NetHogs
Linux terminal tool that shows network bandwidth usage grouped by process, like top for traffic.
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About NetHogs
NetHogs is a small 'net top' tool. Instead of breaking traffic down by protocol or subnet, it groups bandwidth by process, so you can see which program is sending or receiving data right now.
It runs in the terminal and suits Linux users and administrators trying to find out which application is using the connection. The repository also includes Python bindings.
Strengths
- Shows bandwidth per process rather than per connection
- Lightweight terminal interface
- Widely packaged by Linux distributions
Limitations
- Linux only
- Shows live usage rather than history
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree and open source.
- License
- GPL-2.0
- Developer
- The NetHogs contributors
- Platforms
- Linux, Command line
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Account
- Not required
- Works offline
- Yes
- Best suited for
- Finding which process is using network bandwidth on Linux
- Categories
- System monitoring, Network tools
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
NetHogs as an alternative
Listings that name NetHogs as an alternative.
bandwhich
Terminal tool that shows current network use broken down by process and connection.
NetHogs also groups live bandwidth by process in a terminal, but it runs only on Linux and does not break usage down by connection.
RustNet
Terminal network monitor showing live connections per process with packet inspection.
NetHogs is a lightweight Linux-only terminal tool grouping bandwidth by process, without per-connection protocol detection or packet inspection.
Sniffnet
Shows what your machine is actually talking to, with charts instead of a wall of packets.
NetHogs is a Linux-only terminal tool listing bandwidth per process, lighter than Sniffnet but without charts, notifications or PCAP export.
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