The search persists for three main reasons:

| Software | Platform | Best For | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | | Win/Linux/Mac | Complex filtering, graphing, reverse engineering. | | Wireshark (with CAN plugin) | Win/Linux | Deep protocol analysis (like a network engineer). | | Cangaroo | Windows | Modern GUI similar to Canhacker but stable. | | Python + python-can | Any | Scripting automated tests. |

There are several legitimate and not-so-legitimate reasons users seek this software: