# PCAPdroid (open-source developer tool)

> PCAPdroid is a free, open-source developer tool for Android. No-root network monitor, firewall and PCAP dumper for Android. It has 4,872 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-3.0-or-later license, and you can install it from F-Droid and Google Play.

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.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/emanuele-f/PCAPdroid |
| Platforms | Android |
| Built with | Java |
| GitHub stars | 4,872 |
| License | GPL-3.0-or-later (open source) |
| F-Droid | https://f-droid.org/packages/com.emanuelef.remote_capture/ (package com.emanuelef.remote_capture) |
| F-Droid anti-features | none flagged |
| Google Play | https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.emanuelef.remote_capture |
| App Store | not linked |
| Website | https://emanuele-f.github.io/PCAPdroid |
| Official | no |
| Category | Developer & terminal tools |
| Latest release | v2.0.2 (Sep 20, 2026) |
| Last commit | Sep 26, 2026 |

F-Droid builds its apps from source and flags anti-features: https://f-droid.org/en/docs/Anti-Features/

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