# 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

```sh
sudo av install brew:jnettop
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install jnettop
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install jnettop
```

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

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#jnettop
```

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

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S jnettop
```

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

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:jnettop
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/jnettop>
- **Version:** 0.13.0
- **Source summary:** View hosts/ports taking up the most network traffic
- **Homepage:** <https://sourceforge.net/projects/jnettop/>
- **Repository:** <https://sourceforge.net/p/jnettop/cvs>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://sourceforge.net/projects/jnettop>
- **License:** GPL-2.0-or-later
- **Source archive:** <https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/jnettop/jnettop/0.13/jnettop-0.13.0.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-04-18T16:35:39Z
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00

## Executables

- jnettop (cli)
- jnettop (alias)

## Dependencies

- gettext
- glib

## Build dependencies

- pkgconf

## Uses from macOS

- libpcap
- ncurses

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 0.13.0
- Package-manager updated: 2026-04-18
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://sourceforge.net/projects/jnettop/
- info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.
## 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 Notes

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

- **Geiger risk:** blue / medium
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** jnettop
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 2
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - jnettop - 0.13.0-3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: jnettop from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | View hosts/ports taking up the most network traffic | https://web.archive.org/web/20160314195830/http://jnettop.kubs.info/wiki/
- Nix - jnettop: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/jn/jnettop/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - jnettop - 0.13.0-1.2build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: jnettop from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | View hosts/ports taking up the most network traffic
- pacman - jnettop - 0.13.0-9: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: jnettop from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | A top-like console network traffic visualizer | https://web.archive.org/web/20160703195221/http://jnettop.kubs.info/wiki/


## 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.
- [gettext](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gettext/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [glib](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/glib/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [pkgconf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pkgconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [bwm-ng](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bwm-ng/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, curses, monitoring, network-monitoring, networking.
- [slurm](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/slurm/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, curses, monitoring, network-monitoring, networking.
- [bmon](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bmon/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: 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.
- [heartbeat](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/heartbeat/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, monitoring, network-monitoring, networking.
- [ifstat](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ifstat/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, monitoring, network-monitoring, networking.
- [iftop](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/iftop/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, monitoring, network-monitoring, networking.
- [liboping](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/liboping/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, monitoring, network-monitoring, networking.
- [vncsnapshot](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/vncsnapshot/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, networking, taking.
- [cdpr](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cdpr/) - Local metadata places this package in an adjacent workflow. Shared terms: c, cli, monitoring, network, network-monitoring.

## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- 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