Exploring Network Monitoring Tools in Linux: Alternatives to htop for Network Usage

 Network monitoring is essential for diagnosing performance issues or identifying processes consuming excessive bandwidth. While htop and top are excellent tools for system monitoring, they don’t directly offer the ability to sort processes by network usage. Below, we’ll discuss popular alternatives tailored for this purpose.

1. NetHogs

NetHogs is a lightweight tool designed for monitoring network bandwidth usage by processes. Unlike tools that group traffic by protocol or subnet, NetHogs tracks it by process.

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