The current stable release of Wireshark is 1.10.0. It supersedes all previous releases. You can also download the latest development release (1.10.0rc2) and documentation.
- Stable Release (1.10.0)
- Old Stable Release (1.8.8)
- Development Release (1.10.0rc2)
- Documentation
Online (Multiple Pages) Online (Single Page) U.S. PDF A4 PDF Windows HTML Help All Documentation
Explore our download area 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.
- Riverbed Technology (http, us)
- Brno University of Technology (ftp, cz)
- Brno University of Technology (http, cz)
- CBN (http, id)
- Providence University (http, tw)
- SourceForge.net (http, many)
- University of Kaiserslautern (ftp, de)
- University of Kaiserslautern (http, de)
- University of Seville (http, es)
- Yamagata University, Japan (http, jp)
- Yamagata University, Japan (ftp, jp)
- Yamagata University, Japan (rsync, jp)
- Wireshark.org (http, us)
- Zing.org (http, us)
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 1.10.0 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.
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Wireshark packages are available for most platforms, including the ones listed below.
| Vendor / Platform | Sources |
|---|---|
| Apple / Mac OS X |
Homebrew MacPorts Fink |
| Arch Linux / Arch Linux | Standard package |
| Canonical / Ubuntu | Standard package |
| Debian / Debian GNU/Linux | Standard package |
| The FreeBSD Project / 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 |
| Oracle / Solaris |
CSW Sunfreeware.com |
| * / * | The Written Word |