Alternatives to TapMap
Shows the services your computer connects to on a world map. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
TapMap
Shows the services your computer connects to on a world map.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as TapMap.
Sniffnet
Shows what your machine is actually talking to, with charts instead of a wall of packets.
Sniffnet shows which hosts your machine talks to with charts and per-host statistics on Windows, macOS and Linux, and can export PCAP files and trigger notifications.
RustNet
Terminal network monitor showing live connections per process with packet inspection.
RustNet is a terminal monitor listing live connections per process with protocol detection, adding Windows and Android support but no map view.
bandwhich
Terminal tool that shows current network use broken down by process and connection.
bandwhich is a terminal tool that breaks down current network use by process and connection, showing bandwidth figures instead of a world map.
TCPView
Sysinternals viewer for active TCP and UDP endpoints on Windows.
TCPView is closed-source Windows freeware that lists active endpoints with owning processes and can close connections, which TapMap cannot do.
EtherApe
A graphical network monitor that draws live network activity as a diagram of hosts and links.
EtherApe draws live traffic as a diagram of hosts and links on Linux, rather than placing connections on a world map.
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.
tcpdump
The classic command-line packet capture and analysis tool.
NetLimiter
Per-application bandwidth limiter that stops background traffic from spiking your ping.
NetHogs
Linux terminal tool that shows network bandwidth usage grouped by process, like top for traffic.
