Alternatives to TCPView
Sysinternals viewer for active TCP and UDP endpoints on Windows. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
TCPView
Sysinternals viewer for active TCP and UDP endpoints on Windows.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as TCPView.
RustNet
Terminal network monitor showing live connections per process with packet inspection.
RustNet is an open-source Apache-2.0 terminal monitor showing connections per process with protocol detection, running on Windows, macOS, Linux and Android.
Sniffnet
Shows what your machine is actually talking to, with charts instead of a wall of packets.
Sniffnet is an open-source cross-platform app with charts, per-host statistics and notifications, but needs capture drivers and cannot close connections or kill processes.
bandwhich
Terminal tool that shows current network use broken down by process and connection.
bandwhich is an open-source MIT terminal tool showing bandwidth per process and connection across platforms, without the ability to close connections.
TapMap
Shows the services your computer connects to on a world map.
TapMap displays your computer's connections on a real-time world map on macOS and Linux only, and only observes, with no way to close connections.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
NetLimiter
Per-application bandwidth limiter that stops background traffic from spiking your ping.
NetBalancer
Per-process network monitoring and bandwidth limiting for Windows.
NirSoft Utilities
A large collection of small freeware Windows utilities for passwords, networks, browsers and system information.
Wireshark
The network protocol analyser: capture traffic and read it packet by packet, with dissectors for hundreds of protocols.
NetHogs
Linux terminal tool that shows network bandwidth usage grouped by process, like top for traffic.
TrafficMonitor
A Windows floating window and taskbar widget showing network speed, CPU, memory and temperatures.