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:


Apple Silicon	sequoia	✅
	sonoma	✅
	ventura	✅
Intel	sonoma	✅
	ventura	✅
	64-bit linux	✅

Current versions:

stable	✅	4.4.2
head	⚡️	HEAD

Depends on:

c-ares	1.34.4	Asynchronous DNS library
glib	2.82.4	Core application library for C
gnutls	3.8.4	GNU Transport Layer Security (TLS) Library
libgcrypt	1.10.3	Cryptographic library based on the code from GnuPG
libmaxminddb	1.11.0	C library for the MaxMind DB file format
libnghttp2	1.64.0	HTTP/2 C Library
libnghttp3	1.7.0	HTTP/3 library written in C
libsmi	0.5.0	Library to Access SMI MIB Information
libssh	0.11.1	C library SSHv1/SSHv2 client and server protocols
lua	5.4.7	Powerful, lightweight programming language
pcre2	10.44	Perl compatible regular expressions library with a new API
speexdsp	1.2.1	Speex audio processing library
libgpg-error	1.51	Common error values for all GnuPG components

Depends on when building from source:

cmake

3.31.3

Cross-platform make

This formula only installs the command-line utilities by default.

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

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

Analytics:

Installs (30 days)
`wireshark`	5,846
`wireshark --HEAD`	11
Installs on Request (30 days)
`wireshark`	5,745
`wireshark --HEAD`	11
Build Errors (30 days)
`wireshark`	0
Installs (90 days)
`wireshark`	16,106
`wireshark --HEAD`	30
Installs on Request (90 days)
`wireshark`	15,835
`wireshark --HEAD`	30
Installs (365 days)
`wireshark`	65,570
`wireshark --HEAD`	98
Installs on Request (365 days)
`wireshark`	64,386
`wireshark --HEAD`	98

Homebrew Formulae

wireshark