VnStat

vnStat
Original author(s)Teemu Toivola
Initial release23 September 2002; 22 years ago (2002-09-23)[1]
Stable release
2.12 / 21 January 2024; 9 months ago (2024-01-21)[2]
Repository
Written inC
Operating systemLinux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, macOS
Available inEnglish
TypeNetwork Utility
LicenseGNU General Public License
Websitehumdi.net/vnstat/

vnStat is a network utility for the Linux operating system. It uses a command line interface. vnStat command is a console-based network traffic monitor. It keeps a log of hourly, daily and monthly network traffic for the selected interface(s) but is not a packet sniffer. The traffic information is analyzed from the proc filesystem. That way vnStat can be used even without root permissions.[3]

  1. ^ "CHANGES - changelog".
  2. ^ "Releases". GitHub. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  3. ^ CentOS RHEL: Install vnStat Network Traffic Monitor To Keep a Log Of Daily Traffic https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/centos-redhat-fedora-linux-install-vnstat-bandwidth-monitor/