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darkstat vs bmon: catalog facts
darkstat	bmon
Free Free software under GPL and other licenses.	Free Free and open source under BSD and MIT licenses.
macOS, Linux	Linux, Command line
Shows traffic graphs and per-host usage Includes an embedded web server for reports	Interactive curses interface with live graphs Scriptable text output
Requires libpcap.	Terminal only Development is slow compared with newer tools
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-2.0-only	License: BSD-2-Clause AND MIT
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 October 8, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 24, 2026

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