ProCapture Packet Capture

A packet capture program built using C for the backend (with Npcap) and C++ with wxWidgets for the frontend. This application allows users to capture network packets on Windows systems, providing real-time analysis with a graphical interface.

A packet capture program built using C for the backend (with Npcap) and C++ with wxWidgets for the frontend. This application allows users to capture network packets on Windows systems, providing real-time analysis with an intuitive graphical interface.

Table of Contents

1. Overview - an overview of the project
2. Features - what features this project contains
3. Installation - how to install the application and source code
4. Building - how to build the application from source
5. Contributing - contributing to the project
6. License - the license this project is under

Overview

This packet capture program provides a user-friendly interface for capturing and analyzing network packets on Windows. The backend utilizes Npcap, a packet capture library, for low-level network packet interception, while the frontend is built with wxWidgets to display the captured packets in a structured and easy-to-navigate graphical interface.

Features

• Capture live network packets from multiple network interfaces.
• Display packet details such as source/destination IP, protocol, and timestamp.
• Filter packets by protocol, IP address, and more.
• Export packet data for further analysis or logging.
• Analyze hex-dumps of raw packet data.
• Start, stop, pause, and resume packet capture.

Installation

You can either download the source code or the actual application to run. The application ships with the necessary DLL's, so no additional dependencies are required.

To download the application:

1. Navigate to the GitHub repositories release page.
2. Donwload 'procapture.rar' from the lastest release.
3. Extract the folder and its contents
4. Run procapture.exe to start the application.

To download the source code:

Open a command prompt or terminal and clone the GitHub repository using:

> git clone https://github.com/provrb/provrbs-packet-capture.git
> cd provrbs-packet-capture

You can also download the source code from the GitHub repositories release page.

Building the Project

To build the project:

1. Download the source code using the instructions above
2. Open the Visual Studio Solution file
3. Click the build configuration, can be CLI (command-line interface) instead of GUI or Release (GUI).
4. Navigate to Build > Build Solution.
5. The outputted .exe will be located at solution_dir/out/

Contributing

Contributions to improve this project are welcome! If you'd like to contribute, please follow these steps:

1. Fork the repository.
2. Create a new branch for your feature or bugfix.
3. Commit your changes.
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature-name).
5. Open a Pull Request for review.

Be sure to include detail in your submitted pull request.

License

This project is licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.0 (GPL-2.0) License - see the LICENSE file for details. License