TL;DR — Quick Summary

sniffnet monitors network traffic with a beautiful cross-platform GUI. See connections, protocols, bandwidth, and geographic origin in real-time — Wireshark made simple.

sniffnet shows your network at a glance. Connections, bandwidth, geography — beautiful real-time monitoring.

Installation

# macOS
brew install sniffnet

# Cargo
cargo install sniffnet

# Linux (requires libpcap)
sudo apt install libpcap-dev
cargo install sniffnet

Usage

# Launch GUI (requires sudo on Linux)
sudo sniffnet

# Select adapter and start monitoring
# Keyboard shortcuts:
# Tab → switch between overview/inspect/notify
# i → inspect connections
# Space → pause/resume

Summary

  • sniffnet monitors network traffic with a GUI
  • Real-time charts for bandwidth and connections
  • Protocol, country, and application filtering
  • Geographic traffic origin visualization
  • Written in Rust — cross-platform, performant