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bandwidth monitor and rate estimator
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# bmon - Bandwidth Monitor [](https://github.com/Jafaral/bmon/actions/workflows/build.yml) [](https://scan.coverity.com/projects/2864) bmon is a monitoring and debugging tool to capture networking related statistics and prepare them visually in a human friendly way. It features various output methods including an interactive curses user interface and a programmable text output for scripting. ## Download * [Latest Release](https://github.com/Jafaral/bmon/releases/latest) * [Older Releases](https://github.com/Jafaral/bmon/releases) ## Debian/Ubuntu Installation ``` git clone https://github.com/Jafaral/bmon.git cd bmon apt-get install build-essential make libconfuse-dev libnl-3-dev libnl-route-3-dev libncurses-dev pkg-config dh-autoreconf ./autogen.sh ./configure make make install bmon ``` ## CentOS 6 Installation ``` git clone https://github.com/Jafaral/bmon.git cd bmon yum install make libconfuse-devel libnl3-devel libnl-route3-devel ncurses-devel ./autogen.sh ./configure make make install bmon ``` ## CentOS 7 Installation ``` yum install bmon ``` ## Fedora Installation ``` dnf install bmon ``` ## OSX Installation ### Brew ``` brew install bmon ``` ### Compile yourself Install libconfuse ``` wget https://github.com/martinh/libconfuse/releases/download/v2.8/confuse-2.8.zip unzip confuse-2.8.zip && cd confuse-2.8 PATH=/usr/local/opt/gettext/bin:$PATH ./configure make make install ``` Install bmon ``` git clone https://github.com/Jafaral/bmon.git cd bmon ./autogen.sh ./configure make make install bmon ``` ------------- ## New in 5.0 * out_curses: use xcalloc instead of a fixed buffer by @NachiP in #54 * Avoid trying to include <values.h> on Android by @fornwall in #55 * Allow numeric colors in bmonrc by @afh in #62 * Fix typographical errors by @afh in #63 * curses: Fix seperator lines by @afh in #64 * curses: Add CTRL-N/CTRL-P for next/previous element by @afh in #65 * Add package installation instructions for Fedora/CentOS by @carlwgeorge in #78 * Fix build in FreeBSD/DragonflyBSD by @farrokhi in #76 * Update to autoconf of the common era by @Jafaral in #116 * fix segfault on element removal by @dcaratti in #102 * ci: add GitHub Actions builds for Linux, macOS, and FreeBSD by @Jafaral in #118 * ci: enable -Werror for compiler warnings by @Jafaral in #119 * feat: Add IPv4/IPv6 addresses to additional info by @csiltala in #117 * feat: Add configure option to disable IPv6 in netlink module by @csiltala in #121 * fix: Fix memory leaks in module_set() by @csiltala in #122 * fix: Convert usage of strdup/free to xstrdup/xfree by @csiltala in #124 * feat: Add ability to toggle TC elements by @csiltala in #120 * curses: render graphs with Braille cells by @crgr in #114 * display filters for TC ingress and egress by @dcaratti in #100 * Fix compile issue in OpenBSD by @FlyingHacker in #92 * Fix spelling and grammar in docs and comments by @Jafaral in #125 * Add support for JSON output by @Jafaral in #126 * Remove the 'Really quit' dialog and just exit cleanly by @graysky2 in #113 ------------- ### Usage To run bmon in the default curses mode: > bmon There are many other options available and full help is provided via: > bmon --help ## Screenshots    ## Copyright Various authors, see git commit log. > *Copyright (c) 2001-2016 Thomas Graf <tgraf@suug.ch>* > > *Copyright (c) 2013 Red Hat, Inc.* > > *Copyright (c) 2026 Architecture Technology Corporation* Please see the [LICENSE.BSD](https://github.com/Jafaral/bmon/blob/master/LICENSE.BSD) and [LICENSE.MIT](https://github.com/Jafaral/bmon/blob/master/LICENSE.MIT) files for additional details.