iftop Alternatives
iftop is described as 'does for network usage what top(1) does for CPU usage. It listens to network traffic on a named interface and displays a table of current bandwidth usage by pairs of hosts. Handy for answering the question "why is our ADSL link so slow?"' and is a Network Monitor in the network & admin category. There are seven alternatives to iftop for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, BSD and Solaris apps. The best iftop alternative is Nethogs, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like iftop are Sniffnet, nload, IPtraf-ng and ntop.
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.
- - Nethogs is the most popular Linux alternative to iftop.
- - Nethogs is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to iftop.
Nethogs Features
Sniffnet
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo- Free • Open Source
- Network Monitor
32 Sniffnet alternatives- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Sniffnet is a simple yet insightful application to let you have a glance into your network traffic in a straightforward and appealing way.
- - Sniffnet is the most popular Windows & Mac alternative to iftop.
Sniffnet Features
nload
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo- Free • Open Source
- Network Monitor
13 nload alternatives- 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
IPtraf-ng
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo10 IPtraf-ng alternatives- Free • Open Source
- Network Monitor
- Linux
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...
IPtraf-ng Features
ntop
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo- Free • Open Source
- Network Monitor
26 ntop alternatives- 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 Features
Bandwhich
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo5 Bandwhich alternatives- Free • Open Source
- Network Monitor
- Linux
Terminal bandwidth utilization tool. Contribute to imsnif/bandwhich development by creating an account on GitHub.
DiscontinuedProject unmaintained and fails to build: https://github.com/imsnif/bandwhich/issues/264
IPtraf
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo3 IPtraf alternatives- Free • Open Source
- Network Monitor
- Linux
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.
IPtraf Features