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Termshark

A terminal user-interface for tshark, inspired by Wireshark.

V2.4 is out now with packet search and profiles for colors and columns! See the ChangeLog.

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If you're debugging on a remote machine with a large pcap and no desire to scp it back to your desktop, termshark can help!

Features

Read pcap files or sniff live interfaces (where tshark is permitted)
Filter pcaps or live captures using Wireshark's display filters
Reassemble and inspect TCP and UDP flows
View network conversations by protocol
Copy ranges of packets to the clipboard from the terminal
Written in Golang, compiles to a single executable on each platform - downloads available for Linux, macOS, BSD variants, Android (termux) and Windows

tshark has many more features that termshark doesn't expose yet! See What's Next.

Install Packages

Termshark is pre-packaged for the following platforms: Arch Linux, Debian (unstable), FreeBSD, Homebrew, MacPorts, Kali Linux, NixOS, SnapCraft, Termux (Android) and Ubuntu.

Building

Termshark uses Go modules. Set GO111MODULE=on then run:

go install github.com/gcla/termshark/v2/cmd/termshark@v2.4.0

For versions of Go between 1.14 and 1.17, use

go get github.com/gcla/termshark/v2/cmd/termshark

Then add ~/go/bin/ to your PATH.

For all packet analysis, termshark depends on tshark from the Wireshark project. Make sure tshark is in your PATH.

Quick Start

Inspect a local pcap:

termshark -r test.pcap

Capture ping packets on interface eth0:

termshark -i eth0 icmp

Run termshark -h for options.

Downloads

Pre-compiled executables are available via Github releases. Or download the latest build from the master branch - .

Documentation

See the termshark user guide, and my best guess at some FAQs. For a summary of updates, see the ChangeLog.

Dependencies

Termshark depends on these open-source packages:

tshark - command-line network protocol analyzer, part of Wireshark
tcell - a cell based terminal handling package, inspired by termbox
gowid - compositional terminal UI widgets, inspired by urwid, built on tcell

Note that tshark is a run-time dependency, and must be in your PATH for termshark to function. Version 1.10.2 or higher is required (approx 2013).

Contributors

Thanks to everyone that's contributed ports, patches and effort!

<table> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="https://swit.sh"><img src="https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/10995145?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt=""/> Ross Jacobs</a> <a href="https://github.com/gcla/termshark/commits?author=pocc" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="https://github.com/gcla/termshark/issues?q=author%3Apocc" title="Bug reports">🐛</a> <a href="#userTesting-pocc" title="User Testing">📓</a></td> <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/Hongarc"><img src="https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/19208123?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt=""/> Hongarc</a> <a href="https://github.com/gcla/termshark/commits?author=Hongarc" title="Documentation">📖</a></td> <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/zi0r"><img src="https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/1676702?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt=""/> Ryan Steinmetz</a> <a href="#platform-zi0r" title="Packaging/porting to new platform">📦</a></td> <td align="center"><a href="https://søb.org/"><img src="https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/8722223?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt=""/> Nicolai Søborg</a> <a href="#platform-NicolaiSoeborg" title="Packaging/porting to new platform">📦</a></td> <td align="center"><a href="https://qulogic.gitlab.io/"><img src="https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/302469?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt=""/> Elliott Sales de Andrade</a> <a href="https://github.com/gcla/termshark/commits?author=QuLogic" title="Code">💻</a></td> <td align="center"><a href="http://rski.github.io"><img src="https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/2960312?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt=""/> Romanos</a> <a href="https://github.com/gcla/termshark/commits?author=rski" title="Code">💻</a></td> <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/denyspozniak"><img src="https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/22612345?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt=""/> Denys</a> <a href="https://github.com/gcla/termshark/issues?q=author%3Adenyspozniak" title="Bug reports">🐛</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td 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Contact

The author - Graham Clark (grclark@gmail.com)