# imsnif/bandwhich

Terminal bandwidth utilization tool

Repository: https://github.com/imsnif/bandwhich
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/bandwhich
Language: Rust
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: cli, networking, bandwidth, dashboard
Last push: 2026-08-01T01:34:33+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 66/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 95, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2553, "days_push": 33, "days_rel": 694, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 11924, forks 344 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:50.497941+00:00)

## What it is
bandwhich is a Rust CLI utility that sniffs a network interface and displays current bandwidth utilization by process, connection, and remote IP/hostname in a responsive terminal dashboard. It cross-references packet data with the OS (e.g., /proc, lsof, WinApi) and resolves IPs via reverse DNS.

## Use cases
- see which process is using my bandwidth
- monitor network usage per connection in the terminal
- find out what is consuming bandwidth on a linux server
- show network utilization by remote ip or hostname
- debug which app is hogging the network
- live bandwidth dashboard for the command line

## When to choose
- you need per-process or per-connection bandwidth attribution on Linux, macOS, or Windows
- you want a lightweight terminal-based network monitor instead of a GUI tool
- you need to identify bandwidth hogs on servers, desktops, or ARM devices

## When to avoid
- you need long-term traffic history, graphing, or alerting rather than a live snapshot
- you cannot grant elevated privileges (setcap/sudo), which sniffing requires
- you need new features or active development, since the project is in passive maintenance

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: monitoring, networking, cli, terminal-ui
- domain: networking, developer-tools, monitoring
- platform: windows, cli, rust
- tags: bandwidth-monitor, packet-sniffing, network-utilization, per-process-traffic, tui-dashboard, command-line, linux, macos, android

## Member repositories
- imsnif/bandwhich (main) score 66

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:50.497941+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:15:03.948090+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/imsnif/bandwhich (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:50.497941+00:00, sha dd306527b640)
  - registry_crates: https://crates.io/api/v1/crates/bandwhich (fetched 2026-08-29T08:12:52.156595+00:00, sha f7335111b02e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.