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bandwhich vs Sniffnet: catalog facts
bandwhich	Sniffnet
Free The software is free under its open-source licence. Hosting, hardware and external…	Free Free and open source under the Apache 2.0 licence, funded by sponsorship.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, Command line	Windows, macOS, Linux
It attributes bandwidth to the process that is using it, which is the question most bandwidth monitors leave…	Readable charts and per-host statistics rather than a packet list Exports to PCAP so Wireshark can take over for the detail
It needs elevated privileges or capabilities to capture traffic, and the project is in passive maintenance.	Needs packet capture drivers installed, such as Npcap on Windows Not a substitute for Wireshark when you need packet-level detail
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: Apache-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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