packrat-tui 0.2.1

A Wireshark-style terminal packet analyzer for live capture and simulated traffic inspection
packrat-tui-0.2.1 is not a library.

🐀 packrat

A Wireshark-style network packet analyzer TUI built with Rust + Ratatui.

Crates.io package: packrat-tui
Installed binary: packrat

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Install

# Demo/simulated traffic mode (no libpcap/Npcap required)
cargo install packrat-tui
packrat

# Real interface capture support
cargo install packrat-tui --features real-capture
packrat

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
6 Topology Host relationship map with packet flow summaries

Build From Source

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

git clone https://github.com/0xbadcaffe/packrat.git
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
1–6 Switch tabs
/ Filter
i Pick interface
w Toggle PCAP recording
h Help
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