pcap browser

This is an experimental project to view pcaps in the browser with tshark from a server. This is a starter project, and works for small pcap files.

Start

1. Install pip dependencies

pip install -r requirements.txt

2. start the app

python app.py

Images

file upload view

Dependencies

The following dependencies are required for this tool installation.

Install tshark

Install tshark package, instructions for all platforms here: https://tshark.dev/setup/install/

Here are the steps for Ubuntu:

https://pkgs.org/search/?q=tshark

sudo apt install tshark

verify the tshark location

$ whereis tshark
tshark: /usr/bin/tshark /usr/share/man/man1/tshark.1.gz

$ tshark -v
TShark (Wireshark) 3.6.2 (Git v3.6.2 packaged as 3.6.2-2)