vnStat Alternatives

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 Solaris. The best alternative is Munin, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like vnStat are Cacti, nload, wavemon and ntop.

vnStat alternatives are mainly Network Monitors but may also be Network Analyzers or Statistical Analyzers. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of vnStat.

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vnStat

Free • Open Source
Network Monitor

Linux
BSD

vnStat is a console-based network traffic monitor for Linux and BSD that keeps a log of network traffic for the selected...

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Munin
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Free • Open Source
Network Monitor
Linux
62 alternatives to Munin
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.
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Network Tools
Cacti
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Free • Open Source
Network Monitor
Windows
Linux
51 alternatives to Cacti
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...
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Cacti Features
Graphs
nload
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Free • Open Source
Network Monitor
Linux
BSD
Solaris
13 alternatives to nload
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.
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nload Features
1. Command line interfacenload either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
Graphs
wavemon
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Free • Open Source
Network Monitor
Network Analyzer
Linux
21 alternatives to wavemon
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...
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1. Command line interfacewavemon either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
WiFi Signal Measurement
Wireless
Network activity
ntop
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Free • Open Source
Network Monitor
Mac
Windows
Linux
25 alternatives to ntop
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.
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ntop Features
Network Statistics
Server Monitoring
Bandwhich
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Free • Open Source
Network Monitor
Linux
5 alternatives to Bandwhich
Terminal bandwidth utilization tool. Contribute to imsnif/bandwhich development by creating an account on GitHub.

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trafshow
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Free • Open Source
Network Monitor
Linux
7 alternatives to trafshow
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 Features
Traffic Monitoring
Traffic Analysis
Discontinued
Official website and app unavailable.
darkstat
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Free • Open Source
Network Monitor
Network Analyzer
Mac
Linux
BSD
10 alternatives to darkstat
darkstat is a packet sniffer which runs as a background process, captures network traffic, calculates statistics and serves them to a web browser.

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BandwidthD
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Free • Open Source
Network Monitor
Network Analyzer
Statistical Analyzer
Linux
BSD
5 alternatives to BandwidthD
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.
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BandwidthD Features
Graphs
Stats
ethstatus
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Free • Open Source
Network Monitor
Network Analyzer
Linux
8 alternatives to ethstatus
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.
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ethstatus Features
Wireless
Network activity
Discontinued
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