PCAPdroid
PCAPdroid is a free, open-source developer tool for Android. No-root network monitor, firewall and PCAP dumper for Android. It has 4,997 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-3.0-or-later license, and you can install it from F-Droid and Google Play.
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About PCAPdroid
PCAPdroid is a privacy-friendly open source app which can track, analyze and block the connections made by the other apps on the device. It can also export a PCAP dump of the traffic, inspect HTTP requests, 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.
Privacy and F-Droid
F-Droid builds PCAPdroid from its published source code and flags anti-features such as ads, tracking or reliance on non-free services.
No anti-features flagged on the latest F-Droid build.
Screenshots
Screenshots from the app's F-Droid listing.
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Is PCAPdroid free and open source?
Yes. PCAPdroid's source code is public on GitHub under the GPL-3.0-or-later license, which is OSI-approved or FSF-free. F-Droid, which builds it from source, flags no anti-features such as ads or tracking on its latest build.
How do I install PCAPdroid?
You can install PCAPdroid from F-Droid (package com.emanuelef.remote_capture) and from Google Play; the links are on this page. Its GitHub repository also publishes releases (latest: v2.0.2).
Is PCAPdroid still maintained?
The repository's most recent commit was on Sep 26, 2026. Its F-Droid listing was last updated on Sep 22, 2026. appsgit only lists apps whose repository had a commit in the last six months.