# Install flowgrind with Homebrew, apt, zypper TCP measurement tool, similar to iperf or netperf. Version 0.8.2 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install flowgrind. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:flowgrind ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install flowgrind ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install flowgrind ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: flowgrind from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install flowgrind ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: flowgrind from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:flowgrind - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Version:** 0.8.2 - **Source summary:** TCP measurement tool, similar to iperf or netperf - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00 ## Executables - flowgrind (alias) - flowgrind-stop (alias) - flowgrindd (alias) ## Install behavior - Bottle: not available ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-03 - Package-manager version: 0.8.2 ## Project history and usage Flowgrind is an advanced TCP traffic generator and measurement tool for benchmarking TCP/IP stacks on Linux, FreeBSD, and macOS. ### Project history The project's NEWS file records an initial 0.1 release in November 2006. Its README positions Flowgrind as a distributed TCP measurement tool, similar in broad purpose to iperf and netperf but with a controller and daemon architecture. Through the 2010s, official release notes added traffic-generation features, libpcap dumping, FreeBSD support, IPv6 support, GPLv3 licensing, Mac OS X support, UUID-based daemon identification, and compatibility fixes. The project later moved its website to flowgrind.github.io. ### Adoption history Flowgrind has been packaged as a niche but durable network-measurement utility for operators and researchers who need controlled TCP experiments across multiple endpoints. Its official README emphasizes third-party tests, parallel flows, transport-layer metrics, and optional separation of control and test traffic. ### How it is used A normal test starts flowgrindd on endpoint machines and runs flowgrind from a controller host with source and destination hosts passed through -H. The controller can schedule multiple flows, collect periodic results, and display measurements from the daemons. Flowgrind measures throughput, interarrival time, round-trip time, block counts, transactions per second, and, where supported by the OS, TCP stack details such as congestion window and slow-start threshold. ### Why package nerds care Flowgrind is package-interesting because it sits beside iperf and netperf but exposes a more distributed RPC-style model. Packaging it means shipping both the controller and daemon binaries plus native dependencies such as xmlrpc-c, uuid, libpcap, and GSL. ### Timeline - 2006: Flowgrind 0.1 initial release. - 2010: Flowgrind 0.5 adds libpcap support and advanced traffic-generation dependencies. - 2013: Flowgrind 0.6 adds full IPv6 support for control and test connections. - 2014: Flowgrind 0.7.1 changes license to GPLv3; 0.7.5 re-adds Mac OS X support. - 2016: Flowgrind 0.8.0 introduces UUID daemon identification and many bug fixes. - 2021: Flowgrind 0.8.1 moves the website to flowgrind.github.io; 0.8.2 updates packaging and version fixes. ### Related projects - The official README explicitly names iperf3 and netperf as related TCP measurement tools. ### Sources - - - - - ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - flowgrind - 0.8.2-2+b4: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: flowgrind from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Distributed network performance measurement tool | https://flowgrind.github.io - Debian apt - flowgrind-dbg - 0.8.2-2+b4: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: flowgrind-dbg from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Debugging version of flowgrind | https://flowgrind.github.io - Ubuntu apt - flowgrind - 0.8.2-2build3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: flowgrind from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Distributed network performance measurement tool | https://flowgrind.github.io - Ubuntu apt - flowgrind-dbg - 0.8.2-2build3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: flowgrind-dbg from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Debugging version of flowgrind | https://flowgrind.github.io - zypper - flowgrind - 0.8.2-2.3: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: flowgrind from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Network performance measurement | https://flowgrind.github.io ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/flowgrind.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/flowgrind.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