vnStat AlternativesNetwork Monitors and other similar apps like vnStat

vnStat is described as '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' and is a Network Monitor in the development category. There are more than 10 alternatives to vnStat for Linux, BSD, Mac, Windows and Oracle Solaris. The best vnStat alternative is Munin, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like vnStat are Cacti, ntop, nload and wavemon.

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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.

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vnStat alternatives page was last updated Jul 23, 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.

    63 Munin alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Munin Features

    1.  Network Tools
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    • Munin is the most popular Linux alternative to vnStat.

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

    • Munin is Free and Open SourcevnStat is also Free and Open Source
  2. Cacti icon
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    Cacti is a complete frontend to RRDTool, it stores all of the necessary information to create graphs and populate them with data in a MySQL database. The frontend is completely PHP driven. Along with being able to maintain graphs, data sources, and Round Robin archives in a...

    55 Cacti alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    Cacti Features

    1.  Graphs
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    • Cacti is the most popular Windows alternative to vnStat.

    • Cacti is Free and Open SourcevnStat is also Free and Open Source
  3. 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.

    26 ntop alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    ntop Features

    1.  Network Statistics
    2.  Server Monitoring
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    • ntop is the most popular Mac alternative to vnStat.

    • ntop is Free and Open SourcevnStat is also Free and Open Source
  4.  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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Solaris

    nload Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Graphs

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  5.  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...

    21 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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  6.  1 like

    Terminal bandwidth utilization tool. Contribute to imsnif/bandwhich development by creating an account on GitHub.

    5 Bandwhich alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Discontinued

    Project unmaintained and fails to build: https://github.com/imsnif/bandwhich/issues/264

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  7.  2 likes

    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.

    7 trafshow alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    trafshow Features

    1.  Traffic Monitoring
    2.  Traffic Analysis
    Discontinued

    Official website and app unavailable.

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  8.  2 likes

    BandwidthD tracks usage of TCP/IP network subnets and builds html files with graphs to display utilization. Charts are built by individual IPs, and by default display utilization over 2 day, 8 day, 40 day, and 400 day periods.

    5 BandwidthD alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD

    BandwidthD Features

    1.  Graphs
    2.  Stats

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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
    darkstat icon

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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
    ethstatus screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

    ethstatus Features

    1.  Wireless
    2.  Network activity
    Discontinued

    No information available.

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