Alternatives to EtherApe
A graphical network monitor that draws live network activity as a diagram of hosts and links. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
EtherApe
A graphical network monitor that draws live network activity as a diagram of hosts and links.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as EtherApe.
Sniffnet
Shows what your machine is actually talking to, with charts instead of a wall of packets.
Sniffnet shows per-host traffic charts rather than a network diagram, runs on Windows, macOS and Linux, and exports PCAP for Wireshark.
TapMap
Shows the services your computer connects to on a world map.
TapMap plots your computer's connections on a world map using approximate GeoIP locations, and also runs on macOS as well as Linux.
ntopng
Web-based network traffic probe that shows real-time and historical flows by host, protocol and application.
ntopng gives a web interface with real-time and historical flows by host and application, runs on more platforms, and has some paid features.
IPTraf-ng
A console-based network monitor for Linux that shows live IP traffic statistics by connection and interface.
IPTraf-ng replaces the graphical diagram with a text console view of per-connection and per-interface statistics that works over SSH on headless servers.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Wireshark
The network protocol analyser: capture traffic and read it packet by packet, with dissectors for hundreds of protocols.
bandwhich
Terminal tool that shows current network use broken down by process and connection.
NetHogs
Linux terminal tool that shows network bandwidth usage grouped by process, like top for traffic.
RustNet
Terminal network monitor showing live connections per process with packet inspection.
