcap/ciscodump"
  ],
  "target": "$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/bin/ciscodump"
}
```
Install binary
Source file: $APPDIR/Wireshark.app/Contents/MacOS/extcap/randpktdump
Declared destination: $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/bin/randpktdump
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```
{
  "binary": [
    "$APPDIR/Wireshark.app/Contents/MacOS/extcap/randpktdump"
  ],
  "target": "$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/bin/randpktdump"
}
```
Install binary
Source file: $APPDIR/Wireshark.app/Contents/MacOS/extcap/sshdump
Declared destination: $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/bin/sshdump
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```
{
  "binary": [
    "$APPDIR/Wireshark.app/Contents/MacOS/extcap/sshdump"
  ],
  "target": "$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/bin/sshdump"
}
```
Install binary
Source file: $APPDIR/Wireshark.app/Contents/MacOS/extcap/udpdump
Declared destination: $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/bin/udpdump
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```
{
  "binary": [
    "$APPDIR/Wireshark.app/Contents/MacOS/extcap/udpdump"
  ],
  "target": "$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/bin/udpdump"
}
```
Install binary
Source file: $APPDIR/Wireshark.app/Contents/MacOS/extcap/wifidump
Declared destination: $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/bin/wifidump
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```
{
  "binary": [
    "$APPDIR/Wireshark.app/Contents/MacOS/extcap/wifidump"
  ],
  "target": "$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/bin/wifidump"
}
```
Install binary
Source file: $APPDIR/Wireshark.app/Contents/MacOS/idl2wrs
Declared destination: $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/bin/idl2wrs
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```
{
  "binary": [
    "$APPDIR/Wireshark.app/Contents/MacOS/idl2wrs"
  ],
  "target": "$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/bin/idl2wrs"
}
```
Install binary
Source file: $APPDIR/Wireshark.app/Contents/MacOS/mergecap
Declared destination: $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/bin/mergecap
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```
{
  "binary": [
    "$APPDIR/Wireshark.app/Contents/MacOS/mergecap"
  ],
  "target": "$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/bin/mergecap"
}
```
Install binary
Source file: $APPDIR/Wireshark.app/Contents/MacOS/mmdbresolve
Declared destination: $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/bin/mmdbresolve
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```
{
  "binary": [
    "$APPDIR/Wireshark.app/Contents/MacOS/mmdbresolve"
  ],
  "target": "$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/bin/mmdbresolve"
}
```
Install binary
Source file: $APPDIR/Wireshark.app/Contents/MacOS/randpkt
Declared destination: $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/bin/randpkt
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```
{
  "binary": [
    "$APPDIR/Wireshark.app/Contents/MacOS/randpkt"
  ],
  "target": "$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/bin/randpkt"
}
```
Install binary
Source file: $APPDIR/Wireshark.app/Contents/MacOS/rawshark
Declared destination: $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/bin/rawshark
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```
{
  "binary": [
    "$APPDIR/Wireshark.app/Contents/MacOS/rawshark"
  ],
  "target": "$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/bin/rawshark"
}
```
Install binary
Source file: $APPDIR/Wireshark.app/Contents/MacOS/reordercap
Declared destination: $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/bin/reordercap
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```
{
  "binary": [
    "$APPDIR/Wireshark.app/Contents/MacOS/reordercap"
  ],
  "target": "$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/bin/reordercap"
}
```
Install binary
Source file: $APPDIR/Wireshark.app/Contents/MacOS/sharkd
Declared destination: $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/bin/sharkd
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```
{
  "binary": [
    "$APPDIR/Wireshark.app/Contents/MacOS/sharkd"
  ],
  "target": "$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/bin/sharkd"
}
```
Install binary
Source file: $APPDIR/Wireshark.app/Contents/MacOS/capinfos
Declared destination: $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/bin/capinfos
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```
{
  "binary": [
    "$APPDIR/Wireshark.app/Contents/MacOS/capinfos"
  ],
  "target": "$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/bin/capinfos"
}
```
Install binary
Source file: $APPDIR/Wireshark.app/Contents/MacOS/text2pcap
Declared destination: $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/bin/text2pcap
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```
{
  "binary": [
    "$APPDIR/Wireshark.app/Contents/MacOS/text2pcap"
  ],
  "target": "$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/bin/text2pcap"
}
```
Install binary
Source file: $APPDIR/Wireshark.app/Contents/MacOS/tshark
Declared destination: $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/bin/tshark
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```
{
  "binary": [
    "$APPDIR/Wireshark.app/Contents/MacOS/tshark"
