Nethogs Alternatives

Nethogs is described as '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' and is an app in the network & admin category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Nethogs for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Mac, Android and BSD apps. The best Nethogs alternative is Wireshark, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Nethogs are OpenSnitch, NetworkMiner, iftop and PCAPdroid.

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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.

    58 Wireshark alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    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 .

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Wireshark is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Nethogs.

    • Wireshark is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Nethogs.

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

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

    38 NetworkMiner alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  5. iftop icon

    iftop

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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 displays a table of current bandwidth usage by pairs of hosts. Handy for answering the question "why is our ADSL link so slow?".

    9 iftop alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
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  6. PCAPdroid icon

    PCAPdroid

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    PCAPdroid is an android app to capture the phone traffic and analyze it remotely (e.g. via Wireshark). The traffic can be easily downloaded from a remote device thanks to the integrated HTTP server, or streamed to a remote UDP receiver.

    45 PCAPdroid alternatives

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    Application types

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    • Android
    • F-Droid
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    • PCAPdroid is the most popular Android alternative to Nethogs.

    • PCAPdroid is Free and Open SourceNethogs is also Free and Open Source
  7. Edgeshark icon

    Edgeshark

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Mac
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    • Edgeshark is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Nethogs.

    • Edgeshark is Free and Open SourceNethogs is also Free and Open Source
    • Edgeshark is Privacy focusedNethogs is not according to our users
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    SmartSniff

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    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...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  11. 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.

    12 nload alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Solaris
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  12. 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...

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    • Linux
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    trafficWatcher

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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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