iftop AlternativesNetwork Monitors and other similar apps like iftop

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 eight alternatives to iftop for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, BSD and Oracle Solaris apps. The best iftop alternative is Sniffnet, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like iftop are Nethogs, bmon, ntop and IPtraf-ng.

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iftop does for network usage what top(1) does for CPU usage. It listens to network traffic on a named interface and...

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iftop alternatives page was last updated Feb 20, 2024
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  1. Sniffnet icon

    Sniffnet

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    Sniffnet is a simple yet insightful application to let you have a glance into your network traffic in a straightforward and appealing way.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • IT flagItaly
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Sniffnet screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Traffic Monitoring
    3.  Dark Mode
    4.  Command line interface
    5.  No Tracking
    6.  Website Monitoring

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    • Sniffnet is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to iftop.

    • Sniffnet is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to iftop.

    • Sniffnet is Free and Open Sourceiftop is also Free and Open Source
    • Sniffnet is Lightweightiftop is not according to our users

  2. Nethogs

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    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.

    22 Nethogs alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • NL flagNetherlands
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Xfce
    Nethogs screenshot 1

    Nethogs Features

    1.  Traffic Monitoring
    2.  Network activity

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  4. bmon

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    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.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    bmon screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Metrics

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  5. ntop icon

    ntop

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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.

    26 ntop alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    ntop screenshot 1

    ntop Features

    1.  Network Statistics
    2.  Server Monitoring

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  6. IPtraf-ng

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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...

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • CZ flagCzechia
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Linux
    IPtraf-ng screenshot 1

    IPtraf-ng Features

    1.  Traffic Monitoring
    2.  Traffic Analysis

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  7. nload

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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.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Solaris
    nload screenshot 1

    nload Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Graphs

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  9. IPtraf

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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.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    IPtraf screenshot 1

    IPtraf Features

    1.  Traffic Monitoring

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  10. bwm-ng

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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.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Solaris
    • Mac

    bwm-ng Features

    1.  Disk Monitoring

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