  ],
  "target": "$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/bin/tshark"
}
```
Install binary
Source file: $APPDIR/Wireshark.app/Contents/MacOS/dftest
Declared destination: $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/bin/dftest
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```
{
  "binary": [
    "$APPDIR/Wireshark.app/Contents/MacOS/dftest"
  ],
  "target": "$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/bin/dftest"
}
```
Install binary
Source file: $APPDIR/Wireshark.app/Contents/MacOS/captype
Declared destination: $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/bin/captype
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```
{
  "binary": [
    "$APPDIR/Wireshark.app/Contents/MacOS/captype"
  ],
  "target": "$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/bin/captype"
}
```
Install manpage
Source file: $APPDIR/Wireshark.app/Contents/Resources/share/man/man1/reordercap.1
Declared destination: $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/man/man1/reordercap.1
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```
{
  "manpage": [
    "$APPDIR/Wireshark.app/Contents/Resources/share/man/man1/reordercap.1"
  ],
  "target": "$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/man/man1/reordercap.1"
}
```
Install manpage
Source file: $APPDIR/Wireshark.app/Contents/Resources/share/man/man1/androiddump.1
Declared destination: $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/man/man1/androiddump.1
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```
{
  "manpage": [
    "$APPDIR/Wireshark.app/Contents/Resources/share/man/man1/androiddump.1"
  ],
  "target": "$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/man/man1/androiddump.1"
}
```
Install manpage
Source file: $APPDIR/Wireshark.app/Contents/Resources/share/man/man1/capinfos.1
Declared destination: $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/man/man1/capinfos.1
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```
{
  "manpage": [
    "$APPDIR/Wireshark.app/Contents/Resources/share/man/man1/capinfos.1"
  ],
  "target": "$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/man/man1/capinfos.1"
}
```
Install manpage
Source file: $APPDIR/Wireshark.app/Contents/Resources/share/man/man1/captype.1
Declared destination: $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/man/man1/captype.1
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```
{
  "manpage": [
    "$APPDIR/Wireshark.app/Contents/Resources/share/man/man1/captype.1"
  ],
  "target": "$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/man/man1/captype.1"
}
```
Install manpage
Source file: $APPDIR/Wireshark.app/Contents/Resources/share/man/man1/ciscodump.1
Declared destination: $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/man/man1/ciscodump.1
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```
{
  "manpage": [
    "$APPDIR/Wireshark.app/Contents/Resources/share/man/man1/ciscodump.1"
  ],
  "target": "$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/man/man1/ciscodump.1"
}
```
Install manpage
Source file: $APPDIR/Wireshark.app/Contents/Resources/share/man/man1/dumpcap.1
Declared destination: $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/man/man1/dumpcap.1
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```
{
  "manpage": [
    "$APPDIR/Wireshark.app/Contents/Resources/share/man/man1/dumpcap.1"
  ],
  "target": "$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/man/man1/dumpcap.1"
}
```
Install manpage
Source file: $APPDIR/Wireshark.app/Contents/Resources/share/man/man1/editcap.1
Declared destination: $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/man/man1/editcap.1
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```
{
  "manpage": [
    "$APPDIR/Wireshark.app/Contents/Resources/share/man/man1/editcap.1"
  ],
  "target": "$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/man/man1/editcap.1"
}
```
Install manpage
Source file: $APPDIR/Wireshark.app/Contents/Resources/share/man/man1/etwdump.1
Declared destination: $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/man/man1/etwdump.1
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```
{
  "manpage": [
    "$APPDIR/Wireshark.app/Contents/Resources/share/man/man1/etwdump.1"
  ],
  "target": "$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/man/man1/etwdump.1"
}
```
Install manpage
Source file: $APPDIR/Wireshark.app/Contents/Resources/share/man/man1/mergecap.1
Declared destination: $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/man/man1/mergecap.1
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```
{
  "manpage": [
    "$APPDIR/Wireshark.app/Contents/Resources/share/man/man1/mergecap.1"
  ],
  "target": "$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/man/man1/mergecap.1"
}
```
Install manpage
Source file: $APPDIR/Wireshark.app/Contents/Resources/share/man/man1/mmdbresolve.1
Declared destination: $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/man/man1/mmdbresolve.1
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```
{
  "manpage": [
    "$APPDIR/Wireshark.app/Contents/Resources/share/man/man1/mmdbresolve.1"
  ],
  "target": "$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/man/man1/mmdbresolve.1"
}
```
Install manpage
Source file: $APPDIR/Wireshark.app/Contents/Resources/share/man/man1/randpkt.1
