VnStat

vnStat
Original author(s)Teemu Toivola
Initial release23 September 2002 (2002-09-23)
Stable release
2.13 / 8 February 2025 (2025-02-08)
Repository
Written inC
Operating systemLinux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, macOS
Available inEnglish
TypeNetwork Utility
LicenseGNU General Public License
Websitehumdi.net/vnstat/

vnStat is an open source network utility for Linux and BSD. 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 interfaces statistics provided by the kernel. That way vnStat can be used even without root permissions.