Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to MatrixNet
Little Snitch meets Wireshark — passive & open source
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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GlassWire is a modern personal firewall and network monitor with over 54 million downloads. Download GlassWire free!
2014 · glasswire.com · its alternatives →
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Little Snitch 4▲320Shows connection alerts when apps are connecting
2017 · obdev.at · its alternatives →
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A real-time network connection monitoring tool built with Rust and GTK4, displaying active connections with live I/O statistics in a modern graphical interface. https://github.com/grigio/network-monitor
Nov 2025 · its alternatives →
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Netler▲107Tiny network monitor for menu bar & notification center 🖥📡
2018 · imagetasks.com · its alternatives →
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Netfox▲95Netfox turns raw network data into plain English on your Mac: decode every device, see what it exposes, and catch the services you didn’t mean to leave open. No cloud, no account.
May 2026 · netfox.app · its alternatives →
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Watch Net Speed▲212Simple, Realtime Network Bandwidth Monitor for your Mac.
2019 · its alternatives →
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Proxy.app▲68An app to proxy your network connections, native for OS X
2014 · blog.websecurify.com · its alternatives →
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Hi everyone, I recently published a small open-source project. It’s a minimal network packet analyzer written in Go — designed more like a learning toy than a replacement for Wireshark. It currently supports parsing basic protocols like TLS, DNS, and HTTP, and includes a tiny fuzzing engine to test payload responses. You can inspect raw packet content directly from the terminal. The output is colored for readability, and the code structure is kept simple and clear. The entire program is very small — just about 400 lines of Go code. I know it’s not anywhere near Wireshark’s level, and I still…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN — I’m the developer of NetViews, a macOS utility I built because I wanted better visibility into what was actually happening on my wired and wireless networks. I live in the CLI, but for discovery and ongoing monitoring, I kept bouncing between tools, terminals, and mental context switches. I wanted something faster and more visual, without losing technical depth — so I built a GUI that brings my favorite diagnostics together in one place. About three months ago, I shared an early version here and got a ton of great feedback. I listened: a new name (it was PingStalker), a longer trial,…
Feb 2026 · netviews.app · its alternatives →
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Hi HN - I’m the developer of PingStalker, a macOS utility I built to see what’s really happening on the LAN/WLAN. I live in the CLI, but when it came to discovery and monitoring, I found it limiting. So I built a GUI that brings my favorite tools together in one place. PingStalker started because I wanted to know if something on the network was scanning my machine. I also wanted quick access to core details—external IP, Wi-Fi data, and local topology. Then I wanted more: fast, reliable scans using ARP tables and ICMP. As a Wi-Fi engineer, I couldn’t stop there. I kept adding ways to…
Nov 2025 · pingstalker.com · its alternatives →
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MacMonitor▲106Real-time Apple Silicon system monitor for your menu bar
Mar 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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GlassWire▲112Extra security & privacy via network monitoring
2014 · glasswire.com · its alternatives →
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FireWally▲156A free Mac firewall powered by Apple Intelligence
Dec 2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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2012 · cloudshark.org · its alternatives →
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Like nmap for mapping wifi networks you're not connected to, plus device tracking - calebmadrigal/trackerjacker
2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Wireshark for MCP. A transparent proxy that shows every real tool call between your AI client and your MCP servers, live in your terminal. - kerlenton/mcpsnoop
Jul 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, Some misbehaving networks drop WireGuard packets either by accident or on purpose. Commonly the latter is done with simple DPI rules that block the handshake initiation [1], but it could be applied to other message types as well. We thought it would be great if there was tool for folks to use as a quick litmus test to see if this happening for them, without having to configure a client to send data through a random, functional WireGuard tunnel to an untrusted remote host. So we built probe.sh. How it works: - The probe.sh web app is an Elixir Phoenix app that spawns a few gen_udp…
2024 · probe.sh · its alternatives →
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Port Kill helps you find and free ports and caches blocking your dev work. - treadiehq/port-kill
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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This code is still in early beta, but i sincerley hope it will become as ubiquitous as VIM on Linux.
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Real-time network traffic visualizer — see every connection your computer makes. Privacy-first, 100% local. / Visualiseur de trafic réseau en temps réel, 100% local. - aixisstudio/Snitch
2d ago · github.com · its alternatives →
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Codync▲80Monitor Claude Code sessions in real-time, from anywhere
Mar 2026 · codync.dev · its alternatives →
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