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bwm-ngbmon
Free

Free software under the GPL version 2 or later.

 Free

Free and open source under BSD and MIT licenses.

macOS, Linux, Command line Linux, Command line
  • Monitors network and disk I/O
  • Supports interface and device filters
  • Interactive curses interface with live graphs
  • Scriptable text output
  • Designed for console use
  • Terminal only
  • Development is slow compared with newer tools
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Open source Open source
License: GPL-2.0-or-later License: BSD-2-Clause AND MIT
Not stated if an account is needed No account needed
Not stated if it works offline Works offline

Checked October 8, 2026

Checked September 24, 2026

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