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Install jnettop with Homebrew, apt, Nix, pacman

View hosts/ports taking up the most network traffic. Version 0.13.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-04-18.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install jnettop

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install jnettop

Debian stable package indexes · jnettop · source: deb.debian.org

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#jnettop

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/jn/jnettop/package.nix · source: api.github.com

Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S jnettop

Arch Linux sync databases · jnettop · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

overview

Package summary

View hosts/ports taking up the most network traffic

Commands and aliases

  • jnettop

history

Project history and usage

jnettop is a curses-style network traffic monitor that presents host and port traffic in the spirit of top. SourceForge records the project under network monitoring, and the 0.13.0 source README frames it as a tool written after the author needed a quick way to inspect router traffic.

Project history

The project was registered on SourceForge in 2002 and released a fast sequence of 0.x tarballs through 2006. Its README describes the original use case as watching outbound-router traffic when a link was saturated, then turning that need into a reusable administrator tool.

Adoption history

jnettop stayed visible through Unix package repositories rather than through a large upstream site. Homebrew, Debian-family, Arch, Nix, and other package metadata list it as a small network-monitoring utility, which is typical for older C tools with stable behavior and little release churn.

How it is used

Administrators run jnettop on a host or router interface to see traffic streams sorted by bandwidth. The 0.13.0 README documents libpcap-style packet filters in ~/.jnettop, interface selection, local and remote aggregation, resolver rules, and local-network classification.

Why package nerds care

jnettop matters as a compact example of the early-2000s top-for-everything Unix tool pattern: minimal UI, libpcap input, curses display, and just enough configuration to be useful on border routers and troubleshooting shells.

Timeline

  • 2002: SourceForge project registration and 0.2-0.7 release files.
  • 2003: 0.8.1 and 0.9 release files add to the public archive.
  • 2004: 0.10 and 0.10.1 release files appear.
  • 2005: 0.11.0 release files appear.
  • 2006: 0.12.0 and 0.13.0 source archives appear.

Related projects

  • jnettop belongs beside top-like observability tools and libpcap/tcpdump-based packet inspection tools.
  • The README points users to tcpdump documentation for filter syntax and to libpcap capabilities for interface discovery.

Sources

  • SourceForge supplies registration, category, operating-system, language, license, and file-release metadata.
  • The 0.13.0 source README supplies the author's motivation, configuration features, and usage model.

security posture

Risk level: blue

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

Risk classifier

blue risk · medium confidence · tool

Why

  • broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

Signals

  • text:network

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
  • Installs with 2 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.

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
jnettopcliglobal 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 version0.13.0
manager updated2026-04-18
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected

https://sourceforge.net/projects/jnettop/

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:jnettop
Version0.13.0
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/jnettop
Homepagehttps://sourceforge.net/projects/jnettop/
Repositoryhttps://sourceforge.net/p/jnettop/cvs
Upstream docshttps://sourceforge.net/projects/jnettop
LicenseGPL-2.0-or-later
Source archivehttps://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/jnettop/jnettop/0.13/jnettop-0.13.0.tar.gz
Last updated2026-04-18T16:35:39Z
Pulseupdated
Dependenciesgettext, glib
Build dependenciespkgconf
Uses from macOSlibpcap, ncurses
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namejnettop
Version Scheme0
Revision2
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • stable

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%

jnettop 0.13.0-3

View hosts/ports taking up the most network traffic

https://web.archive.org/web/20160314195830/http://jnettop.kubs.info/wiki/

sudo apt install jnettop
  • Section: net
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 5 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Jnettop
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: jnettop from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Nix95%

jnettop

nix profile install nixpkgs#jnettop
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Jnettop
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/jn/jnettop/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Ubuntu apt95%

jnettop 0.13.0-1.2build2

View hosts/ports taking up the most network traffic

sudo apt install jnettop
  • Section: universe/net
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 5 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Jnettop
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: jnettop from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

Related tools

  • gettextRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • glibRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • pkgconfBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.

Same workflow

  • bwm-ngShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, curses, monitoring, network-monitoring, networking.
  • slurmShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, curses, monitoring, network-monitoring, networking.
  • bmonShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, monitoring, network-monitoring, networking.
  • fprobeShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, monitoring, network-monitoring, networking.
  • heartbeatShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, monitoring, network-monitoring, networking.
  • ifstatShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, monitoring, network-monitoring, networking.

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.

Used sources

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