# raboof/nethogs

Linux 'net top' tool

Repository: https://github.com/raboof/nethogs
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/nethogs
Language: C++
License: GPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2026-07-23T09:45:10+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 83/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 94, release rhythm 60, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4693, "days_push": 41, "days_rel": 53, "gap_med": 641, "n_releases_24m": 2}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3685, forks 300 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:13.869736+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: stable
- function: monitoring, networking, cli
- domain: networking, developer-tools, monitoring
- platform: cli, bsd
- tags: bandwidth-monitoring, net-top, per-process-traffic, ncurses, libpcap, terminal-ui, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- raboof/nethogs (main) score 83

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:13.869736+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 2026-08-29T18:31:10.835822+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/raboof/nethogs (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:13.869736+00:00, sha 08650eb79378)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.