PCAPdroid

PCAPdroid

No-root network monitor and traffic dump tool for Android devices

Emanuele Faranda Internet Network Analyzer Security

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Description

<i>PCAPdroid</i> is a privacy-friendly app which lets you track and analyze the connections made by the other apps in your device.
It also allows you to export a PCAP dump of the traffic, inspect HTTP, decrypt TLS traffic and much more.

PCAPdroid simulates a VPN in order to capture the network traffic without root. It does not use a remote VPN server, instead data is processed locally on the device.

<b>Features:</b>

* Log and examine the connections made by user and system apps
* Extract the SNI, DNS query, HTTP URL and the remote IP address
* Inspect HTTP requests and replies thanks to the built-in decoders
* Inspect the full connections payload as hexdump/text
* Decrypt the HTTPS/TLS traffic and export the SSLKEYLOGFILE
* Dump the traffic to a PCAP file, download it from a browser, or stream it to a remote receiver for real-time analysis (e.g. Wireshark)
* Create rules to filter out the good traffic and easily spot anomalies
* Identify the country and ASN of remote server via offline DB lookups
* On rooted devices, capture the traffic while other VPN apps are running

If you plan to use PCAPdroid to perform packet analysis, please check out <a href='https://emanuele-f.github.io/PCAPdroid/quick_start#14-packet-analysis'>the specific section</a> of the manual.

Join the PCAPdroid international community on <a href="https://t.me/PCAPdroid">Telegram</a> or on <a href="https://matrix.to/#/#pcapdroid:matrix.org">Matrix</a>.

Versions

Version Date Size Requires Android Download
1.9.1 current
f47855ae6915bfaf…
2026-02-23 15 MB API 21
1.9.0
ad75650d7481aa5e…
2026-02-13 16 MB API 21
1.8.8
1224d706f6f04b8a…
2025-09-08 15 MB API 21

Permissions

What the app asks the system for. Android only grants sensitive access after you confirm it.

  • Network stateCheck whether and how the device is connected.
  • Wi-Fi stateRead information about the Wi-Fi connection.
  • Internet accessSend and receive data over the internet.
  • Foreground serviceKeep running in the background, visible in the status bar.
  • WRITE_CLIPS
  • Write storageCreate and change files on the device storage.
  • Run at startupStart automatically after the device is switched on.
  • NotificationsShow notifications.
Show 4 more permissions
  • FOREGROUND_SERVICE_SPECIAL_USE
  • INTERACT_ACROSS_USERS
  • Read storageRead files on the device storage.
  • remote_capture.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

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