Sniffnet 1.3.0: Powerful bandwidth usage monitoring made simple

Sniffnet

Sniffnet is a network monitoring tool to help you easily keep track of your Internet traffic. Whether you want to gather statistics, or you need to inspect more in depth what's going on in your network, this app will get you covered. Sniffnet is a technical tool, but at the same time it strongly focuses on the overall user experience: most of the network analyzers out there are cumbersome to use, while one of Sniffnet's cornerstones is to be usable with ease by everyone.

Furthermore, Sniffnet is completely free and open-source, dual-licensed under MIT or Apache-2.0: if you are interested you can find the full source code on GitHub.

Last but not least, this application is totally developed in Rust: a modern programming language to build efficient and reliable software, emphasizing performance and safety.

Sniffnet key features

choose a network adapter of your PC to inspect
select a set of filters to apply to the observed traffic
view overall statistics about your Internet traffic
view real-time charts about traffic intensity
keep an eye on your network even when the application is minimized
export comprehensive capture reports as PCAP files
identify 6000+ upper layer services, protocols, trojans, and worms
find out domain name and ASN of the hosts you are exchanging traffic with
identify connections in your local network
discover the geographical location of the remote hosts
save your favorite network hosts
inspect each of your network connections in real time
set custom notifications to inform you when defined network events occur
choose the style that fits you the most, including custom themes support
... and more!

Sniffnet 1.3.0 changelog:

New features

Thumbnail mode: keep an eye on Sniffnet while focusing on other tasks (#484)
Added capability to identify 6000+ upper layer services, protocols, trojans, and worms (#450)
Support ICMP connections and messages (#417)
Export the analysis as a PCAP file with a custom path (#473)
Totally customize the app's theme via styles defined in TOML files (#286 and #419)
Upgraded inspect page table: multiple new search filters, and additional sorting options (#442)
Support for more link types in addition to Ethernet, enabling correct monitoring of all the most common network adapters, including typical VPN interfaces (#421)
Support changing sort strategy for network hosts and services in overview page, showing most recent items by default (#452)
The application scale factor (zoom value) can now be customised (#365)
Users can now provide custom paths for MMDB files to allow using the commercial versions of the country and ASN databases (#365)
Added new command line option --restore-default to restore the default configurations of the app (settings, window properties, and device selected at startup)
Added Japanese (#343) and Uzbek (#385) translations

Improvements

Sniffnet has now a simpler and more recognisable logo! (#464)
Huge enhancements to Sniffnet documentation: check out the new Sniffnet Wiki, a complete user manual of the app
Window size and position are now remembered, so that Sniffnet can reopen with the same window properties
Settings "Language" tab has been removed. Language selection and other options are now included in a new settings tab "General" (#365)
Migrated to Iced 0.12 (#470)
Made byte strings consistent across the app, and added support for Terabytes and Petabytes representations
General aesthetic improvements (see #119 for more info)
Updated Portuguese translation to v1.2 (#398)

Fixes

Fixed bug causing the application's icon not to be visible in some Linux environments
Fixed bug about not delivered favorite notifications in presence of old outgoing connections
Fixed a build failure on powerpc64 (#356)
Fixed a typo in Russian translation (#389)
Minor fixes to Spanish translation (#454)

Download: Sniffnet 64-bit | Sniffnet 32-bit ~15.0 MB (Open Source)
Link: Sniffnet Home Page | Other operating systems

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