EtherApe

Spec sheet

Purpose

EtherApe is a graphical network monitor modeled after etherman that displays network activity visually.Read 7 Oct 2026 · etherape.sourceforge.io

Audience

The SourceForge project page lists end users/desktop users and system administrators as the intended audience.Read 7 Oct 2026 · sourceforge.net

Support

The project directs users to SourceForge bug reporting and provides mailing lists and discussion forums.Read 7 Oct 2026 · etherape.sourceforge.io

License

The project describes EtherApe as open-source software released under the GNU General Public License.Read 7 Oct 2026 · etherape.sourceforge.io

Build requirements

The download page lists libpcap, GTK+ and GTK Builder version 3.0 or above, the standard resolver library, and GooCanvas 2 as compile requirements.Read 7 Oct 2026 · etherape.sourceforge.io

Capture limitation

EtherApe sees traffic physically passing the network card; on switched networks it generally sees local or broadcast traffic unless traffic is mirrored to its port or it is placed at a gateway.Read 7 Oct 2026 · etherape.sourceforge.io

Filtering

Traffic display can be refined with network filters using pcap syntax.Read 7 Oct 2026 · etherape.sourceforge.io

Interfaces

Live capture supports Ethernet, FDDI, PPP, SLIP, WLAN, and other encapsulated formats including Linux cooked and PPI.Read 7 Oct 2026 · etherape.sourceforge.io

Live and saved capture

EtherApe can capture live network traffic or read tcpdump capture files.Read 7 Oct 2026 · etherape.sourceforge.io

Name resolution

Name resolution uses standard libc functions, with optional integration with the ARES resolver.Read 7 Oct 2026 · etherape.sourceforge.io

Platform availability

The project says binary distributions are available for Linux only.Read 7 Oct 2026 · etherape.sourceforge.io

Protocol views

Users can view traffic at network, end-to-end IP, or port-to-port TCP levels.Read 7 Oct 2026 · etherape.sourceforge.io

Statistics and export

EtherApe provides node and protocol summary dialogs and exports node statistics as XML or JSON.Read 7 Oct 2026 · etherape.sourceforge.io

Traffic visualization

Hosts and links change size with traffic, and their colors indicate the most used protocol.Read 7 Oct 2026 · etherape.sourceforge.io

Plans and prices

Every EtherApe plan and price →

Where Specifiction places it

• Network Protocol Analyzers#17 of 307.8
• Network Packet Analyzer Software#20 of 327.7