macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install bmonlocal Homebrew formula metadata
MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install bmonMacPorts ports tree · net/bmon/Portfile · source: api.github.com
brew
Install bmon with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper
Interface bandwidth monitor. Version 4.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.
install
Additional install commands
Linux
Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add bmonAlpine Linux edge package indexes · bmon · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install bmonDebian stable package indexes · bmon · source: deb.debian.org
Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install bmonFedora Rawhide package metadata · bmon · source: dl.fedoraproject.org
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#bmonnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/bm/bmon/package.nix · source: api.github.com
Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S bmonArch Linux sync databases · bmon · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com
openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install bmonopenSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · bmon · source: download.opensuse.org
overview
Package summary
Interface bandwidth monitor
Project links
Commands and aliases
- bmon
history
Project history and usage
bmon is a terminal bandwidth monitor and rate estimator for inspecting network interface statistics in a human-friendly curses UI or scriptable text output.
Project history
Thomas Graf's bmon project presents itself as a monitoring and debugging tool that captures networking-related statistics and renders them visually. Its GitHub repository became the central upstream location for releases and source.
Adoption history
bmon is small but broadly packaged: it appears in Homebrew and common Linux distribution package sets, which reflects its role as a lightweight alternative to heavier network-monitoring stacks.
How it is used
Users run bmon to watch per-interface traffic rates, packet counters, and related statistics from a terminal. It is handy over SSH, in minimal systems, or during quick diagnosis when a full metrics stack is unnecessary.
Why package nerds care
bmon matters to package nerds as a classic single-purpose Unix network tool: tiny enough to install casually, useful enough to keep around, and dependent on platform network-statistics APIs that package maintainers must test across systems.
Timeline
- 2010s: bmon development consolidates around the tgraf/bmon GitHub repository.
- 2017-12: GitHub releases list bmon v4.0.
- 2020s: bmon remains available across Homebrew and mainstream Linux package managers.
Related projects
- iftop, nload, vnstat, iproute2, and netstat-style tools occupy nearby bandwidth-monitoring and network-statistics niches.
Sources
- https://github.com/tgraf/bmon
- https://github.com/tgraf/bmon/releases
- source_facts.package-manager
security posture
Risk level: green
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
Risk classifier
green risk · low confidence · appliance
Why
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
Signals
- metadata:no-higher-risk-signals
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 13 platform targets.
- Installs with 1 runtime dependencies.
- Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
local files
Configuration and credential file locations
These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.
Configuration files
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
- Unix
/etc/bmon.conf~/.bmonrc
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
bmon | cli | global executable |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-07-08
manager version4.0
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
- infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/tgraf/bmonnone confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:bmon |
|---|---|
| Version | 4.0 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/bmon |
| Homepage | https://github.com/tgraf/bmon |
| Repository | https://github.com/tgraf/bmon |
| Upstream docs | https://github.com/tgraf/bmon |
| License | BSD-2-Clause |
| Source archive | https://github.com/tgraf/bmon/releases/download/v4.0/bmon-4.0.tar.gz |
| Dependencies | confuse |
| Build dependencies | pkgconf |
| Uses from macOS | ncurses |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | bmon |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 2 |
| Head Version | HEAD |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
Debian apt95%
bmon 1:4.0-10
portable bandwidth monitor and rate estimator
http://www.infradead.org/~tgr/bmon/
sudo apt install bmon- Section: net
- Architecture: amd64
- 6 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Bmon
Nix95%
bmon
nix profile install nixpkgs#bmon- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Bmon
Ubuntu apt95%
bmon 1:4.0-10
portable bandwidth monitor and rate estimator
http://www.infradead.org/~tgr/bmon/
sudo apt install bmon- Section: universe/net
- Architecture: amd64
- 6 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Bmon
apk95%
bmon 4.0-r2
bandwidth monitor and rate estimator
sudo apk add bmon- License: BSD MIT
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: bmon
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Bmon
apk95%
bmon-doc 4.0-r2
bandwidth monitor and rate estimator (documentation)
sudo apk add bmon-doc- License: BSD MIT
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: bmon
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Bmon
dnf95%
bmon 4.0-15.fc44
Bandwidth monitor and rate estimator
sudo dnf install bmon- License: BSD-2-Clause and MIT
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: bmon
- 8 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Bmon
pacman95%
bmon 4.0-5
Portable bandwidth monitor and rate estimator
https://github.com/tgraf/bmon/
sudo pacman -S bmon- License: MIT AND BSD
- Architecture: x86_64
- 3 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Bmon
zypper95%
bmon 4.0-1.37
Bandwidth Monitor and Rate Estimator
sudo zypper install bmon- License: MIT or BSD-2-Clause
- Category: System/Monitoring
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: bmon
- 7 dependencies
- 3 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Bmon
MacPorts95%
bmon
sudo port install bmon- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Bmon
source trail
Generated from repository data
This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- Nucleus package database
- av.db category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment