Installation

Weitere Installationsbefehle

macOS

Homebrewverifiziert · 100%

brew install netwatch

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverifiziert · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#netwatch

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ne/netwatch/package.nix · Quelle: api.github.com

Arch Linux pacmanverifiziert · 92%

sudo pacman -S netwatch

Arch Linux sync databases · netwatch · Quelle: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

Windows

Scoopverifiziert · 92%

scoop install main/netwatch

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/netwatch.json · Quelle: api.github.com

Überblick

Paketzusammenfassung

Cross-platform realtime network diagnostics TUI

Projektlinks

Befehle und Aliase

netwatch

Verlauf

Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

NetWatch is a young Rust terminal tool for live network diagnostics and forensics. Its upstream README positions it as a zero-config binary for seeing live network activity, mapping connections to processes, decoding protocols, and preserving incident evidence from a terminal workflow.

Projektgeschichte

The public project is centered on matthart1983/netwatch and the NetWatch Labs site. GitHub showed the repository at roughly 2.2k stars, 84 forks, 282 commits, and 60 releases when researched on 2026-07-01. Homebrew listed stable version 0.25.9, matching the active cadence visible in the GitHub releases page.

Adoptionsgeschichte

Adoption looks like a fast-moving specialist tool rather than a long-established Unix utility. Homebrew analytics reported 275 install-on-request events over 30, 90, and 365 day windows, which suggests Homebrew adoption was concentrated in a single early window. The upstream README also exposes crates.io and release badges and mentions Terminal Trove recognition, so its early spread appears to be through Rust/terminal-tool circles and security/networking communities.

Wie es verwendet wird

Package users install it as a single binary and run `netwatch` for interface stats, connection views, and configuration, or `sudo netwatch` for packet capture and health probes. The README documents a TLS inspection workflow using `SSLKEYLOGFILE` for traffic the operator controls, plus tabs for dashboard, connections, interfaces, packets, stats, topology, timeline, processes, and optional insights.

The package-nerd angle is that NetWatch bundles several tasks people often split across `iftop`, `lsof`, `ss`, `tcpdump`, Wireshark, and ad hoc shell pipelines: per-process network attribution, libpcap capture, protocol decoding, TLS keylog-file decryption, JA4-oriented threat hunting, and evidence bundle export.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

NetWatch is notable less as a foundational package and more as part of the 2025-2026 wave of Rust TUI observability tools: one static-ish terminal binary with polished UX, Homebrew packaging, Cargo install path, and security-oriented defaults.

Zeitleiste

2026-06-27: GitHub releases page showed v0.25.9.
2026-07-01: Homebrew formula API reported stable 0.25.9 and 275 install-on-request events in the 365-day analytics window.

Related projects

SysWatch and DiskWatch are listed by upstream as sibling tools with the same TUI style.
NetWatch Cloud, netwatch-agent, netwatch-sdk, and netwatch-dashboard are related projects referenced from the upstream README.

Quellen

Sicherheitslage

Noch keine Protected-Tool-Abdeckung gefunden

Für netwatch wurde kein passendes lokales Secret-Handling-Manifest gefunden. Paketmetadaten bleiben hier veröffentlicht, damit künftige Abdeckung eine stabile Paket-URL hat.

Installationsverhalten

In den Formelmetadaten ist kein Homebrew-Post-install-Hook erfasst.
Homebrew-Bottle-Metadaten sind für 5 Plattformziele verfügbar.
Build-Metadaten listen 1 Build-Abhängigkeiten.

Empfohlene Prüfung

Prüfe vor unbeaufsichtigter Agent-Nutzung, ob das Tool Klartext-Credentials liest, Remote-Zustand schreibt, Artefakte veröffentlicht oder Plugins ausführt.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Linux: ~/.config/netwatch/config.toml
macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/netwatch/config.toml
Windows: %APPDATA%\netwatch\config.toml

Executables

Installierte Executables

Befehl	Art	Sichtbarkeit	Hinweis
`netwatch`	cli	globales Executable

Aktualität

Version und Aktualität

Diese Signale trennen das Alter der Seitengenerierung, Aktivität des Paketmanagers und Upstream-Release-Vergleich. Versionsrückstand wird nur gemeldet, wenn eine Evidenz-URL und vergleichbare Versionen vorhanden sind.

Seite generiert2026-11-04

Manager-Version0.39.0

Manager aktualisiert2026-11-03

lokale DatenOK

Upstreamaktuell

neueste erkannte Versionv0.40.0

https://github.com/matthart1983/netwatch

OKEs wurden keine Aktualitätswarnungen generiert.

Installationsmetadaten

Paketmetadaten

Paketschlüssel	brew:netwatch
Version	0.39.0
Paketmanager	Homebrew
Paketmanager-Seite	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/netwatch
Homepage	https://www.netwatchlabs.com/labs/netwatch
Repository	https://github.com/matthart1983/netwatch
Upstream-Dokumentation	https://www.netwatchlabs.com/labs/netwatch
Lizenz	MIT
Quellarchiv	https://github.com/matthart1983/netwatch/archive/refs/tags/v0.40.0.tar.gz
Zuletzt aktualisiert	2026-11-03T23:29:37Z
Pulse	updated
Build-Abhängigkeiten	rust
Von macOS bereitgestellte Bibliotheken	libpcap
Bottle	verfügbar (auf arm64_golden_gate, arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_tahoe, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	nicht definiert
Dienst	keiner deklariert

Registry-Fakten

Details aus der Quelldatenbank

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

Source-Datenbank-Treffer

Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

Treffer stammen aus externen Paketmanager-Indizes und bleiben von lokalen Automic-Vault-Paketlinks getrennt.

Nix95%

netwatch

nix profile install nixpkgs#netwatch

normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Netwatch

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

pacman95%

netwatch 1.3.1_2-4

monitor network connections

http://www.slctech.org/~mackay/NETWATCH/netwatch.html

sudo pacman -S netwatch

License: GPL
Architecture: x86_64
1 Abhängigkeiten
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Netwatch

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

Scoop95%

main/netwatch

scoop install main/netwatch

normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Netwatch

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · api.github.com · Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/netwatch.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

Paketgraph

Links stammen aus dem lokalen Paketbeziehungsgraph, Ergänzungen, Abhängigkeitskanten, Ecosystem-Matches und Paket-Hub-Mitgliedschaft.

Quellspur

Aus Repository-Daten generiert

Diese Seite wird von av-web aus dem privaten Paket-SQLite-Artefakt bereitgestellt, das scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py erstellt.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/netwatch.yml

Verwendete Quellen

cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated configuration and credential file locations
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment
pkg.so package database
pkgdb category and tag curation

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