# Install netshow with Homebrew

Interactive network connection monitor with friendly service names. Version 0.2.2 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:netshow
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install netshow
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:netshow
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.2.2
- **Source summary:** Interactive network connection monitor with friendly service names
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/taylorwilsdon/netshow>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/taylorwilsdon/netshow>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- netshow (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.2.2
## Project history and usage

netshow is a Python terminal network monitor by Taylor Wilsdon. It focuses on live TCP connection monitoring with friendly process/service names, process detail views, filtering, sorting, bandwidth counters, and a Textual-based interface.

### Project history

The GitHub README frames netshow as an interactive, process-aware terminal monitor. It documents the implementation tradeoff that privileged runs use psutil for fuller data, while unprivileged runs fall back to lsof and still show most connections.

The public release history is compact. GitHub lists five releases, from v0.1.1 through v0.2.2. Release v0.2.0 on July 13, 2025 added the metrics dashboard, live filtering, bandwidth stats, sorting shortcuts, and a styling overhaul; v0.2.2 followed on July 15, 2025 with a module refactor, UI enhancements, and a stats-blocking fix.

### Adoption history

Adoption is early but visible for a Python CLI. GitHub showed 365 stars and 13 forks, PyPI lists version 0.2.2 uploads dated July 15, 2025, and Homebrew packages the PyPI source tarball with python@3.14. Homebrew analytics generated on 2026-07-01 reported 425 installs and 425 installs-on-request over 365 days.

### How it is used

The README recommends uvx netshow for the quickest run and documents netshow [--interval 1.0] [--no-colors]. Operators use arrow keys or mouse selection for rows, Enter for a detail view, f or / for filtering, s and p for sorting, i for interface bandwidth selection, q to quit, and Ctrl+R for forced refresh.

Package nerds will notice that it sits in the modern Python CLI lane: pyproject packaging, Textual UI, uv-centric docs, PyPI releases, and a Homebrew formula that depends on the current Homebrew Python.

### Timeline

- 2025-07-13: GitHub release v0.2.0 added dashboard metrics, filtering, bandwidth stats, and sorting.
- 2025-07-15: GitHub release v0.2.2 shipped as the latest release.
- 2025-07-15: PyPI uploaded netshow 0.2.2 wheel and source distribution.
- 2026-07-01: Homebrew API reported stable version 0.2.2 and 425 installs over 365 days.

### Sources

- <https://formulae.brew.sh/api/formula/netshow.json>
- <https://github.com/taylorwilsdon/netshow>
- <https://github.com/taylorwilsdon/netshow/releases>
- <https://pypi.org/project/netshow/>
- <https://pypi.org/pypi/netshow/json>


## Security Notes

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

- **Geiger risk:** blue / medium
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal


## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph