# Install tcpstat with Homebrew, apt Active TCP connections monitoring tool. Version 0.1 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:tcpstat ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install tcpstat ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install tcpstat ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: tcpstat from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:tcpstat - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.1 - **Source summary:** Active TCP connections monitoring tool - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** BSD-2-Clause - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00 ## Executables - tcpstat (cli) - tcpstat (alias) ## Uses from macOS - ncurses ## 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: 0.1 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/jtt/tcpstat - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. - info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## 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 - - - input source_facts.package-manager ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## 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:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - tcpstat - 1.5-8.2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: tcpstat from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | network interface statistics reporting tool | http://www.frenchfries.net/paul/tcpstat/ - Ubuntu apt - tcpstat - 1.5-8.1build3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: tcpstat from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | network interface statistics reporting tool | http://www.frenchfries.net/paul/tcpstat/ ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [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. - [netshow](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/netshow/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, monitoring, network-monitoring, networking, tcp. - [miruo](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/miruo/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, monitoring, network-monitoring, networking, tcp. - [bmon](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bmon/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, monitoring, network-monitoring, networking. - [bwm-ng](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bwm-ng/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, monitoring, network-monitoring, networking. - [dish](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dish/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, monitoring, networking, tcp. - [easeprobe](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/easeprobe/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, monitoring, networking, tcp. - [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. - [rustnet](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rustnet/) - Local metadata places this package in an adjacent workflow. Shared terms: cli, monitoring, network, network-monitoring, networking. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/tcpstat.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/tcpstat.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