# Install sniffnet with Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, scoop
Cross-platform application to monitor your network traffic. Version 1.5.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-22. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#sniffnet.
## Install
```sh
sudo av install brew:sniffnet
```
Additional install commands:
### macOS
- Homebrew (100%):
```sh
brew install sniffnet
```
Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata
- MacPorts (94%):
```sh
sudo port install sniffnet
```
Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: net/sniffnet/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
### Linux
- Nix (92%):
```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#sniffnet
```
Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/sn/sniffnet/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- pacman (92%):
```sh
sudo pacman -S sniffnet
```
Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: sniffnet from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz
### Windows
- Scoop (92%):
```sh
scoop install extras/sniffnet
```
Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/sniffnet.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1
## Package facts
- **Package key:** brew:sniffnet
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.5.1
- **Source summary:** Cross-platform application to monitor your network traffic
- **Homepage:**
- **Repository:**
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-22T10:30:31Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00
## Executables
- sniffnet (alias)
## Install behavior
- Bottle: not available
## Freshness
- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.5.1
## Project history and usage
Sniffnet is a Rust-based, cross-platform network traffic monitor aimed at making packet-level observation approachable through a graphical interface while still remaining installable from developer package managers.
### Project history
The public GitHub repository was created in 2022, and the early changelog shows a tool focused on network traffic reports and protocol filtering. By version 1.2.1 in 2023, the project described itself as no longer just a command-line interface, adding a full graphical interface, persistent settings, geolocation, favorites, and notifications.
Later releases broadened Sniffnet from live adapter monitoring into a more complete desktop network-inspection tool. Version 1.3 added ICMP support, service identification, PCAP export, custom themes, and more link types; version 1.4 added PCAP import; and version 1.5 added attribution of traffic to local applications and programs.
### Adoption history
The supplied package metadata lists Sniffnet in Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, Arch/pacman, and Scoop, reflecting adoption across Unix-like, macOS, and Windows-oriented package ecosystems. The official changelog also documents Linux AppImage, Debian package, RPM, Docker, Windows installer, and translation work, which are typical signals of a desktop tool moving beyond a single developer audience.
### How it is used
Sniffnet is commonly used to select a network adapter, monitor traffic, inspect hosts and services, filter captured data, export or import PCAP files, and identify which applications are generating network traffic. Its official site frames the tool around seeing who the user is exchanging data with and inspecting network activity more deeply.
### Why package nerds care
Package maintainers care about Sniffnet because it sits at the intersection of Rust desktop packaging, native packet-capture dependencies such as libpcap/Npcap, GUI runtime issues, and platform-specific release artifacts. It is a good example of a modern network utility that package managers must present as both a GUI app and a command-line-installable tool.
### Timeline
- 2022: Public GitHub repository created.
- 2023: Version 1.2.1 made Sniffnet a full graphical application with persistent settings.
- 2024: Version 1.3 added ICMP support, PCAP export, service identification, and theming.
- 2025: Version 1.4 added PCAP import and broader Linux packaging artifacts.
- 2026: Version 1.5 added application/program traffic attribution.
### Related projects
- Sniffnet belongs to the same practical space as tcpdump and Wireshark, but its package-manager role is closer to a friendly desktop monitor for users who want packet-capture visibility without living inside a protocol analyzer.
### Sources
- GitHub REST repository metadata for GyulyVGC/sniffnet, accessed 2026-07-02.
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## Security Notes
broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.
- **Geiger risk:** blue / medium
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal
## Other Package-Manager Records
- Nix - sniffnet: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/sn/sniffnet/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- pacman - sniffnet - 1.5.1-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: sniffnet from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Application to comfortably monitor your network traffic | https://github.com/GyulyVGC/sniffnet
- MacPorts - sniffnet: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: net/sniffnet/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Scoop - extras/sniffnet: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/sniffnet.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1
## Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/sniffnet.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/sniffnet.yml)
## Sources
- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph