bandwhich

Terminal bandwidth utilization by process

11.7k|stable|v0.23.1

Process-level bandwidth tracking — Shows network utilization broken down by process, connection, and remote address.

Reverse DNS resolution — Resolves IP addresses to hostnames in the background on a best-effort basis.

Multi-platform binaries — Precompiled releases for Linux, macOS, Windows, and Android architectures.

Terminal-responsive UI — Adapts displayed information based on available terminal window size.

Sniffs network packets and cross-references them with process information to show real-time bandwidth usage. Supports multiple operating systems with prebuilt binaries. In passive maintenance but actively accepts pull requests from contributors.

Elevated privileges (setcap on Linux, sudo, or admin rights on Windows). Npcap required on Windows for packet capture.

Source on GitHub

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