Wireshark Foundation

Helping the world understand its networks.

A 501(c)(3) non-profit helping as many people as possible understand their networks and systems as much as possible.

Donate Impact

Learners reached through SharkFest

10K+

Countries in a global developer and user community

60+

Wireshark & Stratoshark users

Millions

Programs

What we steward and fund.

Wireshark and Stratoshark are the open-source applications the Foundation supports.

Since 1998

Wireshark

The world's leading network protocol analyzer: free, open source, and continuously developed by a global community of contributors the Foundation supports.

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Since 2025

Stratoshark

Wireshark for the cloud. Brings system-call and log analysis to cloud-native and containerized workloads.

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Upcoming event

Where the community meets.

SharkFest'26 EUROPE

Nov 2–6, 2026 · Brussels, Belgium

Deep-dive sessions, hands-on workshops, and the SharkFest community, in the heart of Europe.

Members

Backed by the open-source community and these partners.

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