install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install tcpstat

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Debian aptverified · 92%

sudo apt install tcpstat

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

overview

Package summary

Active TCP connections monitoring tool

Project links

Commands and aliases

tcpstat

history

Project history and usage

tcpstat is a small terminal monitor for active TCP connections. The official README describes it as a cross between top and netstat, implemented in C with an ncurses user interface.

Project history

The public project history is thin: the README presents tcpstat as still under development but already useful, with missing help and manpage polish. It documents support for Linux, OpenBSD, and OS X, while noting that not all functionality is available on every supported system.

Adoption history

The supplied package metadata shows tcpstat packaged for Homebrew, Debian, and Ubuntu. That is modest adoption, but enough to place it among small Unix observability tools that package users install when netstat output is too static and top is too process-oriented.

How it is used

The tool is used interactively to watch active TCP connections in a curses UI. The README points users to a --help option for command-line parameters and documents ordinary source builds with make or gmake.

Why package nerds care

tcpstat is package-nerd interesting because it fills a narrow gap between classic netstat and full monitoring stacks: a lightweight ncurses connection viewer that can be installed quickly from a package manager.

Timeline

Undated: README describes tcpstat as an in-development but usable C/ncurses TCP connection monitor.
Package metadata: distributed by Homebrew, Debian, and Ubuntu.

Related projects

The README explicitly positions tcpstat between top and netstat; ncurses is its terminal UI dependency.

Sources

https://github.com/jtt/tcpstat#readme
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jtt/tcpstat/master/README
input source_facts.package-manager

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.

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
`tcpstat`	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 version0.1

manager updated

local dataok

upstreamnot checked

latest detectednot detected

https://github.com/jtt/tcpstat

infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/jtt/tcpstatnone confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:tcpstat
Version	0.1
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/tcpstat
Homepage	https://github.com/jtt/tcpstat
Repository	https://github.com/jtt/tcpstat
Upstream docs	https://github.com/jtt/tcpstat#readme
License	BSD-2-Clause
Source archive	https://github.com/jtt/tcpstat/archive/refs/tags/rel-0-1.tar.gz
Uses from macOS	ncurses
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	tcpstat
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Head Version	HEAD
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	head 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%

tcpstat 1.5-8.2

network interface statistics reporting tool

http://www.frenchfries.net/paul/tcpstat/

sudo apt install tcpstat

Section: net
Architecture: amd64
3 dependencies
1 optional deps
normalized package name match
Matched by: Tcpstat

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

Ubuntu apt95%

tcpstat 1.5-8.1build3

network interface statistics reporting tool

http://www.frenchfries.net/paul/tcpstat/

sudo apt install tcpstat

Section: universe/net
Architecture: amd64
3 dependencies
1 optional deps
normalized package name match
Matched by: Tcpstat

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: tcpstat 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.

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.

combined/tcpstat.yml

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

Install tcpstat with Homebrew, apt