aid: wireshark
name: Wireshark
description: >-
  Wireshark is the world's foremost and widely-used free and open-source network
  protocol analyzer. It is used for network troubleshooting, analysis, software
  and communications protocol development, and education. It lets you capture
  and interactively browse the traffic running on a computer network.
type: Index
url: >-
  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/wireshark/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
tags:
  - Monitoring
  - Network Analysis
  - Open Source
  - Packet Capture
  - Protocol Analysis
  - Security
created: '2025-01-08'
modified: '2026-03-26'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
access: 3rd-Party
position: Consumer
image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
apis:
  - aid: wireshark:wireshark
    name: Wireshark
    description: >-
      Wireshark is a free and open-source network protocol analyzer that
      captures and interactively browses network traffic. It supports hundreds
      of protocols, runs on multiple platforms, and provides deep inspection of
      packets. While not an API provider itself, Wireshark is a critical tool
      for debugging and analyzing API traffic at the network level.
    humanURL: https://www.wireshark.org
    tags:
      - Debugging
      - Network Analysis
      - Packet Capture
      - Protocol Analysis
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://www.wireshark.org/docs/
      - type: User Guide
        url: https://www.wireshark.org/docs/wsug_html_chunked/
      - type: Developer Guide
        url: https://www.wireshark.org/docs/wsdg_html_chunked/
      - type: Wiki
        url: https://wiki.wireshark.org
      - type: Downloads
        url: https://www.wireshark.org/download.html
common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.wireshark.org
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.wireshark.org/docs/
  - type: Blog
    url: https://blog.wireshark.org
  - type: FAQ
    url: https://www.wireshark.org/faq.html
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/wireshark/wireshark
  - type: GitLab
    url: https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark
  - type: Bug Tracker
    url: https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues
  - type: Downloads
    url: https://www.wireshark.org/download.html
  - type: Release Notes
    url: https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/
  - type: Mailing Lists
    url: https://www.wireshark.org/lists/
  - type: Support
    url: https://ask.wireshark.org
  - type: License
    url: https://www.wireshark.org/about.html#legal
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com