WireShark for Mac
Network protocol analyzer.
Free
In English
Version 4.6.7When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission
WireShark overview
Wireshark is one of the world's foremost network protocol analyzers, and is the standard in many parts of the industry. It is the continuation of a project that started in 1998. Hundreds of developers around the world have contributed to it, and it it still under active development.
Wireshark has a rich feature set which includes the following:
- Standard three-pane packet browser
- Multi-platform: Runs on Windows, Linux, OS X, Solaris, FreeBSD, NetBSD, and many others
- Multi-interface: Along with a standard GUI, Wireshark includes TShark, a text-mode analyzer which is useful for remote capture, analysis, and scripting
- The most powerful display filters in the industry
- VoIP analysis
- Live capture and offline analysis are supported
- Read/write many different capture file formats: tcpdump (libpcap), NAI's Sniffer (compressed and uncompressed), Sniffer Pro, NetXray, Sun snoop and atmsnoop, Shomiti/Finisar Surveyor, AIX's iptrace, Microsoft's Network Monitor, Novell's LANalyzer, RADCOM's WAN/LAN Analyzer, HP-UX nettl, i4btrace from the ISDN4BSD project, Cisco Secure IDS iplog, the pppd log (pppdump-format), the AG Group's/WildPacket's EtherPeek/TokenPeek/AiroPeek, Visual Networks' Visual UpTime and many others
- Capture files compressed with gzip can be decompressed on the fly
- Hundreds of protocols are supported, with more being added all the time
- Coloring rules can be applied to the packet list, which eases analysis
What's new in version 4.6.7
The following vulnerabilities have been fixed:
- wnpa-sec-2026-52 Catapult DCT2000 protocol dissector crash. Issue 21270.
- wnpa-sec-2026-53 pcapng file parser crash. Issue 21285.
- wnpa-sec-2026-54 FMP/NOTIFY protocol dissector large loop. Issue 21347.
- wnpa-sec-2026-55 SSH protocol dissector crash. Issue 21378.
- wnpa-sec-2026-56 TLS ECH decryption crash. Issue 21390.
- wnpa-sec-2026-57 IEEE 802.11 protocol dissector crash. Issue 21391.
- wnpa-sec-2026-58 Z39.50 protocol dissector crash. Issue 21397.
- wnpa-sec-2026-59 UMTS FP protocol dissector crash. Issue 21398.
- wnpa-sec-2026-60 BLF file parser information disclosure. Issue 21361.
- wnpa-sec-2026-61 Multiple protocol dissector infinite loops. Issue 21275, Issue 21277, Issue 21330, Issue 21383.
- wnpa-sec-2026-62 DBS Etherwatch file parser crash. Issue 21352.
- wnpa-sec-2026-63 Ciscodump extcap crash. Issue 21375.
Full list of changes available here
WireShark for Mac
Free
In English
Version 4.6.7
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Feb 21, 2025
Version: 4.4.4
Version 4.4.4 requires MacOS 11 (Big Sur) or newer.
MacUpdate staff, please update.
Feb 20, 2025
Version: 4.2.11
v4.4.4 is out. Access it at the dev site. (The MU link is hitting a 404).
Oct 11, 2024
Version: 4.4.1
v4.4.1 ARM (Apple Silicon) version is at: https://2.na.dl.wireshark.org/osx/Wireshark%204.4.1%20Arm%2064.dmg
Jun 16, 2022
Version: 3.6.6
There is a native ARM version of Wireshark now as well. M1 & M2 Mac users need not bother with the Intel version. You'll find it at the Dev site: https://www.wireshark.org/download.html
Apr 15, 2022
Version: 3.6.3
ARM versions of Wireshark are now available. If you have an M1 series Mac, be sure to get the Wireshark macOS Arm 64-bit .dmg version! The general downloads page is here: https://www.wireshark.org/download.html
