# Install bwm-ng with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper Console-based live network and disk I/O bandwidth monitor. Version 0.6.3 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:bwm-ng ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install bwm-ng ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install bwm-ng ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: net/bwm-ng/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add bwm-ng ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: bwm-ng from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install bwm-ng ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: bwm-ng from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install bwm-ng ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: bwm-ng 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#bwm_ng ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/bw/bwm_ng/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S bwm-ng ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: bwm-ng from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install bwm-ng ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: bwm-ng from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:bwm-ng - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.6.3 - **Source summary:** Console-based live network and disk I/O bandwidth monitor - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** GPL-2.0-or-later - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - bwm-ng (cli) - bwm-ng (alias) ## Build dependencies - autoconf - automake ## 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: 0.6.3 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/vgropp/bwm-ng - Upstream latest detected: v0.6.3 (current) - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. ## Project history and usage bwm-ng, Bandwidth Monitor NG, is a small console bandwidth monitor for network and disk I/O. It reports live rates for interfaces and devices through curses, plain console, CSV, or HTML output. ### Project history Volker Gropp's project page and README say bwm-ng was influenced by an older bwm utility by Barney, which had problems with faster interfaces and was very simple. Gropp already had much of the needed code from other projects and created his own version. The tool grew around portable input backends: /proc/net/dev, netstat, getifaddr, sysctl, kstat, /proc/diskstats, /proc/partitions, IOKit, devstat, and libstatgrab. Its ChangeLog shows intensive portability work around the 0.6 release in 2007 and later maintenance releases in 2015, 2019, and 2021. ### Adoption history bwm-ng was adopted by Unix and Linux distributions because it offered a lightweight live monitor without requiring a full monitoring stack. The official project page lists Debian, Gentoo, Ubuntu, OpenWrt, Source Mage, Fink/Darwin, Slackware, Red Hat, Fedora, SUSE, Solaris, FreeBSD, and OpenBSD packaging or ports; the supplied package facts add Homebrew, Alpine, Nix, Pacman, and zypper. ### How it is used Users run `bwm-ng` interactively to watch interface or disk throughput, switch input methods, toggle units, show current, max, sum, or average rates, and optionally export machine-readable CSV or HTML. The README documents config files at /etc/bwm-ng.conf and ~/.bwm-ng.conf. ### Why package nerds care bwm-ng is package-nerd significant as a portability fossil from the era when a useful network monitor meant handling many OS-specific kernel interfaces by hand. It is tiny, scriptable, and valuable on servers where installing a larger telemetry stack would be overkill. ### Timeline - 2004: README copyright range begins, matching the project's early public era. - 2007: bwm-ng 0.6 release cleans up portability and disk I/O support. - 2015: bwm-ng 0.6.1 updates build and libstatgrab compatibility. - 2019: bwm-ng 0.6.2 incorporates community fixes and build updates. - 2021: bwm-ng 0.6.3 adds newer Linux netstat support and other fixes. ### Related projects - The older bwm utility by Barney directly influenced bwm-ng. - libstatgrab is an optional related library referenced by the project for statistics collection. - Tools such as iftop, nload, and vnStat occupy adjacent network-monitoring niches, though bwm-ng emphasizes simple multi-output live rates. ### Sources - - - - source_facts.package-manager ## Security Notes broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. - **Geiger risk:** blue / medium - broad file, network, media, or database tool signal ## 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/bwm-ng.conf, ~/.bwm-ng.conf ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** bwm-ng - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - bwm-ng - 0.6.3-2+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: bwm-ng from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | small and simple console-based bandwidth monitor | https://www.gropp.org/?id=projects&sub=bwm-ng - Nix - bwm_ng: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/bw/bwm_ng/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - bwm-ng - 0.6.3-2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: bwm-ng from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | small and simple console-based bandwidth monitor | https://www.gropp.org/?id=projects&sub=bwm-ng - apk - bwm-ng - 0.6.3-r3: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: bwm-ng from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | A small and simple console-based live bandwidth monitor | http://www.gropp.org/ - apk - bwm-ng-doc - 0.6.3-r3: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: bwm-ng-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | A small and simple console-based live bandwidth monitor (documentation) | http://www.gropp.org/ - dnf - bwm-ng - 0.6.3-8.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: bwm-ng from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Bandwidth Monitor NG | https://github.com/vgropp/bwm-ng - pacman - bwm-ng - 0.6.3-3: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: bwm-ng from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | A small and simple console-based live bandwidth monitor | https://www.gropp.org/?id=projects&sub=bwm-ng - zypper - bwm-ng - 0.6.3-1.18: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: bwm-ng from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Realtime Bandwidth Monitor | https://www.gropp.org/?id=projects&sub=bwm-ng - MacPorts - bwm-ng: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: net/bwm-ng/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals. - [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. - [autoconf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/autoconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [automake](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/automake/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [nload](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/nload/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: bandwidth, cli, console, monitoring, network-monitoring. - [vnstat](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/vnstat/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: bandwidth, cli, console, monitoring, network-monitoring. - [bmon](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bmon/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: bandwidth, cli, monitoring, network-monitoring, networking. - [ifstat](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ifstat/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: bandwidth, cli, monitoring, network-monitoring, networking. - [iftop](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/iftop/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: bandwidth, cli, monitoring, network-monitoring, networking. - [jnettop](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/jnettop/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, curses, 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. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/bwm-ng.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/bwm-ng.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