# 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

```sh
sudo av install brew:bmon
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install bmon
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install bmon
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: net/bmon/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add bmon
```

  Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: bmon from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install bmon
```

  Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: bmon from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install bmon
```

  Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: bmon from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#bmon
```

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

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S bmon
```

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

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install bmon
```

  Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: bmon from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:bmon
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/bmon>
- **Version:** 4.0
- **Source summary:** Interface bandwidth monitor
- **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>
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00

## Executables

- bmon (cli)
- bmon (alias)

## Dependencies

- confuse

## Build dependencies

- pkgconf

## Uses from macOS

- ncurses

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 4.0
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/tgraf/bmon
- info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.
## 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 Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals


## 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

- Unix: /etc/bmon.conf, ~/.bmonrc
## 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:** head, stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - bmon - 1:4.0-10: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: bmon from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | portable bandwidth monitor and rate estimator | http://www.infradead.org/~tgr/bmon/
- Nix - bmon: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/bm/bmon/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - bmon - 1:4.0-10: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: bmon from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | portable bandwidth monitor and rate estimator | http://www.infradead.org/~tgr/bmon/
- apk - bmon - 4.0-r2: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: bmon from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | bandwidth monitor and rate estimator | https://github.com/tgraf/bmon
- apk - bmon-doc - 4.0-r2: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: bmon-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | bandwidth monitor and rate estimator (documentation) | https://github.com/tgraf/bmon
- dnf - bmon - 4.0-15.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: bmon from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Bandwidth monitor and rate estimator | https://github.com/tgraf/bmon
- pacman - bmon - 4.0-5: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: bmon from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Portable bandwidth monitor and rate estimator | https://github.com/tgraf/bmon/
- zypper - bmon - 4.0-1.37: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: bmon from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Bandwidth Monitor and Rate Estimator | https://github.com/tgraf/bmon
- MacPorts - bmon: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: net/bmon/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Related links

- [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family.
- [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata.
- [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata.
- [Homebrew utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew-utility-packages/) - Matched Homebrew package provider.
- [pkgconf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pkgconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [ifstat](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ifstat/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: bandwidth, cli, interfaces, monitoring, network-monitoring.
- [iftop](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/iftop/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: bandwidth, cli, interfaces, monitoring, network-monitoring.
- [bwm-ng](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bwm-ng/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: bandwidth, cli, monitoring, network-monitoring, networking.
- [mrtg](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mrtg/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: bandwidth, cli, monitoring, network-monitoring, networking.
- [nethogs](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/nethogs/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: bandwidth, cli, monitoring, network-monitoring, networking.
- [nload](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/nload/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: bandwidth, cli, monitoring, network-monitoring, networking.
- [vnstat](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/vnstat/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: bandwidth, cli, monitoring, network-monitoring, networking.
- [fprobe](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/fprobe/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, monitoring, network-monitoring, networking.
- [miruo](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/miruo/) - Local metadata places this package in an adjacent workflow. Shared terms: cli, monitor, monitoring, network, network-monitoring.
- [netshow](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/netshow/) - Local metadata places this package in an adjacent workflow. Shared terms: cli, monitor, monitoring, network, network-monitoring.
- [slurm](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/slurm/) - Local metadata places this package in an adjacent workflow. Shared terms: cli, monitor, monitoring, network, network-monitoring.

## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- 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