Download Wireshark
The current stable release of Wireshark is 3.4.5. It supersedes all previous releases.
Older Releases
All present and past releases can be found in our download area.
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 Npcap, which is required for live packet capture. If needed you can download separately from the Npcap web site.
You can also capture packets using WinPcap, although it is no longer maintained or supported.
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.
- Wireshark Foundation (https, us)
- Wireshark Foundation (https, us)
- Wireshark Foundation (https, us)
- Wireshark Foundation (https, us)
- University of Kaiserslautern (ftp, de)
- University of Kaiserslautern (http, de)
- Yamagata University, Japan (http, jp)
- Yamagata University, Japan (ftp, jp)
- Yamagata University, Japan (rsync, jp)
- MARWAN, Morocco (https, ma)
- Wireshark.org (https, 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 3.4.5 release can be found in the signatures file. It is signed with key id 0xE6FEAEEA. Prior to April 2016 downloads were 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 |
|---|---|
| Alpine / Alpine Linux | Standard package |
| Apple / macOS |
Homebrew (Formula) MacPorts Fink |
| Arch Linux / Arch Linux | Standard package |
| Canonical / Ubuntu |
Standard package Latest stable PPA |
| 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 |
| NetBSD Foundation / NetBSD | Standard package |
| NixOS / NixOS | Standard package |
| Novell / openSUSE, SUSE Linux | Standard package |
| Offensive Security / Kali Linux | Standard package |
| PCLinuxOS / PCLinuxOS | Standard package |
| Red Hat / Fedora | Standard package |
| Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux | Standard package |
| Slackware Linux / Slackware | SlackBuilds.org |
| Oracle / Solaris 11 | Standard package |
| * / * | The Written Word |