Sniffnet

The Sniffnet Wiki has a new home! Our official user manual has moved from GitHub to sniffnet.app/wiki/ Everything you need to master Sniffnet, now just a click away 🚀

Did you know you can detect potentially malicious network connections using Sniffnet? Today's blog post shows you how to improve your network security awareness by leveraging IP blacklists in Sniffnet. sniffnet.app/news/ip-blac...

Sniffnet completed the GitHub Secure Open Source Fund 🔒 A 3-week sprint of mentorship to secure critical open-source projects. Threat modeling, incident response planning, code scanning, immutable releases — here is what we learned: sniffnet.app/news/github-...

🏖️🐻 Les Logiciels Libres de l'été, jour 49 : sniffnet : un outil Open Source et multiplateforme, permettant de surveiller en temps réel votre trafic Internet via une interface graphique claire.

It’s been 4 years since Sniffnet’s first line of code 🥳 Since then, the project has grown enormously: we’ve gone from “the temptation to make a GUI is strong” to the most popular network monitoring app on GitHub. We’ve shared part of the journey on our blog: ➡️ sniffnet.app/news/fourth-...

Sniffnet v1.5.1 was just published 🎉️️️️️️ Measure connections latency, support CIDR ranges in IP blacklists, new translations of the app, and other improvements. github.com/GyulyVGC/sni...

Huge thanks to @coderabbitai.bsky.social for sponsoring Sniffnet 💖 CodeRabbit has already committed over $1 million to open source development, and today they also started supporting us! Want to help Sniffnet grow too? Join them and other amazing companies 👇 sniffnet.app/sponsor/

Sniffnet hits the newsstand! 🗞️ LinuxUser, a popular German tech magazine, featured Sniffnet on the cover of their July issue, with a 3-page deep dive inside. It's lowkey exciting to see Sniffnet make the jump from screens to paper!

Sniffnet just reached 500k downloads! 🎉 What started almost for fun nearly 4 years ago is now installed half a million times worldwide. Huge thanks to everyone who has used Sniffnet and shared feedback over time helping to get here. 🫶 sniffnet.app/news/500k-do...

New domain name and official emails for Sniffnet 📨 Welcome “sniffnet[.]app”, which sounds less awkward than the old “[.]net” and is more fitting for a software project. We took the opportunity to also setup 3 official mailboxes for the project. sniffnet.app/news/new-dom...

Sniffnet 1.5 is finally out! 🎉 Discover which apps are using your network bandwidth, support custom IP blacklists, and more. sniffnet.net/news/v1.5/

One of the most annoying programming challenges we’ve ever faced 🤦‍♂️ In today's blog post, we go through the details of supporting process identification. If implementing this feature seems like a no-brainer to you, well… read the post and be surprised. sniffnet.net/news/process...

Did you know that the source code behind Sniffnet is written using RustRover by JetBrains? 🦀 Today we’re proud and excited to share that Sniffnet is included the latest blog post by @jetbrains.com itself, as part of the series “Open Source in Focus”. blog.jetbrains.com/blog/2025/12...

Monitoring a remote machine's network activity can be challenging 😫 But, hey — the latest version of Sniffnet introduced webhook notifications as a possible way to address this problem. Read today's blog post to learn more about it! sniffnet.net/news/remote-...

Sniffnet 1.4.2 is here 🥳️️️️ The most relevant additions are the ability to forward in-app notifications to a custom webhook URL, and the possibility to freeze packet captures. Moreover, from now on the app is also built and shipped for Windows ARM64 architectures. github.com/GyulyVGC/sni...

Sniffnet version 1.4.1 is out 🎉 Enhanced filtering capabilities with support for BPF syntax, support for monitoring the 'any' interface on Linux, and extended configurations persistence are just some of the new features introduced with this release. github.com/GyulyVGC/sni...

Sniffnet is 3 years old today 🥳 This is the perfect moment to glance back at the past year, and reflect on the importance of sustainable open source when it comes to a long-term project There is also a little spoiler in the blog post, so make sure to give it a look 👀 sniffnet.net/news/third-a...

What if Sniffnet also worked as your personal firewall? 🛡️ We're previewing a new planned feature: the ability to block undesired traffic, to bring the security of your PC to the next level. Share your feedback in the dedicated GitHub issue: github.com/GyulyVGC/sni...

Internet traffic, visualized with a opensource app which comfortably monitor your Internet traffic. It is a cross-platform and reliable app for your needs github.com/GyulyVGC/sni...

Internet traffic monitoring software @sniffnet.net 1.4 introduces PCAP file import, ARP protocol support, donut charts, “bogon” IP tagging, improved performance, new accessibility-focused themes, and detailed notifications for network monitoring. buff.ly/kxTjFJA

Announcing Sniffnet v1.4 🎉 This version introduces support for importing PCAP files… and it’s 2X faster than Wireshark at processing them! Check out the blog post to know more about it and discover other new features. ➡️ sniffnet.net/news/v1.4/

🏖️🐻 Les Logiciels Libres de l'été, jour 5 : @sniffnet.net : un outil Open Source et multiplateforme, permettant de surveiller en temps réel votre trafic Internet via une interface graphique claire.

When rethinking a codebase is better than a workaround 💡 In this blog post, we go behind-the-scenes of the project, exploring the framework that powers Sniffnet's user interface, and how the Rust programming language can largely improve the developer experience. ➡️ sniffnet.net/news/rethink...

Sniffnet recently got a complete security audit 🔒 We are happy to share that the outcome was highly positive — this is a testament of the security-first design approach that has always characterised Sniffnet in protecting its users' data privacy and system integrity. ➡️ sniffnet.net/news/securit...

Sniffnet finally has a blog 🎉 After 3 years of posting the project news here and there, it’s time to use an official channel for updates! The blog already features 18 articles from past milestones, and will be used to keep users in the loop about new releases and events. 🔗 sniffnet.net/news/

Sniffnet just landed on Bluesky! This is the official account for Sniffnet, the open-source, cross-platform, Rust-based network monitoring tool! Follow us for news and insights about the application's development.