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Wireshark-ChmodBPF

brew install --cask wireshark-chmodbpf v4.6.6

Install helper that grants non-root network packet capture permissions on macOS via ChmodBPF.

Why you might care

Wireshark requires elevated privileges to capture network packets, but this cask installs the ChmodBPF utility to safely allow unprivileged users to perform captures without sudo. Useful if you're regularly debugging network traffic and don't want to type your password repeatedly.

Categories

network dev-tools

Alternatives

tcpdump Burp Suite
326
30-day installs · #645
1.1k
90-day · #598
4.8k
365-day · #500

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