# Installer sntop avec Homebrew, apt

Consultez les chemins d'installation, exécutables, métadonnées et notes de sécurité de sntop pour les workflows d'agents IA.

## installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:sntop
```

Commandes d'installation supplémentaires:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install sntop
```

  Preuve: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install sntop
```

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

## Faits du paquet

- **Clé du paquet:** brew:sntop
- **Gestionnaire de paquets:** Homebrew
- **Page du gestionnaire de paquets:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/sntop>
- **Version:** 1.4.3
- **Résumé source:** Curses-based utility that polls hosts to determine connectivity
- **Page d'accueil:** <https://sntop.sourceforge.net/>
- **Docs amont:** <https://sntop.sourceforge.net/>
- **Licence:** GPL-2.0-only
- **Archive source:** <https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/sntop/sntop/1.4.3/sntop-1.4.3.tar.gz>
- **Généré:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## exécutables

- sntop (cli)
- sntop (alias)

## Dépendances

- fping

## Bibliothèques fournies par macOS

- ncurses

## Comportement d'installation

- hook post-installation: non défini
- Précautions: sntop uses fping by default and fping can only be run by root by default. You can run `sudo sntop` (or `sntop -p` which uses standard ping). You should be certain that you trust any software you grant root privileges.
- Bouteille: disponible sur arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura

## Version et fraîcheur

- page générée: 2026-08-04
- version du gestionnaire: 1.4.3
- données locales: OK
- dépôt amont: https://sntop.sourceforge.net/
- info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.
- info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.
## Historique du projet et usages

sntop is a small ncurses, top-like monitor for checking whether configured network hosts are reachable. It is a SourceForge-era Unix utility: simple C code, terminal UI, fping/ping underneath, and package-manager availability for administrators who want a lightweight status board.

### Historique du projet

The official project site credits Robert M. Love and Chris M. Rivera and describes sntop as an ncurses-based console utility for monitoring host connectivity. It uses fping, with ping as a supported fallback, and displays results in a top-like format.

SourceForge's files page lists sntop 1.4.3 as a release from November 2001, placing the tool in the early-2000s wave of small Unix admin utilities distributed through SourceForge tarballs, RPMs, and Debian packages.

### Historique d'adoption

The input records Homebrew, Debian, and Ubuntu packages. SourceForge's file tree also includes source, source RPM, i386 RPM, and Debian-package areas, showing that sntop was packaged for multiple Unix/Linux consumption styles.

### Modes d'utilisation

Administrators configure hosts, then use sntop to poll them at intervals and view their status in a terminal. The official page also mentions HTML generation, secure terminal mode, color support, daemon mode, and running external files when a host changes state or goes down.

### Pourquoi les passionnés de paquets s'y intéressent

Package nerds care because sntop is exactly the kind of tiny operational tool that survives through distro recipes: it wraps existing primitives like fping in a curses display, has almost no conceptual overhead, and remains useful on servers where a full monitoring stack would be excessive.

### Chronologie

- 2001: SourceForge files page lists sntop 1.4.3 released.
- 2000s: SourceForge distribution includes source tarballs plus RPM and Debian packaging areas.
- 2026: Input package-manager facts list Homebrew, Debian, and Ubuntu packages.

### Related projects

- Related tools include fping, ping, top-style terminal monitors, and larger network monitoring systems.

### Sources

- <https://sntop.sourceforge.net/>
- <https://sourceforge.net/projects/sntop/>
- <https://sourceforge.net/projects/sntop/files/>
- source_facts.package-manager


## Notes de sécurité

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Risque Geiger:** vert / faible
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals


## 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

- Unix: ~/.sntoprc, /etc/sntoprc
## Détails de la base source

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** sntop
- **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

## Autres enregistrements de gestionnaires de paquets

- Debian apt - sntop - 1.4.3-8: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: sntop from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | curses-based utility that polls hosts to determine connectivity | https://sourceforge.net/projects/sntop
- Ubuntu apt - sntop - 1.4.3-6: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: sntop from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | curses-based utility that polls hosts to determine connectivity | https://sourceforge.net/projects/sntop


## Liens liés

- [Terminal utility packages](https://pkg.so/fr/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata.
- [Networking and protocol packages](https://pkg.so/fr/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata.
- [Homebrew utility packages](https://pkg.so/fr/brew-utility-packages/) - Matched Homebrew package provider.
- [fping](https://pkg.so/fr/brew/fping/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [iftop](https://pkg.so/fr/brew/iftop/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, network-monitoring, networking, terminal.
- [prettyping](https://pkg.so/fr/brew/prettyping/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, network-monitoring, networking, terminal.
- [slurm](https://pkg.so/fr/brew/slurm/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, network-monitoring, networking, terminal.
- [asuka](https://pkg.so/fr/brew/asuka/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, ncurses, networking, terminal.
- [telnet](https://pkg.so/fr/brew/telnet/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, networking, terminal.
- [mosh](https://pkg.so/fr/brew/mosh/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, networking, terminal.
- [minicom](https://pkg.so/fr/brew/minicom/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, ncurses, networking.
- [w3m](https://pkg.so/fr/brew/w3m/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, networking, terminal.
- [bwm-ng](https://pkg.so/fr/brew/bwm-ng/) - Local metadata places this package in an adjacent workflow. Shared terms: based, cli, curses, monitoring, network.

## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/sntop.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/sntop.yml)


## Sources

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