# netwatch mit Homebrew, Nix, pacman, scoop installieren

Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für netwatch in AI-Agent-Workflows.

## Installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:netwatch
```

Weitere Installationsbefehle:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install netwatch
```

  Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#netwatch
```

  Evidenz: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ne/netwatch/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S netwatch
```

  Evidenz: Arch Linux sync databases: netwatch from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

### Windows

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install main/netwatch
```

  Evidenz: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/netwatch.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Paketfakten

- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:netwatch
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Paketmanager-Seite:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/netwatch>
- **Version:** 0.26.1
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** Cross-platform realtime network diagnostics TUI
- **Homepage:** <https://www.netwatchlabs.com/labs/netwatch>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/matthart1983/netwatch>
- **Upstream-Dokumentation:** <https://github.com/matthart1983/netwatch#readme>
- **Lizenz:** MIT
- **Quellarchiv:** <https://github.com/matthart1983/netwatch/archive/refs/tags/v0.26.1.tar.gz>
- **Zuletzt aktualisiert:** 2026-07-04T07:03:38Z
- **Generiert:** 2026-07-26T07:20:29+00:00

## Executables

- netwatch (cli)
- netwatch (Alias)

## Build-Abhängigkeiten

- rust

## Von macOS bereitgestellte Bibliotheken

- libpcap

## Installationsverhalten

- Post-install-Hook: nicht definiert
- Bottle: verfügbar auf arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## Version und Aktualität

- Seite generiert: 2026-07-26
- Manager-Version: 0.26.1
- Manager aktualisiert: 2026-07-04
- lokale Daten: OK
- Upstream-Repository: https://github.com/matthart1983/netwatch
- neueste erkannte Version: v0.26.1 (aktuell)
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

NetWatch is a young Rust terminal tool for live network diagnostics and forensics. Its upstream README positions it as a zero-config binary for seeing live network activity, mapping connections to processes, decoding protocols, and preserving incident evidence from a terminal workflow.

### Projektgeschichte

The public project is centered on matthart1983/netwatch and the NetWatch Labs site. GitHub showed the repository at roughly 2.2k stars, 84 forks, 282 commits, and 60 releases when researched on 2026-07-01. Homebrew listed stable version 0.25.9, matching the active cadence visible in the GitHub releases page.

### Adoptionsgeschichte

Adoption looks like a fast-moving specialist tool rather than a long-established Unix utility. Homebrew analytics reported 275 install-on-request events over 30, 90, and 365 day windows, which suggests Homebrew adoption was concentrated in a single early window. The upstream README also exposes crates.io and release badges and mentions Terminal Trove recognition, so its early spread appears to be through Rust/terminal-tool circles and security/networking communities.

### Wie es verwendet wird

Package users install it as a single binary and run `netwatch` for interface stats, connection views, and configuration, or `sudo netwatch` for packet capture and health probes. The README documents a TLS inspection workflow using `SSLKEYLOGFILE` for traffic the operator controls, plus tabs for dashboard, connections, interfaces, packets, stats, topology, timeline, processes, and optional insights.

The package-nerd angle is that NetWatch bundles several tasks people often split across `iftop`, `lsof`, `ss`, `tcpdump`, Wireshark, and ad hoc shell pipelines: per-process network attribution, libpcap capture, protocol decoding, TLS keylog-file decryption, JA4-oriented threat hunting, and evidence bundle export.

### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

NetWatch is notable less as a foundational package and more as part of the 2025-2026 wave of Rust TUI observability tools: one static-ish terminal binary with polished UX, Homebrew packaging, Cargo install path, and security-oriented defaults.

### Zeitleiste

- 2026-06-27: GitHub releases page showed v0.25.9.
- 2026-07-01: Homebrew formula API reported stable 0.25.9 and 275 install-on-request events in the 365-day analytics window.

### Related projects

- SysWatch and DiskWatch are listed by upstream as sibling tools with the same TUI style.
- NetWatch Cloud, netwatch-agent, netwatch-sdk, and netwatch-dashboard are related projects referenced from the upstream README.

### Quellen

- <https://formulae.brew.sh/api/formula/netwatch.json>
- <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/netwatch>
- <https://github.com/matthart1983/netwatch>
- <https://github.com/matthart1983/netwatch/releases>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/matthart1983/netwatch/main/README.md>
- <https://www.netwatchlabs.com/>


## Sicherheitshinweise

Für netwatch wurde kein passendes lokales Secret-Handling-Manifest gefunden. Nucleus-Paketmetadaten bleiben hier veröffentlicht, damit künftige Abdeckung eine stabile Paket-URL hat.


## Details aus der Quelldatenbank

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** netwatch
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** stable

## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

- Nix - netwatch: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ne/netwatch/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- pacman - netwatch - 1.3.1_2-4: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: netwatch from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | monitor network connections | http://www.slctech.org/~mackay/NETWATCH/netwatch.html
- Scoop - main/netwatch: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/netwatch.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Verwandte Links

- [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata.
- [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata.
- [Homebrew utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew-utility-packages/) - Matched Homebrew package provider.
- [rust](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/rust/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [sniffer](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/sniffer/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, network-monitoring, networking, packet-capture, tui.
- [argus](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/argus/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, network-monitoring, networking, packet-capture.
- [arping](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/arping/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, network-diagnostics, networking, packet-capture.
- [cloudflare-speed-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/cloudflare-speed-cli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, network-diagnostics, networking, tui.
- [daemonlogger](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/daemonlogger/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, network-monitoring, networking, packet-capture.
- [rustnet](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/rustnet/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, network-monitoring, networking, tui.
- [tcpdump](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/tcpdump/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, network-monitoring, networking, packet-capture.
- [trippy](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/trippy/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, network-diagnostics, networking, tui.

## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/netwatch.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/netwatch.yml)


## Quellen

- Nucleus package database
- package-page enrichment
- curated package history
- package version freshness
- av.db category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
