🐀 packrat

A Wireshark-style network packet analyzer TUI, built with Rust + Ratatui in the style of binsider.

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Features

Tab	Contents
1 Packets	Live packet list with protocol tree + hex dump
2 Analysis	Protocol stats, top talkers, conversations, port summary
3 Strings	Extracted strings with sensitive data flagging
4 Dynamic	Live syscall / signal / network trace log
5 Visualize	Protocol bars, traffic sparkline, top IPs, geo endpoints

Quick Start

# Install Rust (one-time) — https://rustup.rs
curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh

cd packrat
cargo run                          # dev build
cargo build --release              # optimised binary
./target/release/packrat           # macOS / Linux
.\target\release\packrat.exe       # Windows

Keyboard Shortcuts

Key	Action
Space	Start / Stop capture
j/k ↑↓	Navigate
g / G	Top / Bottom
1–5	Switch tabs
/	Filter
C	Clear
q	Quit

Filter Syntax

tcp                    ip.src==192.168.1.1
dns                    ip.dst==8.8.8.8
http                   tcp.port==443

Platform Support

Platform	Terminal	Status
Linux	Any	✅
macOS	iTerm2 / kitty	✅
Windows	Windows Terminal	✅
WSL2	Any	✅

License

MIT — see LICENSE