Bandwhich is an open-source terminal utility that monitors network bandwidth usage by process, connection, and remote address. It is designed for Linux, macOS, and other Unix-like environments where administrators need a live, process-oriented view of network activity.
💡 Pick it for a mature, widely packaged connection-level bandwidth monitor on Unix-like systems.
iftop is a command-line tool that displays bandwidth usage on an interface by host.
💡 Choose it when you only need a lightweight live view of interface-level upload and download rates.
nload is a console application which monitors network traffic and bandwidth usage in real time.
💡 Pick it when historical interface usage and low-overhead accounting matter more than live process-level detail.
vnStat is a console-based network traffic monitor that keeps a log of network traffic for the selected interfaces. It uses the network...
💡 Choose it for scriptable, low-level interface statistics across multiple Unix-like network environments.
bmon is a monitoring and debugging tool that captures networking related statistics and displays them in a human-friendly format.
💡 Pick it when identifying bandwidth-heavy Linux processes is the priority and you prefer a simpler display.
Nethogs is a small 'net top' tool. Instead of breaking the traffic down per protocol or per subnet, like most tools do,...
💡 Choose it for deeper Linux protocol and packet diagnostics instead of Bandwhich's streamlined process view.
IPtraf-ng is a console-based network monitoring tool for Linux that displays information about IP traffic and statistics. It provides a variety of...
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