wireshark

Install command:
brew install wireshark

Network analyzer and capture tool - without graphical user interface

https://www.wireshark.org

License: GPL-2.0-or-later

Formula JSON API: /api/formula/wireshark.json

Formula code: wireshark.rb on GitHub

Bottle (binary package) installation support provided for:

macOS on
Apple Silicon
sequoia
sonoma
ventura
macOS on
Intel
sonoma
ventura
Linux ARM64
x86_64

Current versions:

stable 4.4.9
head ⚡️ HEAD

Depends on:

c-ares 1.34.5 Asynchronous DNS library
glib 2.84.4 Core application library for C
gnutls 3.8.10 GNU Transport Layer Security (TLS) Library
libgcrypt 1.11.2 Cryptographic library based on the code from GnuPG
libmaxminddb 1.12.2 C library for the MaxMind DB file format
libnghttp2 1.66.0 HTTP/2 C Library
libnghttp3 1.11.0 HTTP/3 library written in C
libsmi 0.5.0 Library to Access SMI MIB Information
libssh 0.11.2 C library SSHv1/SSHv2 client and server protocols
lua 5.4.8 Powerful, lightweight programming language
pcre2 10.46 Perl compatible regular expressions library with a new API
speexdsp 1.2.1 Speex audio processing library
libgpg-error 1.55 Common error values for all GnuPG components

Depends on when building from source:

cmake 4.1.1 Cross-platform make
This formula only installs the command-line utilities by default.

Install Wireshark.app with Homebrew Cask:
    brew install wireshark-app

If your list of available capture interfaces is empty
(default macOS behavior), install ChmodBPF:
    brew install --cask wireshark-chmodbpf

Analytics:

Installs (30 days)
wireshark 12,539
wireshark --HEAD 12
Installs on Request (30 days)
wireshark 12,464
wireshark --HEAD 12
Build Errors (30 days)
wireshark 3
Installs (90 days)
wireshark 23,460
wireshark --HEAD 35
Installs on Request (90 days)
wireshark 23,181
wireshark --HEAD 35
Installs (365 days)
wireshark 72,980
wireshark --HEAD 136
Installs on Request (365 days)
wireshark 71,966
wireshark --HEAD 136