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The current stable release of Wireshark is 1.2.8. It supersedes all previous releases, including all releases of Ethereal. You can also download the latest development release (1.3.5) and documentation.

Don't see your platform? Go spelunking or look in our third party package list below.

Installation Notes

For a complete list of system requirements and supported platforms, please consult the User's Guide.

Information about each release can be found in the release notes.

Each Windows package comes with the latest stable release of WinPcap, which is required for live packet capture. If needed you can install the latest development release from the WinPcap download page.

Live on the Bleeding Edge

You can download source code packages and Windows installers which are automatically created each time code is checked into the source code repository. These packages are available in the automated build section of our download area.

Go Spelunking

You can explore the download areas of the main site and mirrors below. Past releases can be found by browsing the all-versions directories under each platform directory.

Stay Current

You can stay informed about new Wireshark releases by subscribing to the wireshark-announce mailing list. We also provide a PAD file to make automated checking easier.

Verify Downloads

File hashes for the 1.2.8 release can be found in the signatures file. It is signed with key id 0x21F2949A.

Stay Legal

Wireshark is subject to U.S. export regulations. Take heed. Consult a lawyer if you have any questions.

Enhancements

Shark Appliance:
Distributed Network Analysis

    Shark Appliance
  • Sustained Gbps traffic recording w/o drops
  • Retrospective analysis and drill-down in multi-TB network data
  • Remote Wireshark integration

Shark Appliance Kit

    Shark Appliance Kit
  • Save money by building your own Shark Appliance
  • Your server
  • Your specifications

Learn More »

AirPcap: Wireless Packet Capture

AirPcap Wireless Capture
  • Plug & play 802.11 packet capture for Wireshark
  • 802.11 A/B/G/N
  • Multi-channel capture
  • Management, control and data frames

Learn More »

CACE Pilot: Enhances Wireshark

    CACE Pilot Charts and Graphs
  • Multi-gigabyte trace file processing
  • Professional reports
  • Web and VoIP analytics
  • Advanced triggers and alerts
  • Long-term trending and forensics

Request a Demo »

Third-Party Packages

Third-Party Packages

Wireshark packages are available for most platforms, including the ones listed below.

Standard package: Available via that distribution's packaging system.
Vendor / PlatformSources
Apple / Mac OS X MacPorts
Fink
Canonical / Ubuntu Standard package
Debian / Debian GNU/Linux Standard package
FreeBSD Foundation / FreeBSD Standard package
Gentoo Foundation / Gentoo Linux Standard package
HP / HP-UX Porting And Archive Centre for HP-UX
Mandriva / Mandriva Linux Standard package
NetBSD Foundation / NetBSD Standard package
Novell / openSUSE, SUSE Linux Standard package
OpenPKG / OpenPKG Project Standard package
PC-BSD Software · iXsystems / PC-BSD Push Button Installer
PCLinuxOS / PCLinuxOS Standard package
Red Hat / Fedora Standard package
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux Standard package
rPath / rPath Linux Standard package
Slackware Linux / Slackware SlackBuilds.org
Sun Microsystems / Solaris Blastwave.org
CSW Sunfreeware.com
* / * The Written Word