bpfmon

BPF based visual packet rate monitor

While tcpdump shows what packets are going through the network, bpfmon will show how much in terms of bytes per second and packets per second in a nice pseudo-graphical terminal interface.

bpfmon also supports monitoring an iptables rule that is selected by command line option or selected from a menu (only under Linux).

bpfmon is licensed GPL-2.0+

Sample screenshot

How to install from binary package

Many Linux distributions already include this program under the name bpfmon.

If your distribution is relatively new, chances are that it already has bpfmon packaged. Follow these instructions.

In case it is not available, follow the How to build from source instructions.

Debian/Devuan/Ubuntu/other derivatives

 

Use the following command (note that -y disables confirmation prompts):

sudo apt install bpfmon -y

Fedora

 

Use the following command (note that -y disables confirmation prompts):

sudo dnf install bpfmon -y

CentOS 7/CentOS 8/RHEL 7/RHEL 8

 

Use the following commands (note that -y disables confirmation prompts):

sudo yum install epel-release -y
sudo yum install bpfmon -y

How to build from source

Please note that the installation and the usage of this program require root access. bpfmon requires the yascreen library

Debian/Devuan/Ubuntu/other derivatives

 

Use the following commands (note that -y disables confirmation prompts):

sudo apt install git build-essential pkg-config -y
git clone https://github.com/bbonev/yascreen
cd yascreen
make -j
sudo make install
cd ..
git clone https://github.com/bbonev/bpfmon
cd bpfmon
make -j

Fedora

 

Use the following commands (note that -y disables confirmation prompts):

sudo dnf install git gcc make pkgconfig -y
git clone https://github.com/bbonev/yascreen
cd yascreen
make -j
sudo make install
cd ..
git clone https://github.com/bbonev/bpfmon
cd bpfmon
make -j

CentOS 7/CentOS 8/RHEL 7/RHEL 8

 

Use the following commands (note that -y disables confirmation prompts):

sudo yum install git gcc make pkgconfig -y
git clone https://github.com/bbonev/yascreen
cd yascreen
make -j
sudo make install
cd ..
git clone https://github.com/bbonev/bpfmon
cd bpfmon
make -j

How to install as a system command

sudo make install