# Install bandwhich with Homebrew, apk, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, scoop Terminal bandwidth utilization tool. Version 0.23.1 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#bandwhich. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:bandwhich ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install bandwhich ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install bandwhich ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: net/bandwhich/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add bandwhich ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: bandwhich from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#bandwhich ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ba/bandwhich/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S bandwhich ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: bandwhich from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz ### Windows - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install main/bandwhich ``` Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/bandwhich.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:bandwhich - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Version:** 0.23.1 - **Source summary:** Terminal bandwidth utilization tool - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00 ## Executables - bandwhich (alias) ## Install behavior - Bottle: not available ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-03 - Package-manager version: 0.23.1 ## Project history and usage bandwhich is a Rust terminal utility for showing current network utilization by process, connection, and remote host. It fills the same everyday-admin niche as tools like iftop and nethogs, but with a modern cross-platform Rust implementation and a terminal UI. ### Project history The official repository history begins in September 2019. The README describes a packet-sniffing tool that cross-references captured traffic with process information from /proc on Linux, lsof on macOS, and WinAPI on Windows. The changelog shows fast early iteration through 2020, including raw output, UI changes, Windows support, DNS controls, and cross-platform fixes. The current README says the project is in passive maintenance: critical issues are addressed, but new features are not actively developed without more maintainers. ### Adoption history bandwhich moved beyond Cargo-only installation into OS package managers. The official INSTALL.md documents Arch, Exherbo, Nix/NixOS, Void, Fedora COPR, Homebrew, MacPorts, FreeBSD, and Cargo installation paths; the supplied package facts additionally list Homebrew, Alpine, MacPorts, Nix, Arch, and Scoop. ### How it is used bandwhich generally needs elevated capture permissions. The README documents Linux setcap and sudo workflows, Windows npcap requirements, interface selection, raw output, reverse-DNS controls, DNS display, and logging options. Its core use is answering a simple operational question from a terminal: which local process and remote endpoint are currently using bandwidth. ### Why package nerds care bandwhich is package-nerd-interesting because it packages a privileged network sniffer as a single Rust CLI with platform-specific permission notes. Downstream maintainers have to care about capabilities, packet-capture dependencies, manpages/completions, and binary release targets. It is also a good example of Rust CLI adoption in system administration: a modern replacement-style tool entering classic Unix package channels while still retaining Cargo as an installation fallback. ### Timeline - 2019: Public Git history begins with the initial commit. - 2019: 0.3.0 is tagged as an early public release. - 2020: 0.18.0 adds Windows build and run support. - 2020: 0.20.0 adds an option to specify a DNS server. - 2024: 0.23.x releases update packaging, CI, and platform support. - 2020s: README marks the project as passively maintained. ### Related projects - bandwhich is related to iftop, nethogs, tcpdump-style packet capture tools, and Rust terminal UI utilities. Its package-manager peer group is small privileged network-monitoring CLIs. ### 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 ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - bandwhich: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ba/bandwhich/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - apk - bandwhich - 0.23.1-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: bandwhich from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Terminal bandwidth utilization tool | https://github.com/imsnif/bandwhich - pacman - bandwhich - 0.23.1-3: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: bandwhich from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Terminal bandwidth utilization tool | https://github.com/imsnif/bandwhich - MacPorts - bandwhich: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: net/bandwhich/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Scoop - main/bandwhich: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/bandwhich.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/bandwhich.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/bandwhich.yml) ## Sources - pkg.so package database - Geiger risk classifier - curated package history - pkgdb category and tag curation - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph