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bmon vs NetworkCountersWatch: catalog facts
bmon	NetworkCountersWatch
Free Free and open source under BSD and MIT licenses.	Free Freeware from NirSoft; it may not be sold or bundled with commercial products.
Linux, Command line	Windows
Interactive curses interface with live graphs Scriptable text output	Per-interface byte, packet, error and discard counters Live upload and download speed
Terminal only Development is slow compared with newer tools	Windows XP is not supported Showing all interfaces can list several with identical counters
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Closed source
License: BSD-2-Clause AND MIT	License: Freeware
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 24, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 8, 2026

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