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Sniffnet: Open-source, cross platform application to monitor network traffic

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Resurfaced independently across 3 calendar years, with breakout response in 2 of them.

submissions
11
submitters
7
observed span
2022–2025
peak thread · 94 comments
288 pts
latest 20+ return · 2025-02-02
256 pts

Submission timeline

2007–2026

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It is also part of the GitHub Accelerator Program: https://github.com/GyulyVGC/sniffnet/discussions/133

asicsp·288-point thread·

Sniffnet is a simple yet insightful application to let you have a glance into your network traffic in a straightforward and appealing way

Sniffnet is a network packet sniffer completely developed in Rust. It generates graphical and textual reports with statistics about the sniffed network traffic.

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Breakout years
2

100+ points or 50+ comments

Total points
562

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Total comments
138

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