Out of the myriad of utilities that are available for Linux, top is a troubleshooting tool that often comes up in conversation. We recommend the best network ‘top’ tools.
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nload – real-time network traffic monitor
nload is a real time network traffic monitor for the text console. It displays the current network usage. Written in C++
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ntop – network traffic software
ntop is a network traffic probe that shows the network usage, similar to what the popular top Unix command does.
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IPTraf – console-based network statistics utility
IPTraf is an ncurses-based IP LAN monitor generating various network statistics.
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iftop – display bandwidth usage on an interface
iftop is a utility that displays bandwidth usage on an interface by host.
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IPTraf-ng – console based network statistic monitoring utility
IPTraf-ng is a console based network statistic monitoring utility. It’s a fork of IPTraf.
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NetHogs – small ‘net top’ tool
NetHogs is a small ‘net top’ tool. It is top for networks. NetHogs does not need any special kernel modules to be loaded.
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ntopng – monitor traffic on a computer network
ntopng is a web-based network traffic monitoring application. It’s a passive network monitoring tool focused on flows and statistics.
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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Apple Activity Monitor
Activity Monitor displays a variety of resources in use on a system in real time. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives.
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Essential System Tools: btop++ – resource monitor
btop++ is an alternative to top. It’s a resource monitor that shows usage and stats for processor, memory, disks, network and processes.
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Essential System Tools: gtop – System monitoring dashboard for the terminal
This is the second in our series of articles highlighting essential system tools. These are small utilities, useful for system administrators as well as regular users of Linux based systems. The series examines both graphical and text based open source utilities. gtop is an open source system monitoring utility written in JavaScript.
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