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iWatch VS Nfsen

Compare iWatch VS Nfsen and see what are their differences

iWatch logo iWatch

iWatch is a realtime filesystem monitoring program.

Nfsen logo Nfsen

NfSen is a graphical web based front end for the nfdump netflow tools that allows you to:
  • iWatch Landing page
    Landing page //
    2018-11-15
  • Nfsen Landing page
    Landing page //
    2019-09-17

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Nfsen videos

Episode 19: NFSEN and NFDUMP

More videos:

  • Tutorial - How to Install & Configure Nfsen & NfDump on Ubuntu

Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to iWatch and Nfsen)
Note Taking
100 100%
0% 0
Monitoring Tools
21 21%
79% 79
Image Optimisation
100 100%
0% 0
Log Management
0 0%
100% 100

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Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, iWatch seems to be more popular. It has been mentiond 1 time since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.

iWatch mentions (1)

  • I made a UNIX-style program to run commands every time a file is updated!
    There's also iWatch which has been around forever, though maybe it's dead. I see Ubuntu 18.04 has man pages anyway. Source: over 1 year ago

Nfsen mentions (0)

We have not tracked any mentions of Nfsen yet. Tracking of Nfsen recommendations started around Mar 2021.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing iWatch and Nfsen, you can also consider the following products

DaemonFS - DaemonFS is a real time file monitoring software.

nfsen-ng - nfsen-ng aims to be an in-place replacement for the ageing nfsen.

WatchDirectory - WatchDirectory monitors a file system directory and performs tasks when certain conditions are met.

Zabbix - Track, record, alert and visualize performance and availability of IT resources

Watch 4 Folder - Watch 4 Folder is a simple to use, small and portable tool to monitor folders and file activities.

FastNetMon - FastNetMon is a very fast DDoS analyzer with sflow/netflow/mirror support.