Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to TcpView For Linux

The top open-source alternatives to TcpView For Linux are Wireshark, Vistumbler, and LNAV. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.

Wireshark Landing Page
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Wireshark

Wireshark is a network protocol analyzer for Unix and Windows. It lets you capture and interactively browse the traffic running on a computer network.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Monitoring Tools #Log Management #Performance Monitoring 11 social mentions
Vistumbler Landing Page
2

Vistumbler

Vistumbler is a wireless network scanner for Windows Vista and Windows 7. Features:
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Monitoring Tools #Log Management #Development
LNAV Landing Page
3

LNAV

The Log File Navigator (lnav) is an advanced log file viewer for the console.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Monitoring Tools #Log Management #Realtime Analytics 59 social mentions
Angry IP Scanner Landing Page
4

Angry IP Scanner

Open-source and cross-platform network scanner designed to be fast and simple to use
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Monitoring Tools #Network Scanning #Network Security 32 social mentions
Zabbix Landing Page
5

Zabbix

Track, record, alert and visualize performance and availability of IT resources
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Free
#Monitoring Tools #Performance Monitoring #DevOps Tools 5 social mentions
Fping (open source) Landing Page
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Fping (open source)

fping is a program to send ICMP echo probes to network hosts, similar to ping, but much better performing when pinging multiple hosts.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Monitoring Tools #OS & Utilities #Security
OnionCat Landing Page
7

OnionCat

An IPv6-Transparent TOR Hidden Service Connector.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Monitoring Tools #Security #VPN
netcat Landing Page
8

netcat

Netcat is a featured networking utility which reads and writes data across network connections...
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Monitoring Tools #Log Management #Productivity 7 social mentions
Datadog Landing Page
9

Datadog

See metrics from all of your apps, tools & services in one place with Datadog's cloud monitoring as a service solution. Try it for free.
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Freemium
- Free Trial
- $15.0 / Monthly (per host)
#Monitoring Tools #Log Management #Error Tracking 5 social mentions
VibranceGUI Landing Page
10

VibranceGUI

Automating NVIDIAs Digitial Vibrance Control and AMDs Saturation for any game
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Gaming #Games #Monitoring Tools 25 social mentions
Nagios Landing Page
11

Nagios

Complete monitoring and alerting for servers, switches, applications, and services
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Monitoring Tools #Performance Monitoring #Log Management
System Informer Landing Page
12

System Informer

A free, powerful, multi-purpose tool that helps you monitor system resources, debug software and detect malware. Official successor to Process Hacker.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Monitoring Tools #Command Line Tools #Performance Monitoring 3 social mentions