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Show HN: Wireshark in a TUI

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Post by ok_major_9889 » Tue, Aug 25, 2026, 6:27 PM UTC

Show HN: Wireshark in a TUI
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#2

Post by roundabout-host » Tue, Aug 25, 2026, 6:35 PM UTC

Why is there this trent of vibe coded TUIs?

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Post by hulitu » Wed, Aug 26, 2026, 8:17 AM UTC

roundabout-host wrote: post #2

Why is there this trent of vibe coded TUIs?

Some people like to show off.

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Aug 26, 2026, 10:40 AM UTC

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Post by dong2go » Wed, Aug 26, 2026, 12:02 PM UTC

Does it reuse tshark/libwireshark dissectors, or is this a from-scratch parser? The former is the only version I'd trust on a live capture.

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Post by Matt307082 » Wed, Aug 26, 2026, 12:25 PM UTC

Does it really works like this ? I mean it displays like that directly in the shell ?

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Post by ok_major_9889 » Thu, Aug 27, 2026, 12:39 PM UTC

Matt307082 wrote: post #6

Does it really works like this ? I mean it displays like that directly in the shell ?

It does. Pretty nifty.

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Post by ok_major_9889 » Thu, Aug 27, 2026, 12:42 PM UTC

dong2go wrote: post #5

Does it reuse tshark/libwireshark dissectors, or is this a from-scratch parser? The former is the only version I'd trust on a live capture.

It uses an eBPF engine I found

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#9

Post by ok_major_9889 » Thu, Aug 27, 2026, 12:43 PM UTC

roundabout-host wrote: post #2

Why is there this trent of vibe coded TUIs?

Thought it would be fun to make one.

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