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EtherApe

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One barScore 5.0

Free tierA free tier is on its own pricing page
Open codeNo open-source code on record
Runs widely1 of 6 device platforms
DocumentedThinly documented

EtherApe is ranked #28 of 33 in network packet analyzer software on Freedom251. It runs on Linux. There is a free plan.

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Free / open-source Free No paid plans listed etherape.sourceforge.io · 7 Oct 2026

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Purpose: EtherApe is a graphical network monitor modeled after etherman that displays network activity visually.
Traffic visualization: Hosts and links change size with traffic, and their colors indicate the most used protocol.
Protocol views: Users can view traffic at network, end-to-end IP, or port-to-port TCP levels.
Live and saved capture: EtherApe can capture live network traffic or read tcpdump capture files.
Interfaces: Live capture supports Ethernet, FDDI, PPP, SLIP, WLAN, and other encapsulated formats including Linux cooked and PPI.
Filtering: Traffic display can be refined with network filters using pcap syntax.
Statistics and export: EtherApe provides node and protocol summary dialogs and exports node statistics as XML or JSON.
Name resolution: Name resolution uses standard libc functions, with optional integration with the ARES resolver.
License: The project describes EtherApe as open-source software released under the GNU General Public License.
Platform availability: The project says binary distributions are available for Linux only.
Build requirements: The download page lists libpcap, GTK+ and GTK Builder version 3.0 or above, the standard resolver library, and GooCanvas 2 as compile requirements.
Capture limitation: EtherApe sees traffic physically passing the network card; on switched networks it generally sees local or broadcast traffic unless traffic is mirrored to its port or it is placed at a gateway.
Support: The project directs users to SourceForge bug reporting and provides mailing lists and discussion forums.
Audience: The SourceForge project page lists end users/desktop users and system administrators as the intended audience.
Price from: Free

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Best Network Packet Analyzer Software in 2026#28 of 33
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etherape.sourceforge.io· checked 7 Oct 2026
etherape.sourceforge.io/introduction.html· checked 7 Oct 2026
etherape.sourceforge.io/download.html· checked 7 Oct 2026
etherape.sourceforge.io/FAQ.html· checked 7 Oct 2026
etherape.sourceforge.io/bug-reporting.html· checked 7 Oct 2026
sourceforge.net/projects/etherape/· checked 7 Oct 2026