raboof/nethogs
Linux 'net top' tool observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
83/100
- Activity 94
- Release rhythm 60
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 641
- age_days: 4693
- days_rel: 53
- days_push: 41
- n_releases_24m: 2
Adoption not part of the score
3685 stars · 300 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
NetHogs is a small terminal-based 'net top' tool for Linux that groups network bandwidth usage by process rather than by protocol or subnet. It uses libpcap and /proc to show which PID is consuming bandwidth, without requiring a special kernel module.
Use cases
- find which process is using all my bandwidth
- monitor network traffic per application on linux
- identify programs hogging the network
- see bandwidth usage by pid in terminal
- debug sudden network traffic spikes
- per-process network usage monitor
When to choose
- you need per-process bandwidth attribution on Linux rather than per-interface or per-protocol totals
- you want a lightweight ncurses tool with no kernel module dependency
- you need to quickly identify a runaway process consuming network traffic
When to avoid
- you need per-protocol or per-subnet traffic breakdowns like iftop or ntopng provide
- you need long-term traffic history, logging, or web dashboards
- you are on macOS or FreeBSD, where it only shows connections, not process names
Facets
cli-tool · maturity stable
monitoring networking cli networking developer-tools monitoring cli bsd bandwidth-monitoring net-top per-process-traffic ncurses libpcap terminal-ui command-line linux macos
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/raboof/nethogs · fetched 2026-08-28 · 08650eb79378
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| raboof/nethogs | main | 83 |
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