macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install mrtglocal Homebrew formula metadata
MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install mrtgMacPorts ports tree · net/mrtg/Portfile · source: api.github.com
brew
Install mrtg with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix
Multi router traffic grapher. Version 2.17.10 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.
install
Additional install commands
Linux
Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add mrtgAlpine Linux edge package indexes · mrtg · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install mrtgDebian stable package indexes · mrtg · source: deb.debian.org
Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install mrtgFedora Rawhide package metadata · mrtg · source: dl.fedoraproject.org
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#mrtgnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/mr/mrtg/package.nix · source: api.github.com
overview
Package summary
Multi router traffic grapher
Project links
Commands and aliases
- cfgmaker
- indexmaker
- mrtg
- mrtg-traffic-sum
- rateup
history
Project history and usage
MRTG, the Multi Router Traffic Grapher, is Tobias Oetiker's classic network-traffic graphing tool, co-authored with Dave Rand. Oetiker's project documentation traces its origin to 1994, when he needed to show how a 64 kbit Internet link was performing and wrote a quick web graphing hack. That hack evolved into the configurable Perl script MRTG 1.0, released in spring 1995.
Project history
A major technical milestone came in January 1996 after Dave Rand investigated MRTG's speed. Oetiker's history says Rand rewrote the time-critical parts in C, producing about a forty-fold speedup and prompting renewed development of MRTG 2. The resulting architecture paired Perl-based polling and configuration with fast C routines for logging and graph generation.
Adoption history
In operation MRTG polls SNMP counters or external command output, logs the values, and generates HTML pages with PNG graphs for day, week, month, and year views. It keeps constant-size log files through data consolidation, supports SNMPv2c 64-bit counters, can identify interfaces by IP address, description, or Ethernet address, and has hooks for RRDtool when performance demands it. Although it began with router interfaces, the documentation explicitly notes monitoring arbitrary SNMP variables or command outputs such as system load, login sessions, modem availability, and similar integer-valued metrics.
How it is used
MRTG's package-manager niche is old but durable network monitoring. It predates many web-dashboard monitoring stacks and remains useful where static HTML graphs, cron or daemon polling, SNMP, and simple deployment are enough. Related tools such as RRDtool, Munin, and Cacti cover broader graphing or dashboard workflows, while MRTG retains the direct router-traffic-grapher identity in Unix and macOS packaging.
Sources
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 2 runtime 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
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
cfgmaker | cli | global executable | |
indexmaker | cli | global executable | |
mrtg | cli | global executable | |
mrtg-traffic-sum | cli | global executable | |
rateup | 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 version2.17.10
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
- infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://oss.oetiker.ch/mrtg/none confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:mrtg |
|---|---|
| Version | 2.17.10 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/mrtg |
| Homepage | https://oss.oetiker.ch/mrtg/ |
| Repository | https://github.com/oetiker/mrtg |
| Upstream docs | https://mrtg.org/mrtg/doc |
| License | GPL-2.0-or-later |
| Source archive | https://oss.oetiker.ch/mrtg/pub/mrtg-2.17.10.tar.gz |
| Dependencies | gd, libpng |
| 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 | mrtg |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| 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%
mrtg 2.17.10-13+deb13u1
Multi Router Traffic Grapher
sudo apt install mrtg- Section: net
- Architecture: amd64
- 6 dependencies
- 3 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Mrtg
Debian apt95%
mrtg-contrib 2.17.10-13+deb13u1
Multi Router Traffic Grapher (contributed files)
sudo apt install mrtg-contrib- Section: net
- Architecture: all
- Source Package: mrtg
- 1 dependencies
- 2 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Mrtg
Nix95%
mrtg
nix profile install nixpkgs#mrtg- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Mrtg
Ubuntu apt95%
mrtg 2.17.10-12
Multi Router Traffic Grapher
sudo apt install mrtg- Section: universe/net
- Architecture: amd64
- 6 dependencies
- 3 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Mrtg
Ubuntu apt95%
mrtg-contrib 2.17.10-12
Multi Router Traffic Grapher (contributed files)
sudo apt install mrtg-contrib- Section: universe/net
- Architecture: all
- Source Package: mrtg
- 1 dependencies
- 2 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Mrtg
apk95%
mrtg 2.17.10-r2
MRTG Network Latency Monitoring
sudo apk add mrtg- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: mrtg
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Mrtg
apk95%
mrtg-doc 2.17.10-r2
MRTG Network Latency Monitoring (documentation)
sudo apk add mrtg-doc- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: mrtg
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Mrtg
dnf95%
mrtg 2.17.10-13.fc44
Multi Router Traffic Grapher
sudo dnf install mrtg- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: mrtg
- 12 dependencies
- 3 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Mrtg
dnf95%
mrtg-selinux 2.17.10-13.fc44
mrtg SELinux policy
sudo dnf install mrtg-selinux- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: noarch
- Source Package: mrtg
- 7 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Mrtg
MacPorts95%
mrtg
sudo port install mrtg- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Mrtg
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 package history
- external package-manager database matches
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment