Nethogs Alternatives for Windows

Nethogs is not available for Windows but there are some alternatives that runs on Windows with similar functionality. The best Windows alternative is Wireshark, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Nethogs and ten of them are available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Windows alternatives to Nethogs are NetworkMiner, Edgeshark, SmartSniff and trafficWatcher.

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  1. Wireshark icon

    Wireshark

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    Wireshark is a premier network protocol analyzer used globally in industries and education, offering multi-platform support, deep protocol inspection, powerful display filters, and VoIP analysis. It allows both live capture and offline analysis, supporting various networks and protocols.

    57 Wireshark alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • Homebrew
    • Chocolatey
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    Wireshark is a advanced and complex packet capturing tool but Nethogs is a small program to show bandwidth usage per applications .

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    • Wireshark is Free and Open SourceNethogs is also Free and Open Source
    • Wireshark is Privacy focusedNethogs is not according to our users
  2. NetworkMiner icon

    NetworkMiner

     19 likes

    NetworkMiner is a Network Forensic Analysis Tool (NFAT) for Windows. NetworkMiner can extract transmitted files and certificates from PCAP files containing HTTP, FTP, SMB, SMB2, TFTP and several other protocols.

    38 NetworkMiner alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  4. Edgeshark icon

    Edgeshark

     1 like

    Discover and capture container network traffic from your comfy desktop Wireshark, using a containerized service and a Wireshark plugin.

    47 Edgeshark alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Mac
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  5. SmartSniff icon

    SmartSniff

     13 likes

    SmartSniff is a packet sniffer that capture TCP/IP packets and display them as sequence of conversations between clients and servers. You can view the TCP/IP conversations in Ascii mode (for text-based protocols, like HTTP, SMTP, POP3 and FTP) or as hex dump (for non-text base...

    37 SmartSniff alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  6. trafficWatcher icon

    trafficWatcher

     7 likes

    trafficWatcher is a small tool to monitor your network activity.

    Unlike other tools, trafficWatcher can differentiate between traffic inside your LAN and the traffic that reaches the internet. It shows the current up and download speed in a small icon in the system tray.

    42 trafficWatcher alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    Bandwidth Manager

     4 likes

    SoftPerfect Bandwidth Manager is a full-featured traffic management tool for Windows that offers cost-effective bandwidth control and quality of service based on built-in prioritized rules. These rules can specify a bandwidth limit for each Internet user.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  9. NetPeeker icon

    NetPeeker

     3 likes

    Monitor network applications, personal firewall, trace whois, network speed limiter.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    Packémon

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    TUI tool for generating packets of arbitrary input and monitoring packets on any network interfaces (default: eth0). The list of interfaces to be specified is output when packemon --interfaces is run. This tool works on Windows, macOS, and Linux.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Homebrew
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  11. Termshark icon

    Termshark

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    If you're debugging on a remote machine with a large pcap and no desire to scp it back to your desktop, termshark can help!

    53 Termshark alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  12. AirSnare icon

    AirSnare

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    AirSnare is another tool to add to your Wireless Intrusion Detection Toolbox. AirSnare will alert you to unfriendly MAC addresses on your network and will also alert you to DHCP requests taking place.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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