iftop AlternativesNetwork Monitors and other similar apps like iftop

Apps similar to iftop include Sniffnet, which is free and open source. Other options are RustNet, Nethogs, bmon and ntop. You can choose from more than 10 Network Monitors like iftop for Linux, Mac and Windows.

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  1. RustNet icon
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    RustNet bridges the gap between basic connection utilities (like netstat or ss) and heavy-duty packet analyzers (like Wireshark or tcpdump). Built entirely in Rust, it provides a beautiful, resource-efficient Terminal UI that monitors network connections, tracks connection...

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    • Mac
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    • BSD
    • FreeBSD
    • Docker
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  2.  21 likes

    NetHogs is a small 'net top' tool. Instead of breaking the traffic down per protocol or per subnet, like most tools do, it groups bandwidth by process.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
    • Xfce
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  3.  2 likes

    bmon is a free and open-source monitoring and debugging tool to monitor bandwidth and capture and display networking-related statistics. It features various output methods including an interactive curses user interface and programmable text output for scripting.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
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  4. ntop icon
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    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.

    27 ntop alternatives

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    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.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Solaris
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    iptraf-ng is a fork of original iptraf-3.0.0. IPTraf-ng is a console-based network monitoring utility. IPTraf-ng gathers data like TCP connection packet and byte counts, interface statistics and activity indicators, TCP/UDP traffic breakdowns, and LAN station packet and byte...

    13 IPtraf-ng alternatives

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    • Linux
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    IPTraf is a console-based network statistics utility for Linux. It gathers a variety of figures such as TCP connection packet and byte counts, interface statistics and activity indicators, TCP/UDP traffic breakdowns, and LAN station packet and byte counts.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
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    Bandwidth Monitor NG is a small and simple console-based live network and disk io bandwidth monitor for Linux, BSD, Solaris, Mac OS X and others.

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    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Solaris
    • Mac
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  9.  Like

    An iftop alternative for cumulated network traffic monitoring.

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    • Linux
    • Go (Programming Language)
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