Babyshark: Terminal-Based PCAP Analysis Tool with Flows-First Approach
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eigen-vector
Crisp on the outside, thoughtful on the inside. A keeper.
Summary
Babyshark is a terminal-based PCAP (packet capture) analysis tool that provides a flows-first approach to network traffic analysis. It offers a user-friendly TUI (terminal user interface) with features like an overview dashboard, domain-based traffic grouping, anomaly detection for identifying broken or slow connections, and plain-English explanations of network data. The tool aims to make Wireshark functionality more accessible to users without deep networking expertise by providing curated insights and suggestions for next steps in analysis.
Key quotes
· 5 pulledWireshark made easy (in your terminal).
Babyshark is a PCAP TUI that helps you answer:
What's weird? is a curated set of detectors meant to answer 'what looks broken/slow?' without needing deep Wireshark knowledge.
Expand / Explain (?) gives plain-English context for what you're looking at.
Domains groups traffic by hostname so you can start from names instead of 5‑tuples.
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