trafshow AlternativesNetwork Monitors and other similar apps like trafshow

trafshow is described as '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' and is a Network Monitor in the network & admin category. There are seven alternatives to trafshow for Linux, BSD, Mac, Windows and Oracle Solaris. The best trafshow alternative is Munin, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like trafshow are ntop, nload, wavemon and vnStat.

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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.

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trafshow alternatives page was last updated Nov 12, 2020
  1. Munin icon
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    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.

    65 Munin alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux

    Munin Features

    1.  Network Tools
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    Guest

    Munin does not show level 3+ network info. It primarily shows application / server level info, with very little network info. trafshow is purely a higher-layer network info tool.

    Negative commentJan 5, 2016
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    • Munin is the most popular Linux alternative to trafshow.

    • Munin is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to trafshow.

    • Munin is Free and Open Sourcetrafshow is also Free and Open Source
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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
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    ntop Features

    1.  Network Statistics
    2.  Server Monitoring
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    rparrygbr

    Looks very capable, but only limited functionality is available in the free version. Sorting flows by rate with auto updating like trafshow, seemed to need a paid version.

    Negative commentNov 12, 2020
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    • ntop is the most popular Windows & Mac alternative to trafshow.

    • ntop is Free and Open Sourcetrafshow is also Free and Open Source
  3.  10 likes

    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.

    13 nload alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Solaris

    nload Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Graphs

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  4.  7 likes

    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...

    23 wavemon alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

    wavemon Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  WiFi Signal Measurement
    3.  Wireless
    4.  Network activity

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  5.  10 likes

    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.

    10 vnStat alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD

    vnStat Features

    1.  Stats
    2.  Graphs
    3.  Network Graph
    4.  Network Statistics

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    darkstat is a packet sniffer which runs as a background process, captures network traffic, calculates statistics and serves them to a web browser.

    10 darkstat alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
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    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.

    8 ethstatus alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

    ethstatus Features

    1.  Wireless
    2.  Network activity
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