Declared destination: $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/man/man1/randpkt.1
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```
{
  "manpage": [
    "$APPDIR/Wireshark.app/Contents/Resources/share/man/man1/randpkt.1"
  ],
  "target": "$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/man/man1/randpkt.1"
}
```
Install manpage
Source file: $APPDIR/Wireshark.app/Contents/Resources/share/man/man1/randpktdump.1
Declared destination: $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/man/man1/randpktdump.1
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```
{
  "manpage": [
    "$APPDIR/Wireshark.app/Contents/Resources/share/man/man1/randpktdump.1"
  ],
  "target": "$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/man/man1/randpktdump.1"
}
```
Install manpage
Source file: $APPDIR/Wireshark.app/Contents/Resources/share/man/man1/rawshark.1
Declared destination: $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/man/man1/rawshark.1
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```
{
  "manpage": [
    "$APPDIR/Wireshark.app/Contents/Resources/share/man/man1/rawshark.1"
  ],
  "target": "$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/man/man1/rawshark.1"
}
```
Install manpage
Source file: $APPDIR/Wireshark.app/Contents/Resources/share/man/man1/sshdump.1
Declared destination: $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/man/man1/sshdump.1
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```
{
  "manpage": [
    "$APPDIR/Wireshark.app/Contents/Resources/share/man/man1/sshdump.1"
  ],
  "target": "$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/man/man1/sshdump.1"
}
```
Install manpage
Source file: $APPDIR/Wireshark.app/Contents/Resources/share/man/man1/text2pcap.1
Declared destination: $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/man/man1/text2pcap.1
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```
{
  "manpage": [
    "$APPDIR/Wireshark.app/Contents/Resources/share/man/man1/text2pcap.1"
  ],
  "target": "$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/man/man1/text2pcap.1"
}
```
Install manpage
Source file: $APPDIR/Wireshark.app/Contents/Resources/share/man/man1/tshark.1
Declared destination: $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/man/man1/tshark.1
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```
{
  "manpage": [
    "$APPDIR/Wireshark.app/Contents/Resources/share/man/man1/tshark.1"
  ],
  "target": "$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/man/man1/tshark.1"
}
```
Install manpage
Source file: $APPDIR/Wireshark.app/Contents/Resources/share/man/man1/udpdump.1
Declared destination: $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/man/man1/udpdump.1
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```
{
  "manpage": [
    "$APPDIR/Wireshark.app/Contents/Resources/share/man/man1/udpdump.1"
  ],
  "target": "$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/man/man1/udpdump.1"
}
```
Install manpage
Source file: $APPDIR/Wireshark.app/Contents/Resources/share/man/man1/wifidump.1
Declared destination: $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/man/man1/wifidump.1
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```
{
  "manpage": [
    "$APPDIR/Wireshark.app/Contents/Resources/share/man/man1/wifidump.1"
  ],
  "target": "$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/man/man1/wifidump.1"
}
```
Install manpage
Source file: $APPDIR/Wireshark.app/Contents/Resources/share/man/man1/wireshark.1
Declared destination: $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/man/man1/wireshark.1
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```
{
  "manpage": [
    "$APPDIR/Wireshark.app/Contents/Resources/share/man/man1/wireshark.1"
  ],
  "target": "$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/man/man1/wireshark.1"
}
```
Install manpage
Source file: $APPDIR/Wireshark.app/Contents/Resources/share/man/man4/extcap.4
Declared destination: $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/man/man4/extcap.4
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```
{
  "manpage": [
    "$APPDIR/Wireshark.app/Contents/Resources/share/man/man4/extcap.4"
  ],
  "target": "$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/man/man4/extcap.4"
}
```
Install manpage
Source file: $APPDIR/Wireshark.app/Contents/Resources/share/man/man4/wireshark-filter.4
Declared destination: $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/man/man4/wireshark-filter.4
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```
{
  "manpage": [
    "$APPDIR/Wireshark.app/Contents/Resources/share/man/man4/wireshark-filter.4"
  ],
  "target": "$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/man/man4/wireshark-filter.4"
}
```

Remove user data zap

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{
  "zap": [
    {
      "trash": [
        "/Library/Application Support/Wireshark",
        "~/.config/wireshark",
        "~/Library/Caches/org.wireshark.Wireshark",
        "~/Library/Cookies/org.wireshark.Wireshark.binarycookies",
        "~/Library/HTTPStorages/org.wireshark.Wireshark",
        "~/Library/HTTPStorages/org.wireshark.Wireshark.binarycookies",
        "~/Library/Preferences/org.wireshark.Wireshark.plist",
        "~/Library/Saved Application State/org.wireshark.Wireshark.savedState",
        "~/Library/WebKit/org.wireshark.Wireshark"
      ]
    }
  ]
}