{"id":47103291,"title":"Show HN: Wiredigg – Real-Time Network Analysis with ML and Ollama Support","points":1,"user":"justvugg","time":1771698414,"time_ago":"8 hours ago","type":"link","content":"

I built Wiredigg, an open-source network traffic analysis and security tool written in Python. It combines real-time packet capture, protocol inspection, machine learning-based anomaly detection, and local LLM analysis via Ollama.

The goal is to provide interactive network visibility with AI-assisted threat interpretation, while remaining local-first and easy to run. A Windows executable build is also available.

Repo: https://github.com/JustVugg/Wiredigg

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What it does

Real-time packet capture\n • Live traffic sniffing\n • Protocol analysis (TCP, UDP, ICMP, HTTP, etc.)\n • Filtering by IP, port, and protocol\n • Promiscuous mode support

Machine learning anomaly detection\n • Detection of unusual traffic patterns\n • Threat classification with severity levels\n • False-positive marking and incremental retraining\n • User-assisted model refinement

Ollama integration (local LLM)\n • Sends flagged anomalies to a locally running model via Ollama\n • Generates contextual, human-readable explanations\n • Adds reasoning on top of statistical detections\n • Fully offline if Ollama is local

Threat intelligence & dashboards\n • Malicious IP/domain checks\n • Interactive tables and traffic statistics\n • Graph-based visualizations\n • Exportable reports (HTML, JSON, text)

IoT & device analysis\n • Device identification and classification\n • Behavioral pattern analysis\n • Risk evaluation based on traffic activity

Custom packet tools\n • Manual packet crafting for testing\n • Control over IP, port, protocol, and payload

Running it

From source:

git clone https://github.com/JustVugg/Wiredigg\npip install -r requirements.txt\npython wiredigg.py

Administrator/root privileges are required for packet capture.

Alternatively, you can use the provided Windows .exe build.

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Why I built it

Many packet analyzers are either:\n • CLI-heavy and technical\n • Or large enterprise systems

I wanted something:\n • Visual\n • AI-augmented\n • Local-first\n • Extensible in Python\n • Usable for labs, small networks, and learning

Happy to get feedback, especially on the ML and Ollama integration approach.","url":"item?id=47103291","comments":[],"comments_count":0}