Sniffnet is a network monitoring tool, born to help everyone dive into their Internet traffic with ease. The app is completely free and open-source: all the source code is available on GitHub, where the project already has more than 13k stars.
👋 Hey everyone!
🕵️ Sniffnet is a cross-platform application compatible with Windows, macOS and Linux to allow you explore your Internet traffic.
📈 Whether you want to gather statistics, or you need to inspect more in depth what's going on in your network, Sniffnet will get you covered.
🌎 The software, completely open-source and developed with the Rust programming language, is already appreciated by more than 90k users worldwide, and is translated in 19 languages.
🆕 Sniffnet version 1.3 was released this week, adding support for many long requested features:
• 🎨 possibility to totally customise the application colour palette
• 📌 thumbnail mode, to keep an eye on Sniffnet while focusing on other tasks
• 🔎 detection of more than 6000 upper layer services
• 📁 export of packet capture files
• 💻 support for ICMP protocol
• 📖 support for more link types in addition to Ethernet, to enable inspecting typical VPN network adapters
• ...and other exciting functionalities!
➡️ Feedbacks and critiques are warmly appreciated, don't hesitate to join the discussion!
About Sniffnet on Product Hunt
“Comfortably monitor your Internet traffic”
Sniffnet launched on Product Hunt on April 12th, 2024 and earned 242 upvotes and 28 comments, placing #5 on the daily leaderboard. Sniffnet is a network monitoring tool, born to help everyone dive into their Internet traffic with ease. The app is completely free and open-source: all the source code is available on GitHub, where the project already has more than 13k stars.
On the analytics side, Sniffnet competes within Open Source, GitHub, Tech and Security — topics that collectively have 733.6k followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how Sniffnet performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted Sniffnet?
Sniffnet was hunted by Giuliano Bellini. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
For a complete overview of Sniffnet including community comment highlights and product details, visit the product overview.
Giuliano Bellini