Released in late 2025 with version 4.4.3, Wireshark v4.4.3 (x64) is the world’s leading open-source network protocol analyzer, allowing users to capture and interactively browse network traffic in real-time with detailed packet inspection, powerful filters, and extensive protocol support for troubleshooting, analysis, and education.
Key Highlights
- Live Packet Capture – Capture packets from wired, wireless, Bluetooth, USB, and other interfaces with real-time monitoring and streaming support.
- Deep Packet Inspection – Dissect over 3000 protocols with detailed decoding, color-coded fields, and expandable tree views for easy analysis.
- Powerful Display Filters – Advanced filtering language to isolate specific traffic with syntax highlighting, autocomplete, and saved filter expressions.
- VoIP & Media Analysis – Analyze VoIP calls, reconstruct media streams, and export audio/video with RTP player and flow graphs.
- Statistics & Graphs – Comprehensive statistics including I/O graphs, flow graphs, TCP stream graphs, and protocol hierarchy for traffic pattern visualization.
- Export & Import – Export packets to various formats, import from multiple capture tools, and decrypt encrypted traffic (SSL/TLS, WPA).
- Performance & Stability – Optimized 64-bit engine, improved capture performance, new protocol support, and full compatibility with Windows 11.
System Requirements
- Windows 11 64-bit (or Windows 10)
- 8 GB RAM minimum (16 GB+ recommended)
- Integrated GPU sufficient
- NVMe SSD strongly advised