# Install nload with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper
Realtime console network usage monitor. Version 0.7.4 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install nload.
## Install
```sh
sudo av install brew:nload
```
Additional install commands:
### macOS
- Homebrew (100%):
```sh
brew install nload
```
Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata
- MacPorts (94%):
```sh
sudo port install nload
```
Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: net/nload/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
### Linux
- apk (92%):
```sh
sudo apk add nload
```
Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: nload from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
- Debian apt (92%):
```sh
sudo apt install nload
```
Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: nload from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
- dnf (92%):
```sh
sudo dnf install nload
```
Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: nload 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#nload
```
Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/nl/nload/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- pacman (92%):
```sh
sudo pacman -S nload
```
Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: nload from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz
- zypper (92%):
```sh
sudo zypper install nload
```
Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: nload from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst
## Package facts
- **Package key:** brew:nload
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.7.4
- **Source summary:** Realtime console network usage monitor
- **Homepage:**
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00
## Executables
- nload (alias)
## Install behavior
- Bottle: not available
## Freshness
- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.7.4
## Project history and usage
nload is Roland Riegel's ncurses-style console network traffic monitor. It shows incoming and outgoing traffic as live graphs and reports transferred data plus minimum, maximum, and current bandwidth usage.
### Project history
The upstream changelog records the first public release, 0.1.0, on July 27, 2001. Early releases quickly added ncurses, multi-device support, average/min/max bandwidth display, two-dimensional graphs, keyboard navigation, and a man page; portability followed with BSD/Solaris support in 0.4.0 and HP-UX support in 0.6.0.
### Adoption history
nload became one of the small, dependable Unix network-observation tools: narrower than iftop, bmon, or vnStat, but easy to package and easy to understand at a glance. Homebrew's API reported 108 installs in 30 days, 352 in 90 days, and 1,554 in 365 days when checked on July 1, 2026, and the package is available across common Linux and BSD package collections.
### How it is used
Practical use is quick visual inspection: run `nload`, switch interfaces with the arrow keys, or pass interface names directly. It is especially handy on remote shells where a full dashboard is overkill and a scrolling byte counter is too little.
### Timeline
- 2001-07-27: first public release 0.1.0.
- 2001-12-06: 0.4.0 adds FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, and Solaris support.
- 2003-12-18: 0.6.0 adds HP-UX support.
- 2008-02-02: 0.7.0 rewrites the Linux proc reader and adds config-file read/write.
- 2012-02-06: changelog records a fix for newer Linux 64-bit counters.
### Related projects
- iftop
- bmon
- vnStat
- nethogs
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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 - nload - 0.7.4-2+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: nload from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | realtime console network usage monitor | http://www.roland-riegel.de/nload/
- Nix - nload: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/nl/nload/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - nload - 0.7.4-2build3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: nload from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | realtime console network usage monitor | http://www.roland-riegel.de/nload/
- apk - nload - 0.7.4-r6: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: nload from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Console network traffic and bandwidth monitor | http://www.roland-riegel.de/nload
- apk - nload-doc - 0.7.4-r6: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: nload-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Console network traffic and bandwidth monitor (documentation) | http://www.roland-riegel.de/nload
- dnf - nload - 0.7.4-33.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: nload from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | A tool can monitor network traffic and bandwidth usage in real time | http://www.roland-riegel.de/nload/
- pacman - nload - 0.7.4-9: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: nload from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Monitors network traffic and bandwidth usage | http://www.roland-riegel.de/nload
- zypper - nload - 0.7.4-2.9: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: nload from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Monitors network traffic and bandwidth usage | http://www.roland-riegel.de/nload/
- MacPorts - nload: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: net/nload/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/nload.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/nload.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