# Install sniffnet

Cross-platform application to monitor your network traffic. Version 1.5.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-12.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:sniffnet
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install sniffnet
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### 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
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/sniffnet>
- **Version:** 1.5.0
- **Source summary:** Cross-platform application to monitor your network traffic
- **Homepage:** <https://sniffnet.net/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/GyulyVGC/sniffnet>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/GyulyVGC/sniffnet#readme>
- **License:** Apache-2.0 OR MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/GyulyVGC/sniffnet/archive/refs/tags/v1.5.0.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-12T14:50:32-04:00
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- sniffnet (cli)
- sniffnet (alias)

## Build Dependencies

- pkgconf
- rust

## macOS Provided Libraries

- libpcap

## Install Behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-06-10
- Package-manager version: 1.5.0
- Package-manager updated: 2026-05-12
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/GyulyVGC/sniffnet
- Upstream latest detected: v1.5.0 (current)

## Sicherheitshinweise

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

- **Geiger risk:** blue / medium
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** sniffnet
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Head Version:** HEAD
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** head, stable

## 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 - 1.5.0-1: 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
- 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


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- [pkgconf](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/pkgconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [rust](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/rust/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
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- [nethogs](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/nethogs/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, monitoring, network-monitoring, networking.
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## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- package version freshness
- av.db category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph