darkstat Alternatives
darkstat is described as 'packet sniffer which runs as a background process, captures network traffic, calculates statistics and serves them to a web browser' and is a Network Monitor in the network & admin category. There are more than 10 alternatives to darkstat for Linux, BSD, Windows, Mac and Solaris. The best darkstat alternative is Munin, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like darkstat are Cacti, nload, wavemon and ntop.
darkstat alternatives are mainly Network Monitors but may also be Network Analyzers or Statistical Analyzers. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of darkstat.Munin
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo63 Munin alternatives- Free • Open Source
- Network Monitor
- Linux
Munin is a networked resource monitoring tool that can help analyze resource trends and "what just happened to kill our performance?" problems. It is designed to be very plug and play. A default installation provides a lot of graphs with almost no work.
- - Munin is the most popular Linux alternative to darkstat.
- - Munin is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to darkstat.
Munin Features
Cacti
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo52 Cacti alternatives- Free • Open Source
- Network Monitor
- Windows
- Linux
Cacti is a complete frontend to RRDTool, it stores all of the necessary information to create graphs and populate them with data in a MySQL database. The frontend is completely PHP driven. Along with being able to maintain graphs, data sources, and Round Robin archives in a...
- - Cacti is the most popular Windows alternative to darkstat.
Cacti Features
nload
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo13 nload alternatives- Free • Open Source
- Network Monitor
- Linux
- BSD
- Solaris
nload is a console application which monitors network traffic and bandwidth usage in real time. It visualizes the in- and outgoing traffic using two graphs and provides additional info like total amount of transfered data and min/max network usage.
nload Features
wavemon
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo22 wavemon alternatives- Free • Open Source
- Network Monitor
- Network Analyzer
- Linux
wavemon is a wireless device monitoring application that allows you to watch signal and noise levels, packet statistics, device configuration and network parameters of your wireless network hardware. It should work (though with varying features) with all devices supported by the...
ntop
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo26 ntop alternatives- Free • Open Source
- Network Monitor
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
NTop is a hybrid layer 2 / layer 3 network monitor, that is by default it uses the layer 2 Media Access Control (MAC) addresses AND the layer 3 tcp/ip addresses. ntop is capable of associating the two, so that ip and non-ip traffic (e.g.
- - ntop is the most popular Mac alternative to darkstat.
ntop Features
vnStat
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo10 vnStat alternatives- Free • Open Source
- Network Monitor
- Linux
- BSD
vnStat is a console-based network traffic monitor for Linux and BSD that keeps a log of network traffic for the selected interface(s). It uses the network interface statistics provided by the kernel as information source.
vnStat Features
trafshow
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo7 trafshow alternatives- Free • Open Source
- Network Monitor
- Linux
TrafShow continuously display the information regarding packet traffic on the configured network interface that match the boolean expression. It periodically sorts and updates this information.
trafshow Features
DiscontinuedOfficial website and app unavailable.
BandwidthD
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo- Free • Open Source
- Network Monitor
- Network Analyzer
- Statistical Analyzer
5 BandwidthD alternatives- Linux
- BSD
BandwidthD tracks usage of TCP/IP network subnets and builds html files with graphs to display utilization. Charts are built by individual IPs, and by default display utilization over 2 day, 8 day, 40 day, and 400 day periods.
ethstatus
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo8 ethstatus alternatives- Free • Open Source
- Network Monitor
- Network Analyzer
- Linux
Ethstatus is a console-based monitoring utility for displaying statistical data of the ethernet interface on a quantity basis. It is similar to iptraf but is meant to run as a permanent console task to monitor the network load.
ethstatus Features
DiscontinuedNo information available.
BLËSK
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo54 BLËSK alternatives- Paid • Proprietary
- Network Monitor
- Linux
BLËSK is a suite of applications for network monitoring and management. All of the applications within BLËSK are finely tuned for the purpose having all your network monitoring applications running smoothly on a single machine.
- - BLËSK is the most popular commercial alternative to darkstat.
BLËSK Features