# Install darkstat with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman
Network traffic analyzer. Version 3.0.722 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-19. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install darkstat.
## Install
```sh
sudo av install brew:darkstat
```
Additional install commands:
### macOS
- Homebrew (100%):
```sh
brew install darkstat
```
Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata
- MacPorts (94%):
```sh
sudo port install darkstat
```
Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: net/darkstat/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
### Linux
- apk (92%):
```sh
sudo apk add darkstat
```
Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: darkstat from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
- Debian apt (92%):
```sh
sudo apt install darkstat
```
Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: darkstat from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
- dnf (92%):
```sh
sudo dnf install darkstat
```
Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: darkstat from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst
- Nix (92%):
```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#darkstat
```
Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/da/darkstat/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- pacman (92%):
```sh
sudo pacman -S darkstat
```
Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: darkstat from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz
## Package facts
- **Package key:** brew:darkstat
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 3.0.722
- **Source summary:** Network traffic analyzer
- **Homepage:**
- **Repository:**
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-19T12:30:05-07:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00
## Executables
- darkstat (alias)
## Install behavior
- Bottle: not available
## Freshness
- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 3.0.722
## Project history and usage
darkstat is a network traffic analyzer that captures packets, accumulates traffic statistics, and serves reports over HTTP.
### Project history
Emil Mikulic's official darkstat page describes a small, portable, single-threaded network statistics gatherer with an embedded web server. The ChangeLog records darkstat 2 ending at v2.6 in 2003, followed by a near-complete v3 rewrite and first public darkstat 3 release in June 2006.
### Adoption history
The official page lists packaging and port references across FreeBSD Ports, OpenBSD ports, pkgsrc, Gentoo, SUSE, Debian, OpenWRT, SlackBuilds, Ubuntu, and firewall-oriented distributions. It also documents portability reports for AIX, BSDs, Linux distributions, Mac OS X, and Solaris.
### How it is used
The quickstart is intentionally Unix-like: configure, make, then run darkstat -i eth0. The tool sniffs an interface, tracks host and port statistics, draws traffic graphs, and exposes the reports through its own HTTP interface.
### Why package nerds care
darkstat is a classic sysadmin package: small enough for routers and old Unix systems, visual enough to be useful from a browser, and old enough to show how libpcap-based monitoring tools were packaged across many ports trees.
### Timeline
- 2001: The official page's copyright span begins.
- 2003: darkstat 2 ended at v2.6.
- 2006: darkstat 3 had its first public release after a near-complete rewrite.
- 2011: IPv6 support was added.
- 2022: Prometheus metrics export was added.
- 2025: v3.0.722 was published on GitHub.
### Related projects
- The official page lists ntop and vnstat as similar tools and connects darkstat to libpcap-based Unix traffic monitoring.
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## Security Notes
broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.
- **Geiger risk:** blue / medium
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal
## Other Package-Manager Records
- Debian apt - darkstat - 3.0.721-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: darkstat from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | network traffic analyzer | https://unix4lyfe.org/darkstat/
- Nix - darkstat: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/da/darkstat/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - darkstat - 3.0.719-1.1build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: darkstat from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | network traffic analyzer | https://unix4lyfe.org/darkstat/
- apk - darkstat - 3.0.722-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: darkstat from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Network traffic analyzer with reports served over HTTP | https://unix4lyfe.org/darkstat/
- apk - darkstat-doc - 3.0.722-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: darkstat-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Network traffic analyzer with reports served over HTTP (documentation) | https://unix4lyfe.org/darkstat/
- dnf - darkstat - 3.0.721-14.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: darkstat from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Network traffic analyzer | https://unix4lyfe.org/darkstat
- pacman - darkstat - 3.0.722-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: darkstat from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Network statistics gatherer (packet sniffer) | https://unix4lyfe.org/darkstat/
- MacPorts - darkstat: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: net/darkstat/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
## Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/darkstat.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/darkstat.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