Arkime is a scalable network analysis and full packet capture system. It captures network traffic, stores packets in standard PCAP format, and indexes session metadata using OpenSearch or Elasticsearch.
A web interface provides fast searching, browsing and exporting of captured traffic. Arkime is designed to complement existing intrusion detection and security monitoring systems rather than replace them. It can be distributed across multiple systems to analyse networks carrying tens of gigabits of traffic per second.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Captures and stores complete network traffic in standard PCAP format.
- Indexes network session metadata using OpenSearch or Elasticsearch.
- Provides a web interface for browsing, searching and exporting packets.
- Scales across multiple capture systems for high-volume networks.
- Exposes APIs for downloading PCAP files and JSON session data.
- Works with PCAP analysis tools including Wireshark.
- Integrates threat intelligence into session metadata with wiseService.
- Gathers contextual intelligence for investigations with Cont3xt.
- Monitors and provides access to multiple Arkime clusters with Parliament.
- Supports centralised viewers for distributed capture deployments.
- Offers prebuilt packages and official container images.
- Supports HTTPS, proxy-based authentication and OpenSearch security.
Website: github.com/arkime/arkime
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Developer: Arkime
License: Apache License 2.0
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