Tech riderRev. 4 Oct 2026
- 1Runs onLinux, Mac, self-hosted
- 2CostsFree plan
- 3Deploymentdesktop
- 4Capture sourcesboth
- 5PCAP supportYes
- 6Traffic decryptionYes
- 7CLI toolsYes
- 8Remote captureYes
8 lines stated Written from the maker's own pages: ettercap-project.org
Overview
Ettercap is ranked #16 of 30 in network protocol analyzers on Specifiction. It runs on Linux, macOS, Self-hosted. There is a free plan.
Ettercap plans and pricing
All plansCompared on network protocol analyzers
- Free plan
- Yesettercap-project.org
- Deployment
- desktopettercap-project.org
- Capture sources
- bothettercap-project.org
- PCAP support
- Yesettercap-project.org
- Traffic decryption
- Yesettercap-project.org
- CLI tools
- Yesettercap-project.org
- Remote capture
- Yesettercap-project.org
- Flow analysis
- Yesettercap-project.org
Facts
- Purpose
- Ettercap is a suite for man-in-the-middle testing with live connection sniffing, on-the-fly content filtering, protocol dissection, and network and host analysis.ettercap-project.org · 4 Oct 2026
- Interfaces
- The project offers command-line, graphical, and ncurses interfaces.ettercap-project.org · 4 Oct 2026
- Protocol analysis
- Ettercap supports active and passive dissection of many protocols.ettercap-project.org · 4 Oct 2026
- Filtering
- Its integrated filtering engine lets users write filters that can modify packet payloads; filters are compiled with etterfilter.github.com · 4 Oct 2026
- Network discovery
- Passive LAN scanning can extract host, operating-system, port, and gateway information from observed traffic.github.com · 4 Oct 2026
- Release
- The downloads page lists version 0.8.4.1-Garofalo, released April 7, 2026, as the latest release.ettercap-project.org · 4 Oct 2026
- Source integrity
- The downloads page publishes SHA256 checksums for both bundled-library and source-only archives of the latest release.ettercap-project.org · 4 Oct 2026
- Recent security fix
- Version 0.8.4.1 lists a fix for a heap-out-of-bounds read issue in etterfilter identified as CVE-2026-3606.ettercap-project.org · 4 Oct 2026
- Supported systems
- The project lists Debian/Ubuntu, Fedora, Gentoo, Pentoo, Mac OS X, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, and NetBSD as tested distributions or systems.ettercap-project.org · 4 Oct 2026
- Platform caveat
- The about page lists Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 10 as unsupported distributions where installation may work with additional settings.ettercap-project.org · 4 Oct 2026
- Build requirements
- Source compilation requires libraries and tools including libpcap, libnet, pthread, zlib, CMake, Flex, and Bison.ettercap-project.org · 4 Oct 2026
- Project and license
- The project describes itself as 100% open source and community run; its GitHub repository identifies the license as GPL-2.0.ettercap-project.org · 4 Oct 2026
- Support and contributions
- The project invites contributions through GitHub pull requests and directs bug reports to its GitHub bug tracker.ettercap-project.org · 4 Oct 2026
- Who it serves
- The project describes Ettercap as a MiTM tool and documents network and host analysis capabilities, indicating use in network testing and analysis.ettercap-project.org · 4 Oct 2026
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Sources
- ettercap-project.org· checked 4 Oct 2026
- ettercap-project.org/about.html· checked 4 Oct 2026
- github.com/Ettercap/ettercap· checked 4 Oct 2026
- ettercap-project.org/downloads.html· checked 4 Oct 2026
- ettercap-project.org/get-involved.html· checked 4 Oct 2026