# Install tcpstat with Homebrew, apt

Active TCP connections monitoring tool. Version 0.1 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install tcpstat.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:tcpstat
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install tcpstat
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install tcpstat
```

  Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: tcpstat from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:tcpstat
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.1
- **Source summary:** Active TCP connections monitoring tool
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/jtt/tcpstat>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/jtt/tcpstat>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- tcpstat (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.1
## Project history and usage

tcpstat is a small terminal monitor for active TCP connections. The official README describes it as a cross between top and netstat, implemented in C with an ncurses user interface.

### Project history

The public repository dates to 2008, and a 0.1 tag was recorded in 2013. The README presents tcpstat as usable but still under development, with incomplete help and manpage polish, and documents support for Linux, OpenBSD, and OS X with some platform-specific limitations.

### Adoption history

The supplied package metadata shows tcpstat packaged for Homebrew, Debian, and Ubuntu. That is modest adoption, but enough to place it among small Unix observability tools installed when netstat output is too static and top is too process-oriented.

### How it is used

The tool is used interactively to watch active TCP connections in a curses UI. The README points users to --help for command-line parameters and documents builds with make or gmake.

### Why package nerds care

tcpstat fills a narrow gap between classic netstat and full monitoring stacks: a lightweight ncurses connection viewer that can be installed quickly from a package manager.

### Timeline

- 2008: The public tcpstat repository was created.
- 2013: The rel-0-1 tag marked version 0.1.
- Package metadata: Homebrew, Debian, and Ubuntu distribute tcpstat.

### Related projects

- The README explicitly positions tcpstat between top and netstat; ncurses provides its terminal UI.

### Sources

- <https://github.com/jtt/tcpstat/blob/master/README>
- <https://github.com/jtt/tcpstat/tags>
- 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

- Debian apt - tcpstat - 1.5-8.2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: tcpstat from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | network interface statistics reporting tool | http://www.frenchfries.net/paul/tcpstat/
- Ubuntu apt - tcpstat - 1.5-8.1build3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: tcpstat from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | network interface statistics reporting tool | http://www.frenchfries.net/paul/tcpstat/


## Combined YAML source

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